diff --git a/nixide/Cargo.toml b/nixide/Cargo.toml
index 345f42f..d72f945 100644
--- a/nixide/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nixide/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ build = "build.rs"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [features]
-default = []
-store = ["nixide-sys/nix-store-c"]
+default = ["nix"]
+nix = ["nixide-sys/nix-util-c", "nixide-sys/nix-main-c"]
+store = ["nix", "nixide-sys/nix-store-c"]
 exprs = ["store", "nixide-sys/nix-expr-c"]
 flakes = ["exprs", "nixide-sys/nix-flake-c", "nixide-sys/nix-fetchers-c"]
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ flakes = ["exprs", "nixide-sys/nix-flake-c", "nixide-sys/nix-fetchers-c"]
 libc = "0.2.183"
 stdext = "0.3.3"
 ctor = "0.6.3"
-nixide-sys = { path = "../nixide-sys", version = "0.1.0", features = ["nix-util-c", "nix-main-c"]}
+nixide-sys = { path = "../nixide-sys", version = "0.1.0" }
 tempfile = "3.27.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]