diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 2be48add..071eb380 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -18,7 +18,28 @@
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "sipyco": "sipyco"
+      }
+    },
+    "sipyco": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1649724535,
+        "narHash": "sha256-15Nun4EY35j+6SPZkjzZtyH/ncxLS60KuGJjFh5kSTc=",
+        "owner": "m-labs",
+        "repo": "sipyco",
+        "rev": "939f84f9b5eef7efbf7423c735d1834783b6140e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "m-labs",
+        "repo": "sipyco",
+        "type": "github"
       }
     }
   },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index bbe512f0..b15d9058 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
   description = "The third-generation ARTIQ compiler";
 
   inputs.nixpkgs.url = github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-21.11;
+  inputs.sipyco.url = github:m-labs/sipyco;
+  inputs.sipyco.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, sipyco }:
     let
       pkgs = import nixpkgs { system = "x86_64-linux"; };
     in rec {
@@ -81,11 +83,25 @@
         );
         nac3artiq-profile = pkgs.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
           name = "nac3artiq-profile";
-          src = self;
-          buildInputs = [ (python3-mimalloc.withPackages(ps: [ ps.numpy nac3artiq-instrumented ])) pkgs.lld_13 pkgs.llvmPackages_13.libllvm ];
+          src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+            owner = "m-labs";
+            repo = "artiq";
+            rev = "dd57fdc530baf926a5f354dc1c2bd90564affd96";
+            sha256 = "sha256-hcqVcToYWkc3oDFkKr9wZUF65ydiSYVHdmiGiu2Mc1c=";
+          };
+          buildInputs = [
+            (python3-mimalloc.withPackages(ps: [ ps.numpy ps.jsonschema sipyco.packages.x86_64-linux.sipyco nac3artiq-instrumented ]))
+            pkgs.lld_13
+            pkgs.llvmPackages_13.libllvm
+          ];
           phases = [ "buildPhase" "installPhase" ];
-          # TODO: get more representative code.
-          buildPhase = "python $src/nac3artiq/demo/demo.py";
+          buildPhase =
+            ''
+            export PYTHONPATH=$src
+            python -m artiq.frontend.artiq_ddb_template $src/artiq/examples/nac3devices/nac3devices.json > device_db.py
+            cp $src/artiq/examples/nac3devices/nac3devices.py .
+            python -m artiq.frontend.artiq_compile nac3devices.py
+            '';
           installPhase =
             ''
             mkdir $out