diff --git a/examples/julia/minimal/default.nix b/examples/julia/minimal/default.nix
index 0396d1d8..0f768b2e 100644
--- a/examples/julia/minimal/default.nix
+++ b/examples/julia/minimal/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {pkgs, ...}: {
   kernel.julia.minimal-example = {
     enable = true;
+    extraJuliaPackages = [
+      "Plots"
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/examples/julia/minimal/installDeps.jl b/examples/julia/minimal/installDeps.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 5932548f..00000000
--- a/examples/julia/minimal/installDeps.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-using Pkg
-Pkg.add("IJulia")
diff --git a/examples/python/native/default.nix b/examples/python/native/default.nix
index 5f4d6e1b..474c11e3 100644
--- a/examples/python/native/default.nix
+++ b/examples/python/native/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {pkgs, ...}: {
-  kernel.python.science-example = {
+  kernel.python.native-example = {
     enable = true;
     env = pkgs.python3.withPackages (ps:
       with ps; [
diff --git a/examples/python/native/test.py b/examples/python/native/test.py
index dee85abe..952794b7 100644
--- a/examples/python/native/test.py
+++ b/examples/python/native/test.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
-@testbook(f'{current_dir}/test.ipynb', execute=True, kernel_name="python-science-example")
+@testbook(f'{current_dir}/test.ipynb', execute=True, kernel_name="python-native-example")
 def test_nb(tb):
     np_result = tb.cell_output_text(1)
     assert np_result == "[0 1 2 3 4]"
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index bd17fe60..57a520aa 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -244,6 +244,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-julia": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1694073329,
+        "narHash": "sha256-F6+k1FSgtFSXaGSQqf00u/jBHhvUvrsTx9qjEWAk0E0=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "ddadf5f46ac96423efbd67228ffe84361743c253",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "refs/pull/225513/head",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs-stable": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1695825837,
@@ -492,6 +508,7 @@
         "ihaskell": "ihaskell",
         "nix-dart": "nix-dart",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "nixpkgs-julia": "nixpkgs-julia",
         "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable",
         "npmlock2nix": "npmlock2nix",
         "opam-nix": "opam-nix",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f3186c50..385aa576 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
   inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/2de8efefb6ce7f5e4e75bdf57376a96555986841";
   inputs.nixpkgs-stable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-23.05";
+  inputs.nixpkgs-julia.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/?ref=refs/pull/225513/head";
   inputs.flake-compat.url = "github:edolstra/flake-compat";
   inputs.flake-compat.flake = false;
   inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@
     pre-commit-hooks,
     poetry2nix,
     rust-overlay,
-  }: let
+    ...
+  } @ inputs: let
     inherit (nixpkgs) lib;
 
     SYSTEMS = [
diff --git a/modules/kernels/julia/default.nix b/modules/kernels/julia/default.nix
index 011de9e0..252652fb 100644
--- a/modules/kernels/julia/default.nix
+++ b/modules/kernels/julia/default.nix
@@ -20,28 +20,25 @@
       self,
       system,
       # custom arguments
-      pkgs ? self.inputs.nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system},
+      pkgs,
       name ? "julia",
       displayName ? "Julia",
       requiredRuntimePackages ? [],
       runtimePackages ? [],
       julia ? pkgs.julia,
-      julia_depot_path ? "~/.julia",
-      activateDir ? "",
-      ijuliaRev ? "6TIq1",
+      ijuliaRev ? "Vo51o",
+      extraJuliaPackages ? [],
+      override ? {},
     }: let
       inherit (pkgs) writeText;
       inherit (pkgs.lib) optionalString;
 
-      startupFile = writeText "startup.jl" ''
-        import Pkg
-        Pkg.activate("${activateDir}")
-        Pkg.instantiate()
-      '';
-
       allRuntimePackages = requiredRuntimePackages ++ runtimePackages;
 
-      env = julia;
+      env = (self.inputs.nixpkgs-julia.legacyPackages.${system}.julia_19.withPackages.override override) ([
+          "IJulia"
+        ]
+        ++ extraJuliaPackages);
 
       wrappedEnv =
         pkgs.runCommand "wrapper-${env.name}"
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@
             filename=$(basename $i)
             ln -s ${env}/bin/$filename $out/bin/$filename
             wrapProgram $out/bin/$filename \
-              --set PATH "${pkgs.lib.makeSearchPath "bin" allRuntimePackages}" ${optionalString (activateDir != "") ''--add-flags "-L ${startupFile}"''}
+              --set PATH "${pkgs.lib.makeSearchPath "bin" allRuntimePackages}"
           done
         '';
     in {
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@
         "-i"
         "--startup-file=yes"
         "--color=yes"
-        "${julia_depot_path}/packages/IJulia/${ijuliaRev}/src/kernel.jl"
+        "${env.projectAndDepot}/depot/packages/IJulia/${ijuliaRev}/src/kernel.jl"
         "{connection_file}"
       ];
       codemirrorMode = "julia";
@@ -72,37 +69,32 @@
   in {
     options =
       {
-        julia_depot_path = lib.mkOption {
+        ijuliaRev = lib.mkOption {
           type = types.str;
-          default = "~/.julia";
-          example = "~/.julia";
+          default = "Vo51o";
           description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Julia path
+            IJulia revision
           '';
         };
-
-        activateDir = lib.mkOption {
-          type = types.str;
-          default = "";
-          example = "";
+        julia = lib.mkOption {
+          type = types.package;
+          default = config.nixpkgs.julia;
           description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Julia activate directory
+            Julia Version
           '';
         };
-
-        ijuliaRev = lib.mkOption {
-          type = types.str;
-          default = "6TIq1";
-          example = "6TIq1";
+        extraJuliaPackages = lib.mkOption {
+          type = types.listOf types.str;
+          default = [];
           description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            iJulia revision
+            Extra Julia packages to install
           '';
         };
-        julia = lib.mkOption {
-          type = types.package;
-          default = config.nixpkgs.julia;
+        override = lib.mkOption {
+          type = types.attrs;
+          default = {};
           description = lib.mdDoc ''
-            Julia Version
+            Override JuliaWithPackages
           '';
         };
       }
@@ -112,7 +104,7 @@
       build = mkKernel (kernelFunc config.kernelArgs);
       kernelArgs =
         {
-          inherit (config) julia_depot_path activateDir ijuliaRev julia;
+          inherit (config) override extraJuliaPackages ijuliaRev julia;
         }
         // kernelModule.kernelArgs;
     };