diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 1d953f4..58caa13 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 use nix
+export TODO_FILE=TODO
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e9239b..2ca4f61 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ lock.mdb
 .build-result
 .buildcmd
 /fonts
+TODO.bak
 tags
 perf.data
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..241e39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+switch to local relay model with nostrdb subscriptions