diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ae41774..00000000
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "permissions": {
-    "allow": [
-      "Bash(mix test:*)",
-      "Bash(mix format:*)",
-      "Bash(mix credo:*)",
-      "Bash(git add:*)",
-      "Bash(git commit:*)"
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c523f1e..15ccf14d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -94,3 +94,4 @@ profiles.json
 .beads/
 .logs/
 .direnv/
+
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 3b2da473..02cef5ce 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@
 
                 # Ensure beam packages use our pinned versions
                 # This affects mixRelease and all BEAM-related builds
-                beamPackages = prev.beam.packages.erlang_28;
+                # Override the default elixir within beamPackages to use 1.19
+                beamPackages = prev.beam.packages.erlang_28.extend (
+                  self: super: {
+                    elixir = super.elixir_1_19;
+                  }
+                );
               })
             ];
           };
diff --git a/nix/build.nix b/nix/build.nix
index 911d7d25..6d213ea4 100644
--- a/nix/build.nix
+++ b/nix/build.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ beamPackages.mixRelease {
     export SSL_CERT_FILE="${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
     export GIT_SSL_CAINFO="${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
 
+    # Disable Hex offline mode to allow fetching dependencies
+    export HEX_OFFLINE=false
+
     # Get all deps (including hex deps that vendored packages need)
     mix deps.get --only prod
 
@@ -79,29 +82,29 @@ beamPackages.mixRelease {
     EOF
   '';
 
+  # Custom build phase to compile deps first, then app
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    # Compile dependencies (including custom compilers like phoenix_live_view)
+    mix deps.compile
+
+    # Compile application
+    mix compile
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
   # Build assets after Mix compilation
   postBuild = ''
     # Build production assets (Tailwind + esbuild)
     mix assets.deploy
   '';
 
-  # Install MIB files to the release
-  postInstall = ''
-    # Find the release directory (mixRelease creates lib/<name>-<version>)
-    RELEASE_DIR=$(find $out/lib -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "towerops-*" | head -1)
-
-    if [ -n "$RELEASE_DIR" ]; then
-      # Copy MIB files directory
-      if [ -d "$src/priv/mibs" ]; then
-        mkdir -p $RELEASE_DIR/priv/mibs
-        cp -r $src/priv/mibs/* $RELEASE_DIR/priv/mibs/
-      fi
-
-      # Ensure NIF is in the release
-      mkdir -p $RELEASE_DIR/priv
-      cp ${towerops-nif}/lib/towerops_nif.so $RELEASE_DIR/priv/
-    fi
-  '';
+  # MIB files and NIF are automatically included by Mix release
+  # Mix includes everything in priv/ directory when building the release
+  # No postInstall needed - NIF was copied to priv/ in preBuild
+  # and MIB files are already in priv/mibs/ from source
 
   meta = {
     description = "Towerops - Phoenix LiveView SNMP monitoring platform";