diff --git a/system/features/container-dev.nix b/system/features/container-dev.nix
index 3c338ef..3f6fcc0 100644
--- a/system/features/container-dev.nix
+++ b/system/features/container-dev.nix
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@
         export DOCKER_HOST=unix://$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/docker.sock
       '';
     };
+
+  # add me to the docker group so I can access it.
+  users.users.drew.extraGroups = [ "docker" ];
 }