diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 087701d..7ba5550 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ some limited ability to make the manipulations dynamic.
 ![shadowenv in action](https://burkelibbey.s3.amazonaws.com/shadowenv.gif)
 
 In order to use shadowenv, add a line to your shell profile (`.zshrc`, `.bash_profile`,
-`config.fish`, or `config.nu`) reading:
+or `config.fish`) reading:
 
 ```bash
 eval "$(shadowenv init bash)" # for bash
 eval "$(shadowenv init zsh)"  # for zsh
 shadowenv init fish | source  # for fish
-# for nushell, paste the output of `shadowenv init nushell` into config.nu
 ```
 
+For nushell, run `shadowenv init nushell` which will install a hook into nushell's autoload directory.
+
 With this code loaded, upon entering a directory containing a `.shadowenv.d` directory,
 any `*.lisp` files in that directory will be executed and you will see "activated shadowenv." in your
 shell.
diff --git a/src/exec_cmd.rs b/src/exec_cmd.rs
index e376305..4e3fb7f 100644
--- a/src/exec_cmd.rs
+++ b/src/exec_cmd.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pub fn run(cmd: ExecCmd) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let data = Shadowenv::from_env();
     let pathbuf = cmd
         .dir
-        .map(|d| PathBuf::from(d))
+        .map(PathBuf::from)
         .unwrap_or(get_current_dir_or_exit());
 
     if let Some(shadowenv) = hook::load_env(pathbuf, data, true, false)? {
diff --git a/src/init.rs b/src/init.rs
index 00027f0..b088d0a 100644
--- a/src/init.rs
+++ b/src/init.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 use crate::cli::InitCmd::{self, *};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+use std::fs;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Command;
 
 /// print a script that can be sourced into the provided shell, and sets up the shadowenv shell
 /// hooks.
-pub fn run(cmd: InitCmd) {
+pub fn run(cmd: InitCmd) -> Result<()> {
     let pb = std::env::current_exe().unwrap(); // this would be... an unusual failure.
     match cmd {
         Bash(opts) => print_script(
@@ -21,15 +24,47 @@ pub fn run(cmd: InitCmd) {
             include_bytes!("../sh/shadowenv.fish.in"),
             true, // Fish doesn't use hookbook
         ),
-        Nushell => print_script(
-            pb,
-            include_bytes!("../sh/shadowenv.nushell.in"),
-            true, // Nushell doesn't use hookbook
-        ),
-    };
+        Nushell => install_nushell_hook(pb),
+    }
+}
+
+fn install_nushell_hook(selfpath: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
+    let output = Command::new("nu")
+        .args(["-c", "$nu.user-autoload-dirs | first"])
+        .output()
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
+                anyhow!("Could not find 'nu' in PATH. Please ensure nushell is installed.")
+            } else {
+                anyhow!("Failed to run 'nu': {}", e)
+            }
+        })?;
+
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        return Err(anyhow!(
+            "Failed to query nushell autoload directory: {}",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).trim()
+        ));
+    }
+
+    let autoload_dir = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string();
+    let autoload_path = PathBuf::from(&autoload_dir);
+
+    fs::create_dir_all(&autoload_path)
+        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to create autoload directory '{}'", autoload_dir))?;
+
+    let script_path = autoload_path.join("shadowenv.nu");
+    let script = String::from_utf8_lossy(include_bytes!("../sh/shadowenv.nushell.in"));
+    let script = script.replace("@SELF@", selfpath.to_str().unwrap());
+
+    fs::write(&script_path, script.as_bytes())
+        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to write '{}'", script_path.display()))?;
+
+    println!("Wrote shadowenv hook to {}", script_path.display());
+    Ok(())
 }
 
-fn print_script(selfpath: PathBuf, bytes: &[u8], no_hookbook: bool) -> i32 {
+fn print_script(selfpath: PathBuf, bytes: &[u8], no_hookbook: bool) -> Result<()> {
     let script = String::from_utf8_lossy(bytes);
     let script = script.replace("@SELF@", selfpath.into_os_string().to_str().unwrap());
 
@@ -44,5 +79,5 @@ fn print_script(selfpath: PathBuf, bytes: &[u8], no_hookbook: bool) -> i32 {
         let script = script.replace("@HOOKBOOK@", &padded_hookbook);
         println!("{}", script);
     }
-    0
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/lang.rs b/src/lang.rs
index e9306ad..84441e4 100644
--- a/src/lang.rs
+++ b/src/lang.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl ShadowenvWrapper {
     fn new(shadowenv: Shadowenv) -> Self {
         Self(RefCell::new(shadowenv))
     }
-    fn borrow_mut_env(&self) -> std::cell::RefMut<Shadowenv> {
+    fn borrow_mut_env(&self) -> std::cell::RefMut<'_, Shadowenv> {
         self.0.borrow_mut()
     }
     fn borrow_env(&self) -> Ref<'_, Shadowenv> {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 26267a2..cea5a36 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -21,12 +21,18 @@ fn main() {
     use cli::ShadowenvApp::*;
 
     let result = match cli::ShadowenvApp::parse() {
-        Diff(cmd) => Ok(diff::run(cmd)),
+        Diff(cmd) => {
+            diff::run(cmd);
+            Ok(())
+        }
         Exec(cmd) => exec_cmd::run(cmd),
         Hook(cmd) => hook::run(cmd),
-        Init(cmd) => Ok(init::run(cmd)),
+        Init(cmd) => init::run(cmd),
         Trust(_) => trust::run(),
-        PromptWidget(_) => Ok(prompt_widget::run()),
+        PromptWidget(_) => {
+            prompt_widget::run();
+            Ok(())
+        }
     };
 
     if let Err(err) = result {