diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab4a50b5..07f01588 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@ package-lock.json
 test-data/*
 data/*
 .env
-.vscode
 *.sublime-project
 *.sublime-workspace
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bb1de3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "Debug Jest Tests",
+      "type": "node",
+      "preLaunchTask": "start-containers",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "runtimeArgs": [
+        "--inspect-brk",
+        "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/jest",
+        "--runInBand"
+      ],
+      "console": "integratedTerminal",
+      "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7130fa7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
+  // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
+  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "tasks": [
+    {
+      "label": "start-containers",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "${workspaceRoot}/bin/test.sh",
+      "args": ["-oc"]
+    }
+  ]
+}