diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 5c15c59f53..def7c61d08 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     exa \
     fd-find \
     git \
+    iputils-ping \
     iproute2 \
     less \
     libsodium-dev \
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 # Upgrade pip
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 
-COPY .devcontainer/scripts/notify-dev-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+COPY --chown=vscode:vscode .devcontainer/scripts/notify-dev-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/notify-dev-entrypoint.sh
 
 COPY --chown=vscode:vscode .devcontainer/scripts/installations.sh /usr/local/bin/
 RUN chmod -R 765 /usr/local/bin/installations.sh
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 4e41ed3577..2f45fbc1f7 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,31 +1,36 @@
 {
 	"name": "notification-admin",
-	"build": {
-		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
-		"context": ".."
-	},
+	"dockerComposeFile": "docker-compose.yml",
+	"service": "notify-admin",
+	"workspaceFolder": "/workspace",
+	"shutdownAction": "stopCompose",
 	"remoteEnv": {
 		"PATH": "/home/vscode/.local/bin:${containerEnv:PATH}" // give our installed Python modules precedence
 	},
 	"containerEnv": {
 		"SHELL": "/bin/zsh"
 	},
-	"customizations":{
+	"customizations": {
 		"vscode": {
 			"extensions": [
-				"njpwerner.autodocstring",
+				"-ms-python.autopep8",
+				"charliermarsh.ruff",
+				"donjayamanne.python-extension-pack",
+				"eamodio.gitlens",
+				"fill-labs.dependi",
 				"github.copilot",
 				"GitHub.copilot-labs",
-				"donjayamanne.python-extension-pack",
-				"-ms-python.autopep8",
+				"mechatroner.rainbow-csv",
+				"ms-azuretools.vscode-docker",
+				"ms-ossdata.vscode-postgresql",
+				"ms-python.black-formatter",
 				"ms-python.vscode-pylance",
-				"eamodio.gitlens",
+				"njpwerner.autodocstring",
 				"wholroyd.jinja",
 				"visualstudioexptteam.vscodeintellicode",
 				"yzhang.markdown-all-in-one",
-				"ms-ossdata.vscode-postgresql",
 				"tamasfe.even-better-toml",
-				"charliermarsh.ruff",
+				"vsliveshare.vsliveshare"
 			],
 			"settings": {
 				"ruff.lint.run": "onSave",
@@ -38,15 +43,11 @@
 			}
 		}
 	},
-
 	"features": {
 		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {
 			"version": "16.20.0"
 		}
 	},
-	"forwardPorts": [
-		6012
-	],
-	"postCreateCommand": "notify-dev-entrypoint.sh",
+	"postCreateCommand": "/usr/local/bin/notify-dev-entrypoint.sh",
 	"remoteUser": "vscode"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10f14be6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  # Update this to the name of the service you want to work with in your docker-compose.yml file
+  notify-admin:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: .devcontainer/Dockerfile
+    # If you want add a non-root user to your Dockerfile, you can use the "remoteUser"
+    # property in devcontainer.json to cause VS Code its sub-processes (terminals, tasks, 
+    # debugging) to execute as the user. Uncomment the next line if you want the entire 
+    # container to run as this user instead. Note that, on Linux, you may need to 
+    # ensure the UID and GID of the container user you create matches your local user. 
+    # See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root for details.
+    user: vscode
+
+    volumes:
+      # Update this to wherever you want VS Code to mount the folder of your project
+      - ..:/workspace:cached
+
+      # Uncomment the next line to use Docker from inside the container. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/samples/docker-from-docker-compose for details.
+      # - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock 
+
+    # Overrides default command so things don't shut down after the process ends.
+    command: sleep infinity
+    expose:
+      - "6012"
+    networks:
+      - notify-network
+
+networks:
+  notify-network:
+    external: true
diff --git a/.devcontainer/scripts/installations.sh b/.devcontainer/scripts/installations.sh
index 79c569adb2..f009a6b51e 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/scripts/installations.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/scripts/installations.sh
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ which poetry
 poetry --version
 
 # Initialize poetry autocompletions
-mkdir ~/.zfunc
+mkdir -p ~/.zfunc
 touch ~/.zfunc/_poetry
 poetry completions zsh > ~/.zfunc/_poetry
 
 # Install dependencies
-cd /workspaces/notification-admin
+cd /workspace
 poetry install
 
 # Poe the Poet plugin tab completions
diff --git a/.devcontainer/scripts/notify-dev-entrypoint.sh b/.devcontainer/scripts/notify-dev-entrypoint.sh
index 94be93cb8a..f28acfba24 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/scripts/notify-dev-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/scripts/notify-dev-entrypoint.sh
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ set -ex
 # Tell git the workspace repository is safe, else upcoming commands will fail.
 git config --global --add safe.directory /workspaces/notification-admin
 
-chown -R vscode:vscode /workspaces/notification-admin
-sudo -u vscode -i -- /usr/local/bin/installations.sh
+# Install and setup dev environment
+installations.sh
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b70bb0b31..0000000000
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-version: '2'
-
-services:
-  web:
-    restart: on-failure
-    image: notification-admin
-    build:
-      context: ./
-      dockerfile: ci/Dockerfile
-    command: >
-      bash -c "
-        make babel &&
-        npm install &&
-        npm run build &&
-        flask run -p 6012 --host=0.0.0.0"
-    volumes:
-      - .:/app
-    ports:
-        - "6012:6012"