diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..740def5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# For more information, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python
+FROM python:3.8-slim-buster
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+# Keeps Python from generating .pyc files in the container
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+
+# Turns off buffering for easier container logging
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Set the working directory for any subsequent commands to the app directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Expose a voume for the app directory
+VOLUME /app
+
+# Creates a non-root user with an explicit UID and adds permission to access the /app folder
+# For more info, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python-configure-containers
+RUN adduser -u 5678 --disabled-password --gecos "" appuser && chown -R appuser /app
+USER appuser
+
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index f8a19ba..6fd0551 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 // For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the README at:
 // https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.177.0/containers/docker-existing-dockerfile
 {
-	"name": "Existing Dockerfile",
+	"name": "simpleblogapi-dev-container",
+	"dockerComposeFile": "./docker-compose.yml",
+	"service": "simpleblogapi",
+	"workspaceFolder": "/app",
 
 	// Sets the run context to one level up instead of the .devcontainer folder.
-	"context": "..",
+	// "context": "..",
 
 	// Update the 'dockerFile' property if you aren't using the standard 'Dockerfile' filename.
-	"dockerFile": "../Dockerfile",
+	// "dockerFile": "../Dockerfile",
 
 	// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
 	"settings": { 
@@ -15,10 +18,10 @@
 	},
 
 	// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
-	"extensions": []
+	"extensions": [],
 
 	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
-	// "forwardPorts": [],
+	"forwardPorts": [5000]
 
 	// Uncomment the next line to run commands after the container is created - for example installing curl.
 	// "postCreateCommand": "apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl",
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d408d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: '3.4'
+
+services:
+  simpleblogapi:
+    image: simpleblogapi
+    build: .
+    volumes:
+      - ../:/app
+    ports:
+      - 5000:5000
+    tty: true
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 84f6345..eaf6f70 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ services:
       dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
     ports:
       - 5000:5000
+    tty: true