diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/default/devcontainer.json
similarity index 97%
rename from .devcontainer/devcontainer.json
rename to .devcontainer/default/devcontainer.json
index 98e10ef2..455028fa 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/default/devcontainer.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 {
     "name": "ISIC",
     "dockerComposeFile": [
-        "../docker-compose.yml",
-        "../docker-compose.override.yml"
+        "../../docker-compose.yml",
+        "../../docker-compose.override.yml"
     ],
     "service": "django",
     "overrideCommand": true,
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28b4085b..b259df3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 isic/core/static/core/dist/
 
+# Local dev customizations
+dev/local-setup.sh
+docker-compose.local.yml
+
 # VSCode settings
 .vscode/settings.json
 
diff --git a/dev/django.Dockerfile b/dev/django.Dockerfile
index b0b73b6d..9b158dfe 100644
--- a/dev/django.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/django.Dockerfile
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 
 USER vscode
 
+# The glob ensures COPY doesn't fail when the file doesn't exist
+COPY dev/local-setup.sh* /tmp/
+RUN if [ -f /tmp/local-setup.sh ]; then bash /tmp/local-setup.sh; fi
 
 RUN mkdir /home/vscode/uv