diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 41b8475ec..8fb643e8f 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@
     "mounts": [
         "source=freqtrade-bashhistory,target=/home/ftuser/commandhistory,type=volume"
     ],
+    "workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder},target=/workspaces/freqtrade,type=bind,consistency=cached",
     // Uncomment to connect as a non-root user if you've added one. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
     "remoteUser": "ftuser",
 
+    "onCreateCommand": "pip install --user -e .",
     "postCreateCommand": "freqtrade create-userdir --userdir user_data/",
 
-    "workspaceFolder": "/freqtrade/",
+    "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/freqtrade",
 
     "settings": {
         "terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/bin/bash",