diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index a111dbfd..f82b62f9 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
         }
     },
     "forwardPorts": [8080, 3000],
-    "postStartCommand": "make prepare && cp /build/backend-assets /workdir/backend-assets"
+    "postCreateCommand": "git clone https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI.git .",
+    "postStartCommand": "make prepare && cp -r /build/backend-assets /workdir/backend-assets"
 }
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diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose-devcontainer.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose-devcontainer.yml
index e36492e9..f7de406e 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose-devcontainer.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose-devcontainer.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 8080:8080
     volumes:
-      - ..:/workspace:cached
+      - localai_workspace:/workspace
     command: /bin/sh -c "while sleep 1000; do :; done"
     cap_add:
       - SYS_PTRACE
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./grafana:/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources
 volumes:
-  prom_data:
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+  prom_data:
+  localai_workspace:
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