diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 77d9f81..9e2192b 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:3.12
 
-# Install PostgreSQL client and Zsh
+# Install PostgreSQL client and zsh
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     postgresql-client zsh && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 WORKDIR /workspace
 COPY py/ /workspace/py/
 RUN pip install -r /workspace/py/requirements.txt
+
+RUN chsh -s /bin/zsh vscode
+
+# Run zsh as the main process in interactive mode
+CMD ["sleep", "infinity"]
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml
index 2b31404..178003b 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@ services:
     environment:
       DATABASE_URL: "postgres://postgres:postgres@db:5432/postgres"
       PYTHONPATH: "/workspace/py/packages"
-      # Set CI to true in the environment or default to false
-      CI: ${CI:-false}
     depends_on:
       - db
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
-    # command: sleep infinity
-    # shell: /bin/zsh
-    entrypoint: "./.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh"
+    # runs CMD from Dockerfile right now
+    # entrypoint: "./.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh"
 
   db:
     image: postgres:17
diff --git a/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh b/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
index cfbae76..8480cf6 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-git config --global --add safe.directory /workspace
-sleep infinity
+# sleep infinity
diff --git a/.devcontainer/setup.sh b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
index 51cf5b7..15d416d 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/setup.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-echo "starting zsh..."
+# random stuff ... hrm ...
+# echo "starting zsh..."
 echo 'autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook; append_history() { fc -W }; add-zsh-hook precmd append_history; export HISTFILE=/home/vscode/.corpora.zsh_history/.zsh_history' >> ~/.zshrc
 alias tree="tree -I '.venv|node_modules|__pycache__|.git|.pytest_cache' -a"
+# git config --global --add safe.directory /workspace
 zsh