diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 9ba645a5..7a00460b 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
     curl \
     ca-certificates \
     xz-utils \
+    git \
     openssh-client \
   ; \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
@@ -45,10 +46,19 @@ RUN case "$(uname -m)" in \
 # Setup poetry without virtual environments so that dependencies persist to a mounted BuildingMOTIF workspace
 ENV POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_IN_PROJECT=FALSE
 ENV POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_CREATE=FALSE
+# Don't Generate Pycache that will make the image bigger
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=TRUE
+
 RUN set -eux; \
   python -m pip install poetry; \
   rm -rf ~/.cache/pip
 
+# Setup angular and install dependencies globally
+RUN set -eux; \
+  npm install -g @angular/cli@17; \
+  echo "source <(ng completion script)" > /root/.bashrc; \
+  rm -rf ~/.npm/_cacache
+
 COPY pyproject.toml pyproject.toml
 COPY poetry.lock poetry.lock
 
@@ -66,10 +76,13 @@ RUN set -eux; \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
   rm -rf ~/.cache/pypoetry/cache ~/.cache/pypoetry/artifacts
 
-# Setup angular and install dependencies globally
+WORKDIR /workspaces/BuildingMOTIF
+
+COPY .pre-commit-config.yaml .
 RUN set -eux; \
-  npm install -g @angular/cli@17; \
-  echo "source <(ng completion script)" > /root/.bashrc; \
-  rm -rf ~/.npm/_cacache
+  git init; \
+  pre-commit; \
+  rm -rf ~/.cache/pip ~/.local/share/virtualenv
 
-WORKDIR /workspaces/BuildingMOTIF
+# Byte Code can be generated by the user
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 54b04953..3e33e954 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
   },
   "runArgs": ["--net=host"], // Use host network for webapp (which only listens for localhost by default)
   "features": {
-    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-outside-of-docker:1": {},
-    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git:1": {}
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-outside-of-docker:1": {}
+  },
+  "postCreateCommand": {
+    "pre-commit":"pre-commit install",
+    "poetry install": "poetry install --all-extras"
   },
   "customizations": {
     "vscode": {