diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 87ca39d2..f31cdeba 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,26 +1,13 @@
-# [Choice] Python version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 3, 3.10, 3-bullseye, 3.10-bullseye, 3-buster, 3.10-buster
-ARG VARIANT=3-bullseye
+# Use an official Python base image from the Docker Hub
 FROM python:3.10
 
-RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-    # Remove imagemagick due to https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-10131
-    && apt-get purge -y imagemagick imagemagick-6-common
+# Install browsers
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    chromium-driver firefox-esr \
+    ca-certificates
 
-# Temporary: Upgrade python packages due to https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40897
-# They are installed by the base image (python) which does not have the patch.
-RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
+# Install utilities
+RUN apt-get install -y curl jq wget git
 
-# Install Chromium for web browsing
-RUN apt-get install -y chromium-driver
-
-# [Optional] If your pip requirements rarely change, uncomment this section to add them to the image.
-# COPY requirements.txt /tmp/pip-tmp/
-# RUN pip3 --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir install -r /tmp/pip-tmp/requirements.txt \
-#    && rm -rf /tmp/pip-tmp
-
-# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
-# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
-
-# [Optional] Uncomment this line to install global node packages.
-# RUN su vscode -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && npm install -g <your-package-here>" 2>&1
+# Declare working directory
+WORKDIR /workspace/Auto-GPT
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index f26810fb..5d50e280 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 {
-  "build": {
-    "dockerfile": "./Dockerfile",
-    "context": "."
-  },
+  "dockerComposeFile": "./docker-compose.yml",
+  "service": "auto-gpt",
+  "workspaceFolder": "/workspace/Auto-GPT",
+  "shutdownAction": "stopCompose",
   "features": {
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:2": {
       "installZsh": "true",
       "username": "vscode",
-      "userUid": "1000",
-      "userGid": "1000",
+      "userUid": "6942",
+      "userGid": "6942",
       "upgradePackages": "true"
     },
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/desktop-lite:1": {},
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90d8c116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# To boot the app run the following:
+# docker-compose run auto-gpt
+version: '3.9'
+
+services:
+  auto-gpt:
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+    build:
+      dockerfile: .devcontainer/Dockerfile
+      context: ../
+    tty: true
+    environment:
+      MEMORY_BACKEND: ${MEMORY_BACKEND:-redis}
+      REDIS_HOST: ${REDIS_HOST:-redis}
+    volumes:
+      - ../:/workspace/Auto-GPT
+  redis:
+    image: 'redis/redis-stack-server:latest'