diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index 936ab6d41b..88d4fb47e1 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 # List the start up tasks. Learn more https://www.gitpod.io/docs/config-start-tasks/
 tasks:
-  - init: |
-      export PIP_USER=no
+ - name: Setup django
+   command: |
       python3 -m venv venv
       source venv/bin/activate
       pip install invoke
+      inv install
+   env:
+      PIP_USER: 'no'
+ - name: Start server
+   command: |
       inv update
       echo "from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model; User = get_user_model(); User.objects.create_superuser('admin', 'test@test.com', 'inventree')" | python InvenTree/manage.py shell
       inv server
-    env:
+   env:
       INVENTREE_DB_ENGINE: 'sqlite3'
       INVENTREE_DB_NAME: '/workspace/data/database.sqlite3'
       INVENTREE_MEDIA_ROOT: '/workspace/data/media'