diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index cfdcf1ab96..ade75a833a 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@
     }
   },
 
-  "runArgs": [
-    "-p",
-    "8000:8000"
-  ],
-
   // Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
   "postCreateCommand": ".devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh",
 
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
index 08bd6e730b..dbd55b6cbe 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ services:
       - ../:/home/inventree:z
       - /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix
     ports:
-      - 8000:8000
+      - 8000
 
     environment:
       INVENTREE_DB_ENGINE: postgresql
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
index 8a448f4eae..19ae90e03a 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 pip3 install --ignore-installed --upgrade invoke Pillow
 
 # install base level packages
-pip3 install -Ur --require-hashes contrib/container/requirements.txt
+pip3 install -Ur contrib/container/requirements.txt --require-hashes
 
 # Run initial InvenTree server setup
 invoke update -s