diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index e71ea8ce..44711966 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 {
 	"name": "pallets/flask",
 
+	// Features to add to the devcontainer
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {}
+	},
+
 	// Displays a custom welcome message
 	"onCreateCommand": "sudo cp .devcontainer/welcome-message.txt /usr/local/etc/vscode-dev-containers/first-run-notice.txt",