diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 889c31b..dd99073 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
   // Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
   // "forwardPorts": [],
   // Uncomment the next line to run commands after the container is created.
-  "postCreateCommand": "jekyll --version && cd docs && bundle install",
+  "postCreateCommand": "zsh scripts/devcontainer/postcreatecommand.sh",
+  "postStartCommand": "zsh scripts/devcontainer/poststartcommand.sh",
+  "forwardPorts": [4000],
   // Configure tool-specific properties.
   "customizations": {
     "codespaces": {
diff --git a/scripts/devcontainer/postcreatecommand.sh b/scripts/devcontainer/postcreatecommand.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aefabaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/devcontainer/postcreatecommand.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+rm -Rf ~/.asdf
+git clone https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git ~/.asdf;
+chmod +x ~/.asdf/asdf.sh;
+echo '. $HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh' >> ~/.zshrc
+echo '. $HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash' >> ~/.zshrc
+
+source ~/.zshrc
+
+echo 'asdf setup complete'
+
+make config
+
+jekyll --version && cd docs && bundle install
+
+echo 'jekyll setup complete'
diff --git a/scripts/devcontainer/poststartcommand.sh b/scripts/devcontainer/poststartcommand.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..31a110d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/devcontainer/poststartcommand.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+source ~/.zshrc
+make config