diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 68ca3520..5980eb9a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     gnupg \
     tzdata \
     openssh-server \
+    inotify-tools \
+    vim \
+    nano \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Add deadsnakes PPA for Python 3.12 and install Python
@@ -117,45 +120,48 @@ RUN chown -R $USERNAME:devusergroup /pythagora
 
 USER $USERNAME
 
+RUN npx @puppeteer/browsers install chrome@stable
+
 # add this before vscode... better caching of layers
-ADD pythagora-vs-code.vsix pythagora-vs-code.vsix
+ADD pythagora-vs-code.vsix /var/init_data/pythagora-vs-code.vsix
 
 RUN mkdir -p ~/.ssh && touch ~/.ssh/authorized_keys && chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
-ARG commitHash
-# VS Code server installation with platform-specific handling
-RUN case "$TARGETPLATFORM" in \
-    "linux/amd64") \
-    mkdir -p ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash} && \
-    curl -fsSL https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:${commitHash}/server-linux-x64/stable -o server-linux-x64.tar.gz && \
-    tar -xz -f server-linux-x64.tar.gz -C ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash} && \
-    mv ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash}/vscode-server-linux-x64 ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash}/server \
-    ;; \
-    "linux/arm64"|"linux/arm64/v8") \
-    mkdir -p ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash} && \
-    curl -fsSL https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:${commitHash}/server-linux-arm64/stable -o server-linux-arm64.tar.gz && \
-    tar -xz -f server-linux-arm64.tar.gz -C ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash} && \
-    mv ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash}/vscode-server-linux-arm64 ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash}/server \
-    ;; \
-    *) \
-    echo "Unsupported platform: $TARGETPLATFORM" && exit 1 \
-    ;; \
-    esac
+# ARG commitHash
+# # VS Code server installation with platform-specific handling
+# RUN case "$TARGETPLATFORM" in \
+#     "linux/amd64") \
+#     mkdir -p ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash} && \
+#     curl -fsSL https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:${commitHash}/server-linux-x64/stable -o server-linux-x64.tar.gz && \
+#     tar -xz -f server-linux-x64.tar.gz -C ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash} && \
+#     mv ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash}/vscode-server-linux-x64 ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash}/server \
+#     ;; \
+#     "linux/arm64"|"linux/arm64/v8") \
+#     mkdir -p ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash} && \
+#     curl -fsSL https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:${commitHash}/server-linux-arm64/stable -o server-linux-arm64.tar.gz && \
+#     tar -xz -f server-linux-arm64.tar.gz -C ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash} && \
+#     mv ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash}/vscode-server-linux-arm64 ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash}/server \
+#     ;; \
+#     *) \
+#     echo "Unsupported platform: $TARGETPLATFORM" && exit 1 \
+#     ;; \
+#     esac
 
 
-# Create default VS Code settings with dark theme
-# RUN mkdir -p ~/.local/share/code-server/User \
-#    && echo '{"workbench.colorTheme": "Dark", "workbench.startupEditor": "none"}' \
-#    > ~/.local/share/code-server/User/settings.json
-
 # Install VS Code extension (platform-agnostic)
-RUN ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash}/server/bin/code-server --install-extension pythagora-vs-code.vsix
-RUN rm pythagora-vs-code.vsix
+# RUN ~/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-${commitHash}/server/bin/code-server --install-extension pythagora-vs-code.vsix
+ADD on-event-extension-install.sh /var/init_data/on-event-extension-install.sh
 
 # Create a workspace directory
-WORKDIR /pythagora/gpt-pilot/workspace
+RUN mkdir -p /pythagora/gpt-pilot/pythagora-core/workspace
+
+RUN mkdir -p /home/$USERNAME/.vscode-server/cli/servers
 
 USER root
 
+RUN chmod +x /var/init_data/initialize-vscs-pythagora.sh
+RUN chmod +x /var/init_data/on-event-extension-install.sh
+RUN chown -R devuser: /var/init_data/
+
 # Set the entrypoint to the main application
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 1f722cfd..f012a664 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ mongod --dbpath "$MONGO_DB_DATA" --bind_ip_all >> $MONGO_DB_DATA/mongo_logs.txt
 
 export DB_DIR=$PYTHAGORA_DATA_DIR/database
 
-mkdir -p $DB_DIR
-chown -R devuser: $DB_DIR
+chown -R devuser: $PYTHAGORA_DATA_DIR
+su - devuser -c "mkdir -p $DB_DIR"
+
+set -e
+
+su - devuser -c "cd /var/init_data/ && ./on-event-extension-install.sh &"
+
+echo "Starting ssh server..."
 
 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
diff --git a/on-event-extension-install.sh b/on-event-extension-install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80d75422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/on-event-extension-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Directory to monitor
+MONITOR_DIR="$HOME/.vscode-server/cli/servers"
+PATTERN="Stable-*"
+EXCLUDE_SUFFIX=".staging"
+
+# Command to execute when a new directory is detected
+COMMAND="echo 'New Stable directory detected:'"
+
+# Ensure inotify-tools is installed
+if ! command -v inotifywait >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Error: inotifywait is not installed. Please install inotify-tools." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Monitor for directory creation
+echo "Monitoring $MONITOR_DIR for new directories matching $PATTERN..."
+
+inotifywait -m -e create -e moved_to --format '%f' "$MONITOR_DIR" | while read -r NEW_ITEM; do
+  # Check if the created item matches the pattern
+  if [[ "$NEW_ITEM" == $PATTERN && "$NEW_ITEM" != *$EXCLUDE_SUFFIX ]]; then
+    echo "Detected new directory: $NEW_ITEM"
+    # Run the specified command
+    # $COMMAND "$MONITOR_DIR/$NEW_ITEM"
+    while [ ! -f "$HOME/.vscode-server/cli/servers/$NEW_ITEM/server/bin/code-server" ]; do
+      sleep 1
+    done
+    mkdir -p /pythagora/gpt-pilot/pythagora-core/workspace/.vscode && printf '{\n  "gptPilot.isRemoteWs": true,\n  "gptPilot.useRemoteWs": false\n}' >  /pythagora/gpt-pilot/pythagora-core/workspace/.vscode/settings.json
+    $HOME/.vscode-server/cli/servers/$NEW_ITEM/server/bin/code-server --install-extension /var/init_data/pythagora-vs-code.vsix
+    # echo "ok" > /pythagora/gpt-pilot/pythagora-core/workspace/pythagora-installed.txt
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/pythagora-vs-code.vsix b/pythagora-vs-code.vsix
index 168c128d..e04b225c 100644
Binary files a/pythagora-vs-code.vsix and b/pythagora-vs-code.vsix differ