diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index a70947c1b8f29d7bf2d47538d8df9e32673ea979..11cd7e6ab387b848c948b030e319198340ef66a1 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 {
-	"image": "rocker/verse:devel"
+	"image": "rocker/geospatial:devel",
+	"customizations": {
+		"vscode": {
+			"extensions": [
+				"eamodio.gitlens",
+				"REditorSupport.r"
+			]
+		}
+	}
 }