diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 74b8a50..d36262d 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@
 {
     "name": "terraform-dev-environment",
     "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:jammy",
-    
     "features": {
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/aws-cli:1": {},
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/terraform:1": {},
         "ghcr.io/dhoeric/features/terraform-docs:1": {},
-        "ghcr.io/dhoeric/features/tfsec:1": {},
-        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git:1": {}
+        "ghcr.io/dhoeric/features/tfsec:1": {}
     },
-
+    // mounting local aws configuration
+    "mounts": [
+        "source=${env:HOME}${env:USERPROFILE}/.aws,target=/home/vscode/.aws,type=bind"
+    ],
+    // a post create command to check the installed versions
     "postCreateCommand": "terraform version && tfsec --version && terraform-docs --version",
-    
+    // setting the default vsc addons and settings
     "customizations": {
         "vscode": {
             "extensions": [
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
             ],
             "settings": {
                 "editor.formatOnSave": true,
-				"editor.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+                "editor.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
                 "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
                 "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
                 "terraform.experimentalFeatures.validateOnSave": true,
@@ -37,6 +39,5 @@
             }
         }
     },
-
     "remoteUser": "vscode"
 }