diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09c50b5b..751dc010 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ development instance in your `.env` file:
   USE_DEBUGPY_FOR_DEV=true
 ```
 
+Next run the install script to install debugpy:
+
+	docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml run -u root ckan-dev ./install_src.sh
+
 Then start the containers in [development mode](#development-mode) and launch VS Code.
 
 In VS Code:
@@ -172,8 +176,9 @@ In VS Code:
 1. Install the "Dev Container" extension: press CTRL+SHIFT+X, type "dev container", click "install"
 2. Click the "Open a Remote Window" button in the bottom-left of the VS Code window
 3. Click "Attach to Running Container..." and select your ckan-dev container, e.g. "ckan-docker-ckan-dev-1"
-4. Click the "Run and Debug" icon on the left panel then "create a launch.json", select "Python Debugger", "Remote Attach", host "localhost" and port "5678"
-5. Press F5 or click the "Run" menu and "Start Debugging"
+4. Click the "Run and Debug" icon on the left panel and choose to install the "Python Debugger"
+5. Click "create a launch.json", select "Python Debugger", "Remote Attach", host "localhost" and port "5678"
+6. Press F5 or click the "Run" menu and "Start Debugging"
 
 You can now set breakpoints and remote debug your CKAN development instance.
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 8d722ac6..6e8bfc99 100755
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ volumes:
   pip_cache:
   site_packages:
   local_bin:
-  vscode_server:
+  home_dir:
 
 services:
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
       - pip_cache:/root/.cache/pip
       - site_packages:/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages
       - local_bin:/usr/local/bin
-      - vscode_server:/root/.vscode-server
+      - home_dir:/srv/app/
     restart: unless-stopped
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO", "/dev/null", "http://localhost:5000"]