diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 0959fb6f..a122ec1e 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 		"vscode": {
 			"settings": {
 				"r.rpath.linux": "/usr/bin/R",
-        "r.rterm.linux": "/usr/bin/R",
-        "workbench.editorAssociations": {   
-           "*.md": "vscode.markdown.preview.editor"
-        },   
+				"r.plot.useHttpgd":true,
+                            "r.rterm.linux": "/usr/bin/R",
+                            "workbench.editorAssociations": {   
+                               "*.md": "vscode.markdown.preview.editor"
+                             },   
 				"svn.multipleFolders.enabled": true,
 				"r.lsp.diagnostics": false
 			},
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3ef0db07..a3556cf7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ RUN sed -i.bak "/^#.*deb-src.*universe$/s/^# //g" /etc/apt/sources.list \
     && apt -y install subversion \
     && apt -y build-dep r-base-dev \
     && apt -y install r-base-dev \
-    && Rscript -e "install.packages('languageserver', repos='https://cran.rstudio.com')"
+    && Rscript -e "install.packages('languageserver', repos='https://cran.rstudio.com')" \
+    && Rscript -e "install.packages('httpgd', repos='https://cran.rstudio.com')"
 
 RUN apt install shellcheck
 RUN apt install -y ccache
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ ENV BUILDDIR='/workspaces/r-dev-env/build'
 ENV TOP_SRCDIR='/workspaces/r-dev-env/svn'
 ENV PATCHDIR='/workspaces/r-dev-env/patches'
 ARG CONTAINER_VERSION
-ENV CONTAINER_VERSION ${CONTAINER_VERSION}
\ No newline at end of file
+ENV CONTAINER_VERSION ${CONTAINER_VERSION}