diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dea664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "name": "BudgetApp Dev",
+  "dockerComposeFile": [
+    "../docker-compose.yml",
+    "../docker-compose.codespaces.yml"
+  ],
+  "service": "app",
+  "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}",
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/dotnet:2": {},
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-outside-of-docker:1": {},
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git-lfs:1": {}
+  },
+  "remoteEnv": {
+    "DOCKER_API_VERSION": "1.43",
+    "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Codespaces"
+  },
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "ms-dotnettools.csharp",
+        "ms-dotnettools.csdevkit",
+        "ms-mssql.mssql",
+        "ms-azuretools.vscode-docker"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "forwardPorts": [1433],
+  "postCreateCommand": "dotnet restore"
+}
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..446b951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "nuget"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/BudgetApp.csproj b/BudgetApp.csproj
index 2abca71..c0275f8 100644
--- a/BudgetApp.csproj
+++ b/BudgetApp.csproj
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Dapper" Version="2.1.66" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="6.1.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NLog.Web.AspNetCore" Version="6.1.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Dapper" Version="2.1.72" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="6.1.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NLog.Web.AspNetCore" Version="6.1.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/appsettings.Codespaces.json b/appsettings.Codespaces.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b7d0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appsettings.Codespaces.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "Logging": {
+    "LogLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
+    }
+  },
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "DefaultConnection": "Data Source=sqlserver,1433;Initial Catalog=BudgetApp;User ID=sa;Password=BudgetApp_Dev@2024;Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=True;"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docker-compose.codespaces.yml b/docker-compose.codespaces.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d15180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.codespaces.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+services:
+  app:
+    image: mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/dotnet:10.0
+    volumes:
+      - .:/workspaces/BudgetApp:cached
+    command: sleep infinity
+    depends_on:
+      sqlserver:
+        condition: service_healthy