diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index b37a79f..81d460f 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ RUN curl -L https://fly.io/install.sh | sh
 ENV FLYCTL_INSTALL="/root/.fly"
 ENV PATH="$FLYCTL_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"
 
+RUN sudo apt-get update
+RUN sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3 -y
+
+RUN pip3 install modal
+
 # RUN echo 'export FLYCTL_INSTALL="/home/node/.fly"' >> ~/.bashrc
 # RUN echo 'export PATH="$FLYCTL_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 1e3b6de..4f95ed9 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
         "stivo.tailwind-fold",
         "streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker",
         "GitHub.copilot",
-        "ms-azuretools.vscode-docker"
+        "ms-azuretools.vscode-docker",
+        "ms-python.python"
       ]
     }
   }