diff --git a/.devcontainer/.env.example b/.devcontainer/.env.example
index a9fa3b37b6..6b6846b487 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/.env.example
+++ b/.devcontainer/.env.example
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ MONGODB_USER=mongouser
 MONGODB_PASSWORD=mongopass
 
 # database settings
+POSTGRES_DB=tactical
 POSTGRES_USER=postgres
 POSTGRES_PASS=postgrespass
 
@@ -29,3 +30,9 @@ HTTP_PROTOCOL=https
 DOCKER_NETWORK=172.21.0.0/24
 DOCKER_NGINX_IP=172.21.0.20
 NATS_PORTS=4222:4222
+
+# The nginx container expects CERT_PUB_KEY and CERT_PRIV_KEY to be base64 encoded
+#CERT_PUB_KEY='VGhlIG5naW54IGNvbnRhaW5lciBleHBlY3RzIENFUlRfUFVCX0tFWSBhbmQgQ0VSVF9QUklWX0tF
+#              WSB0byBiZSBiYXNlNjQgZW5jb2RlZA=='
+#CERT_PRIV_KEY='VGhlIG5naW54IGNvbnRhaW5lciBleHBlY3RzIENFUlRfUFVCX0tFWSBhbmQgQ0VSVF9QUklWX0tF
+#               WSB0byBiZSBiYXNlNjQgZW5jb2RlZA=='
diff --git a/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh b/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
index 05c20cace5..d13519e22a 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ set -e
 : "${MESH_PASS:=meshcentralpass}"
 : "${MESH_HOST:=tactical-meshcentral}"
 : "${API_HOST:=tactical-backend}"
+: "${APP_HOST:=tactical-frontend}"
 : "${REDIS_HOST:=tactical-redis}"
 : "${API_PORT:=8000}"
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ function django_setup {
   MESH_TOKEN="$(cat ${TACTICAL_DIR}/tmp/mesh_token)"
 
   DJANGO_SEKRET=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 80 | head -n 1)
-  
+
   localvars="$(cat << EOF
 SECRET_KEY = '${DJANGO_SEKRET}'
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['${API_HOST}', '*']
 ADMIN_URL = 'admin/'
 
 CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = True
+CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = ['https://${APP_HOST}']
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
@@ -116,9 +118,9 @@ EOF
   "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"/bin/python manage.py create_natsapi_conf
   "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"/bin/python manage.py create_installer_user
   "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"/bin/python manage.py post_update_tasks
-  
 
-  # create super user 
+
+  # create super user
   echo "from accounts.models import User; User.objects.create_superuser('${TRMM_USER}', 'admin@example.com', '${TRMM_PASS}') if not User.objects.filter(username='${TRMM_USER}').exists() else 0;" | python manage.py shell
 }