diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 171e2d2a8..930afce11 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 {
   "name": "Anythink Development Container",
-  "image": "public.ecr.aws/v0a2l7y2/wilco/anythink-devcontainer:latest"
+  "image": "public.ecr.aws/v0a2l7y2/wilco/anythink-devcontainer:latest",
+  "customizations": {
+      "vscode": {
+        "extensions": ["GitHub.copilot", "GitHub.copilot-chat"]
+      }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/backend/routes/api/comments.js b/backend/routes/api/comments.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47b0bc591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/routes/api/comments.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const router = require("express").Router();
+const mongoose = require("mongoose");
+const Comment = mongoose.model("Comment");
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/backend/routes/api/index.js b/backend/routes/api/index.js
index 380d027cb..9f23863b6 100644
--- a/backend/routes/api/index.js
+++ b/backend/routes/api/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ router.use('/', require('./users'));
 router.use('/profiles', require('./profiles'));
 router.use('/items', require('./items'));
 router.use('/tags', require('./tags'));
+router.use('/comments', require('./comments'));
 router.use('/ping', require('./ping'));
 
 router.use(function(err, req, res, next){
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 3ff175d70..f587abe8d 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ When implementing a new feature or fixing a bug, please create a new pull reques
 
 ### Using Codespace
 1.  run `docker compose up`
+### On your local machine
+1. [Install Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
+2. [Install Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)
+3. Run `docker compose up`. 
 
 ## Tests
 Documentation about running the End to End test can be found under the `/tests` directory