diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index ee633b8..33b2d5d 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
             "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/devcontainers/spec/main/schemas/devContainerFeature.schema.json"
           }
         ]
-      }
+      },
+      "extensions": [
+        "tamasfe.even-better-toml"
+      ]
     }
   },
   "updateContentCommand": "npm install -g @devcontainers/cli"
diff --git a/images/base/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/images/base/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 775b428..c1e7e9f 100644
--- a/images/base/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/base/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ RUN { echo && echo "PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u\[\033[00m\] \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[0
 
 COPY --chown=vscode:vscode bash_aliases .bash_aliases
 COPY --chown=vscode:vscode gitconfig .config/git/config
+COPY --chown=vscode:vscode direnv.toml .config/direnv/direnv.toml
 
 # Custom PATH additions
 ENV PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
diff --git a/images/base/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/images/base/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index e43a098..75ab023 100644
--- a/images/base/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/images/base/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
   "shutdownAction": "stopContainer",
   "remoteUser": "vscode",
   "postCreateCommand": {
-    "docker-completion": "docker completion bash | sudo tee -a /etc/bash_completion.d/docker > /dev/null",
-    "direnv": "direnv allow || true"
+    "docker-completion": "docker completion bash | sudo tee -a /etc/bash_completion.d/docker > /dev/null"
   }
 }
diff --git a/images/base/.devcontainer/direnv.toml b/images/base/.devcontainer/direnv.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1081976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/base/.devcontainer/direnv.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Documentation
+# @link https://direnv.net/man/direnv.toml.1.html
+
+[whitelist]
+# Automatically apply all .envrc files under /workspaces
+prefix = ["/workspaces"]