diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.devcontainer.sqlite-tika.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.devcontainer.sqlite-tika.yml
index cd978ebcb..a43a41463 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.devcontainer.sqlite-tika.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.devcontainer.sqlite-tika.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ services:
     image: docker.io/library/redis:7
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
-      - redisdata:/data
+      - ./redisdata:/data
 
   # No ports need to be exposed; the VSCode DevContainer plugin manages them.
   paperless-development:
@@ -43,14 +43,16 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ..:/usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx:delegated
       - ../.devcontainer/vscode:/usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/.vscode:delegated # VSCode config files
-      - pipenv:/usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/.venv # Pipenv environment persisted in volume
+      - .venv:/usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/.venv
       - /usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/src/documents/static/frontend # Static frontend files exist only in container
       - /usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/src/.pytest_cache
       - /usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/.ruff_cache
       - /usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/htmlcov
       - /usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/.coverage
-      - data:/usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/data
-      - media:/usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/media
+      - ./data:/usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/data
+      - ./media:/usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/media
+      - ./consume:/usr/src/paperless/paperless-ngx/consume
+
     environment:
       PAPERLESS_REDIS: redis://broker:6379
       PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENABLED: 1
@@ -76,9 +78,3 @@ services:
   tika:
     image: docker.io/apache/tika:latest
     restart: unless-stopped
-
-volumes:
-  data:
-  media:
-  redisdata:
-  pipenv:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3351a924b..0fd9d7bcd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -100,3 +100,9 @@ scripts/nuke
 
 # celery schedule file
 celerybeat-schedule*
+
+# ignore .devcontainer sub folders
+/.devcontainer/consume/
+/.devcontainer/data/
+/.devcontainer/media/
+/.devcontainer/redisdata/