diff --git a/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh b/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
index f0f22014..3c59e208 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/entrypoint.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ DEBUG = True
 
 DOCKER_BUILD = True
 
+SWAGGER_ENABLED = True
+
 CERT_FILE = '${CERT_PUB_PATH}'
 KEY_FILE = '${CERT_PRIV_PATH}'
 
@@ -88,6 +90,12 @@ MESH_TOKEN_KEY = '${MESH_TOKEN}'
 REDIS_HOST    = '${REDIS_HOST}'
 MESH_WS_URL = '${MESH_WS_URL}'
 ADMIN_ENABLED = True
+
+DEV_MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware",
+]
+
+DEV_APPS = ["silk"]
 EOF
 )"
 
diff --git a/.devcontainer/requirements.txt b/.devcontainer/requirements.txt
index 87430b24..5afb2599 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/requirements.txt
+++ b/.devcontainer/requirements.txt
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@ Pygments==2.11.2
 isort==5.10.1
 mypy==0.931
 types-pytz==2021.3.4
+model-bakery==1.4.0
+coverage==6.3.2
+django-silk==4.3.0
diff --git a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py
index c4b2649f..df264920 100644
--- a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py
+++ b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ if "GHACTIONS" in os.environ:
     REDIS_HOST = "localhost"
     ADMIN_ENABLED = False
 
+DEV_MIDDLEWARE = []
+DEV_APPS = []
+
 try:
     from .local_settings import *
 except ImportError:
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "scripts",
     "alerts",
     "drf_spectacular",
+    *DEV_APPS,
 ]
 
 
@@ -178,6 +182,29 @@ if ADMIN_ENABLED:  # type: ignore
     )
 
 
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware",  ##
+    *DEV_MIDDLEWARE,
+    "tacticalrmm.middleware.LogIPMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "tacticalrmm.middleware.AuditMiddleware",
+    "tacticalrmm.middleware.LinuxMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+]
+
+if ADMIN_ENABLED:  # type: ignore
+    MIDDLEWARE += ("django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",)
+
+try:
+    if DEMO:  # type: ignore
+        MIDDLEWARE += ("tacticalrmm.middleware.DemoMiddleware",)
+except:
+    pass
+
 ROOT_URLCONF = "tacticalrmm.urls"
 
 
diff --git a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/urls.py b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/urls.py
index 6e4abeec..456f94fb 100644
--- a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/urls.py
+++ b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/urls.py
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ if getattr(settings, "SWAGGER_ENABLED", False):
         ),
     )
 
+if "silk" in getattr(settings, "DEV_APPS", []):
+    urlpatterns += [path("silk/", include("silk.urls", namespace="silk"))]
+
 ws_urlpatterns = [
-    path("ws/dashinfo/", DashInfo.as_asgi()),
+    path("ws/dashinfo/", DashInfo.as_asgi()),  # type: ignore
 ]