diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d9938173..4ae38dd07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .cache/
-.vscode/
+
 *data/config/config.yaml
 *stats.txt
 *.DS_Store
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70ceef97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "C_Cpp.default.compileCommands": "${workspaceFolder}/build/compile_commands.json"
+}