diff --git a/.devcontainer/postcreate.py b/.devcontainer/postcreate.py
index 5f19e12..81426ce 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postcreate.py
+++ b/.devcontainer/postcreate.py
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ parser.add_argument('--build_type')
 parser.add_argument('--cppstd')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-print ('Executing post-create steps. Build type ', args.build_type. ' C++ standard ' + arg.cppstd)
-os.system('conan install /workspaces/network-experiment -of /workspaces/build -s compiler.cppstd= ' + arg.cppstd + ' -s build_type=' + args.build_type)
+print ('Executing post-create steps. Build type ', args.build_type, ' C++ standard ', args.cppstd)
+os.system('conan install /workspaces/network-experiment -of /workspaces/network-experiment/build -s compiler.cppstd=' + args.cppstd + ' -s build_type=' + args.build_type)
diff --git a/devcontainer.Dockerfile b/devcontainer.Dockerfile
index f8f341c..858e658 100644
--- a/devcontainer.Dockerfile
+++ b/devcontainer.Dockerfile
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ RUN conan profile detect
 # avoid expensive rebuilding everytime we need a fresh dev container..
 RUN mkdir -p /workspaces/tmp
 WORKDIR /workspaces/tmp
-RUN conan install -s build_type=$BUILD_TYPE -s compiler.cppstd=$COMPILER_CPPSTD -b=* --requires=boost/1.89.0 -o without_cobalt=True
-RUN conan install -s build_type=$BUILD_TYPE -s compiler.cppstd=$COMPILER_CPPSTD -b=* --requires=libmagic/5.45
-RUN conan install -s build_type=$BUILD_TYPE -s compiler.cppstd=$COMPILER_CPPSTD -b=* --requires=freetype/2.14.1
-RUN conan install -s build_type=$BUILD_TYPE -s compiler.cppstd=$COMPILER_CPPSTD -b=missing --requires=gtest/1.14.0
-RUN conan install -s build_type=$BUILD_TYPE -s compiler.cppstd=$COMPILER_CPPSTD -b=missing --requires=libjpeg/9f
+RUN touch CMakeLists.txt
+ADD conanfile.py .
+RUN conan install -s build_type=$BUILD_TYPE -s compiler.cppstd=$COMPILER_CPPSTD -b=*
+
 WORKDIR /workspaces
 RUN rm -rf tmp