diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 88cea499..ce1f7840 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-FROM rocker/r-base:latest
+FROM rocker/r-devel:latest
 
-RUN \
-  echo 'options(repos=c(CRAN="https://cloud.r-project.org"))' >> ~/.Rprofile && \
-  Rscript --vanilla -e 'getOption("repos")'
+# RUN \
+#   echo 'options(repos=c(CRAN="https://cloud.r-project.org"))' >> ~/.Rprofile && \
+#   Rscript --vanilla -e 'getOption("repos")'
 
 # Adding Git
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ RUN \
 
 RUN install2.r cpp11 rmarkdown roxygen2 tinytest data.table netplot
 
-RUN apt install -y --no-install-recommends libxml2-dev && \
-  install2.r languageserver
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends && \
+  install2.r languageserver
+
+CMD ["bash"]
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d67fb3b2..2d4bacc5 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ Package: epiworldR
 Type: Package
 Title: Fast Agent-Based Epi Models
 Version: 0.3-2
-Date: 2024-06-12
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Derek", "Meyer", role=c("aut","cre"), 
   email="derekmeyer37@gmail.com", comment = c(ORCID = "0009-0005-1350-6988")),