diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index dc4facf..6ad317b 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	  }
 	},
 	"postAttachCommand": {
-	  "server": "uvicorn --host 0.0.0.0 webapp.main:app --reload"
+	  "server": "/home/vscode/venv/bin/uvicorn --host 0.0.0.0 webapp.main:app --reload"
 	},
 	"portsAttributes": {
 	  "8000": {
diff --git a/webapp/main.py b/webapp/main.py
index 53b16bc..f61a12f 100644
--- a/webapp/main.py
+++ b/webapp/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 from os.path import dirname, abspath, join
 from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
 
@@ -16,6 +17,14 @@
 with open(historical_data, "r") as f:
     data = json.load(f)
 
+@app.get('/')
+def root():
+    """
+    Allows to open the API documentation in the browser directly instead of
+    requiring to open the /docs path.
+    """
+    return RedirectResponse(url='/docs', status_code=301)
+
 
 @app.get('/countries')
 def countries():