diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a67ea0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ui-elements
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index b61cd36..17e9ea2 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 {
 	"version": "2.0.0",
+  "osx": {
+    "options": {
+      "shell": {
+        "executable": "${env:SHELL}",
+        "args": ["--login", "--interactive"]
+      }
+    }
+  },
 	"tasks": [
+    {
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "./scripts/install_dependencies.sh",
+      "label": "Install dependencies",
+      "options": {
+        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+      },
+      "problemMatcher": []
+    },
 		{
 			"type": "npm",
 			"script": "start",
diff --git a/scripts/install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0b00a06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+project=ui-elements
+pyenv_version=3.12.3
+
+brew update && brew install pyenv pyenv-virtualenv node
+
+if ! pyenv virtualenvs | grep -q "$project"; then
+    pyenv install $pyenv_version --skip-existing
+    pyenv virtualenv $pyenv_version $project
+    pyenv local $project
+fi
+
+pyenv activate $project
+
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+(cd src && npm install)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/publish_npm_package.py b/scripts/publish_npm_package.py
index a3bb2a2..194e51b 100644
--- a/scripts/publish_npm_package.py
+++ b/scripts/publish_npm_package.py
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from publish_tools import ansible_utils
 from publish_tools import npm_utils
+from publish_tools import version_utils
 
 root_directory = Path(__file__).parent.parent
-secrets = ansible_utils.load_vars(sys.argv[2], root_directory / 'vars/vault.yaml')
+secrets = ansible_utils.load_vars(sys.argv[2], root_directory / "vars/vault.yaml")
+version = version_utils.get_version(src=root_directory, tag_prefix="version")
 
 npm_utils.publish_npm_package(
     src=root_directory,
     tag_prefix="version",
-    npm_access_token=secrets['npm_access_token'],
-    github_access_token=sys.argv[1]
+    version=version,
+    npm_access_token=secrets["npm_access_token"],
+    github_access_token=sys.argv[1],
 )