diff --git a/demo/.devcontainer/.bashrc b/demo/.devcontainer/.bashrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8752c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/.devcontainer/.bashrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# start Starship prompt
+eval "$(starship init bash)"
+
+source /home/blinky/.motd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/demo/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/demo/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 72ca2e1a..13eef83e 100644
--- a/demo/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/demo/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN curl https://starship.rs/install.sh > /tmp/starship_install.sh && \
     /tmp/starship_install.sh -y && \
     rm /tmp/starship_install.sh
 
+COPY .devcontainer/.bashrc /home/blinky/.bashrc
 COPY .devcontainer/.zshrc /home/blinky/.zshrc
 
 USER blinky