@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 mcr.microsoft.com/mirror/docker/library/ubuntu:20.04
 ARG POSTGRES_INSTALL_ARG=
-ARG PG_VERSION
+ARG PG_VERSION=16
+
+# declare installed PG version
+# ENV PG_VERSION=16
 
 RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     && apt-get install -qy \
@@ -29,6 +32,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     postgresql-16 \
     postgresql-server-dev-16 \
     libpq-dev \
+    libicu-dev \
+    libkrb5-dev \
     postgresql-16-cron \
     postgresql-16-pgvector \
     postgresql-16-postgis-3 \
@@ -49,9 +54,11 @@ RUN /tmp/install_setup/install_citus_indent.sh
 RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
 
-ENV LANG en_US.utf8
-# declare installed PG version
-ENV PG_VERSION=16
+ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LANGUAGE en_US
+
+
 
 RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash heliodb -G sudo
 RUN echo "%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/no-pass-ask
 
@@ -2,13 +2,27 @@
     "build": {
         "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
         "context": "..",
+        "args": {
+            // To include debug symbols for postgres, add -x
+            "POSTGRES_INSTALL_ARG": "-c",
+            "PG_VERSION": "16",
+            "CITUS_VERSION": "v12.1"
+        }
     },
     "customizations": {
         "vscode": {
             "extensions": [
                 "ms-vscode.cpptools",
-                "ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack",
+                "ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack"
             ]
         }
+    },
+    "forwardPorts": [9712],
+        "portsAttributes": {
+        "9712": {
+            "label": "PostgresPort",
+            "onAutoForward": "notify",
+            "requireLocalPort": false
+        }
     }
 }
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ jobs:
           postgresql-16 \
           postgresql-server-dev-16 \
           libpq-dev \
+          libicu-dev \
+          libkrb5-dev \
           postgresql-16-cron \
           postgresql-16-pgvector \
           postgresql-16-postgis-3 \