diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index e755d78c5..f6b73fe0b 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 {
     "version": "0.2.0",
     "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Python: Current File",
-            "type": "python",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "program": "${file}",
-            "console": "integratedTerminal",
-            "justMyCode": true
-        },
         {
             "name": "Attach to Python Functions",
             "type": "python",
@@ -56,6 +48,20 @@
             "skipFiles": [
                 "node_modules/**"
             ],
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Debug tests",
+            "type": "python",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "module": "pytest"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Python: Current File",
+            "type": "python",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "program": "${file}",
+            "console": "integratedTerminal",
+            "justMyCode": true
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 0ded3a67d..86c787578 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -8,5 +8,10 @@
     "azureFunctions.projectLanguageModel": 2,
     "githubPullRequests.ignoredPullRequestBranches": [
         "main"
-    ]
+    ],
+    "python.testing.pytestArgs": [
+        "."
+    ],
+    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/requirements.txt b/code/requirements.txt
index c6b87a824..8dc01394e 100644
--- a/code/requirements.txt
+++ b/code/requirements.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ azure-search-documents==11.4.0b8
 opencensus-ext-azure==1.1.13
 pandas==1.5.1
 python-docx==0.8.11
+
+# Add dev dependencies here - this will be refactored out by Poetry
+pytest==7.4.4