diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68184110..945f8211 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 .DS_Store
 build
 hpcore.dir
-.vscode
 **/Makefile
 **/CMakeCache.txt
 **/cmake_install.cmake
diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba9207ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Linux",
+            "includePath": [
+                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
+            ],
+            "defines": [],
+            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
+            "cStandard": "gnu17",
+            "cppStandard": "gnu++17",
+            "intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": 4
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95701bcd..21675495 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ A C++ version of hotpocket designed for production envrionments, original protot
 * Boost Stacktrace - https://www.boost.org
 
 ## Setting up Hot Pocket development environment
-Run the setup script located at the repo root (tested on Ubuntu 18.04).
+Run the setup script located at the repo root (tested on Ubuntu 20.04).
 ```
 ./dev-setup.sh
 ```
diff --git a/dev-setup.sh b/dev-setup.sh
index 4a40ca3e..d5b06ab8 100755
--- a/dev-setup.sh
+++ b/dev-setup.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ sudo apt-get install -y jq
 curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
 sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
 # ncc build utility for nodejs compiled builds.
-npm i -g @vercel/ncc
+sudo npm i -g @vercel/ncc
 
 # Update linker library cache.
 sudo ldconfig