diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a6dd346572..f903ab6066 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-.vscode
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/extensions.json
 node_modules/
 /test-results/
 /playwright-report/
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3554f7c8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "astral-sh.ty",
+        "biomejs.biome",
+        "bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss",
+        "charliermarsh.ruff",
+        "docker.docker",
+        "github.vscode-github-actions",
+        "mjmlio.vscode-mjml",
+        "ms-playwright.playwright",
+        "ms-python.debugpy",
+        "ms-python.python",
+        "tombi-toml.tombi"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index c217000fc2..26c5d489ba 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -167,6 +167,6 @@ If you don't want to start with the default models and want to remove them / mod
 
 The email templates are in `./backend/app/email-templates/`. Here, there are two directories: `build` and `src`. The `src` directory contains the source files that are used to build the final email templates. The `build` directory contains the final email templates that are used by the application.
 
-Before continuing, ensure you have the [MJML extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=attilabuti.vscode-mjml) installed in your VS Code.
+Before continuing, ensure you have the [MJML extension](https://github.com/mjmlio/vscode-mjml) installed in your VS Code.
 
 Once you have the MJML extension installed, you can create a new email template in the `src` directory. After creating the new email template and with the `.mjml` file open in your editor, open the command palette with `Ctrl+Shift+P` and search for `MJML: Export to HTML`. This will convert the `.mjml` file to a `.html` file and now you can save it in the build directory.