diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 59f97f42960eef4e57b59a58fce38b4a4bc5f65f..eccc1282520ad2e78eec0e7bfc2cc3f9b61b2e74 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
   "onCreateCommand" : ".devcontainer/install_deps.sh",
   "postStartCommand" : ".devcontainer/setup_ccache.sh ${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/ccache_storage",
   "containerEnv": {
-    "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER": "ccache"
+    "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER": "ccache",
+    "EDITOR": "nano",
+    "LC_ALL": "C"
   },
   "portsAttributes": {
     "2345": {
diff --git a/.devcontainer/install_deps.sh b/.devcontainer/install_deps.sh
index 6460abfc12dc753eeb63fb16ce8a5c79b4cede48..a0c61e4b8f0796a1352a46a0ab096c0a59cb3337 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/install_deps.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/install_deps.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
     qemu-user \
     clangd-${LLVM_VERSION} \
     ccache \
-    gdb-multiarch
+    gdb-multiarch \
+    git-email \
+    libemail-valid-perl \
+    nano
 
 # Needed to run pipx packages originally installed for the root user
 sudo chmod +x /root