diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 756599b71a..6f7d7c261b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 certs
 Gopkg.lock
-.vscode
 gh-pages/public
 _output
 coverage.txt
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1846d6c901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Launch Kyverno",
+            "type": "go",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "mode": "auto",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/cmd/kyverno",
+            "args": [
+                "--kubeconfig=${userHome}/.kube/config",
+                "--serverIP=<local ip>:9443",
+            ],
+        }
+    ]
+}
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