diff --git a/.devcontainer/scripts/setup.sh b/.devcontainer/scripts/setup.sh
index d74d6913..2ee40c96 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ configure_source() {
         killall python3 &>/dev/null
         sleep 0.2
     done
+	date +%s > ${NETALERTX_FRONT}/buildtimestamp.txt
     
 }