diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index f542d02..898eaa4 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier; NEVER EDIT MANUALLY
-_commit: 3.6.1-4-g736b7c7
+_commit: 3.6.1-7-gb5b6581
 _src_path: gh:epics-containers/ioc-template
 description: The simulation AreaDetector
 git_platform: github.com
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 0ea8350..c369aa0 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@
         // in this way the devcontainer and runtime look very similar
         "source=${localWorkspaceFolder},target=/epics/generic-source,type=bind",
         // Mount the opi folder so we can use phoebus from outside the container
-        "source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/opi/ioc,target=/epics/opi,type=bind"
+        "source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/opi/auto-generated,target=/epics/opi,type=bind"
     ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/initializeCommand b/.devcontainer/initializeCommand
index 732ec1f..5cd42cd 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/initializeCommand
+++ b/.devcontainer/initializeCommand
@@ -3,4 +3,11 @@
 # custom initialization goes here - runs outside of the dev container
 # just before the container is launched but after the container is created
 
+FOLDER=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
+
 echo "devcontainerID ${1}"
+
+# make sure the shared network is created
+# TODO this would be better done with compose but compose and podman
+# in devcontainers is not currently stable.
+source $FOLDER/../compose/environment.sh
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10ff20f..ed6e374 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ ibek
 # config folder is a container mount at /epics/ioc/config
 ioc/config
 # the opi folder is also mounted into the container at /epics/ioc/opi
-opi/ioc/*
-!opi/ioc/.placeholder
+opi/auto-generated/*
+!opi/auto-generated/.placeholder
 
 # podman may leave this around in aborted builds
 .build.swp
diff --git a/compose/services/phoebus/compose.yml b/compose/services/phoebus/compose.yml
index 8e18c07..0f759d7 100644
--- a/compose/services/phoebus/compose.yml
+++ b/compose/services/phoebus/compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
       DISPLAY: $DISPLAY
     tty: true
     # pick a server port for phoebus so it does not reconnect to existing phoebus
-    command: phoebus-product/phoebus.sh -settings /config/settings.ini -resource /opi/ioc/index.bob -server 7010
+    command: phoebus-product/phoebus.sh -settings /config/settings.ini -resource /opi/auto-generated/index.bob -server 7010
     volumes:
       - /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix
       - ~/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority
diff --git a/opi/ioc/.placeholder b/opi/auto-generated/.placeholder
similarity index 100%
rename from opi/ioc/.placeholder
rename to opi/auto-generated/.placeholder