diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 57c05746f..2a18ce1bb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - .:/app:delegated
       - node_modules:/app/node_modules/:delegated
+      - dockerpythonvenv:/app/dockerpythonvenv/:delegated
     depends_on:
       - backend
 
diff --git a/pyrightconfig.json b/pyrightconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f038e54d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyrightconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "include": [
+    "network-api/networkapi"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "**/node_modules",
+    "**/__pycache__",
+    "**/migrations"
+  ],
+  "extraPaths": [
+    "./dockerpythonvenv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/"
+  ],
+  "venvPath": "dockerpythonvenv",
+  "pythonVersion": "3.9",
+  "pythonPlatform": "Linux"
+}