diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1dfa0e7a2a..54df96b58e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # general
 .idea
-*.code-workspace
 .DS_Store
 ._.DS_Store
 
diff --git a/couchers.code-workspace b/couchers.code-workspace
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f931bd363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/couchers.code-workspace
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "folders": [
+    {
+      "name": "Backend",
+      "path": "app/backend"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Frontend",
+      "path": "app/web"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Protocol Buffers",
+      "path": "app/proto"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Documentation",
+      "path": "docs"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Everything",
+      "path": "."
+    }
+  ]
+}