diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2d9dc4b..2e23277 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/bin/ \
 PROJECT_DIR=\$(find /workspaces/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -name '.*' -print -quit)
 if [ -n "\$PROJECT_DIR" ]; then
     pushd \$PROJECT_DIR > /dev/null
+    # HLS error (Couldn't load cradle for ghc libdir) if `cabal update` has never been run in project using cardano-haskell-packages ...
+    echo "Running `cabal update` ..."
+    bash -ic "cabal update"
     # GitHub Codespaces should have \$GITHUB_TOKEN already set.
     if [ -n "\$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
         echo \$GITHUB_TOKEN | gh auth login --with-token
@@ -59,9 +62,6 @@ if [ -n "\$PROJECT_DIR" ]; then
     else
         echo "\\\$GITHUB_TOKEN is not set. Skipping HLS cache download."
     fi
-    # HLS error (Couldn't load cradle for ghc libdir) if `cabal update` has never been run in project using cardano-haskell-packages ...
-    echo "Running `cabal update` ..."
-    bash -c "cabal update"
     popd > /dev/null
 fi
 EOF
diff --git a/quirks.nix b/quirks.nix
index 27c8a7b..9753bdd 100644
--- a/quirks.nix
+++ b/quirks.nix
@@ -22,9 +22,19 @@
   '';
   hint = flavor: ''
     if [ "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" = "true" ]; then
-	    echo "::notice::Hint: to reproduce this environment locally, use either:" \
-           "\`nix develop github:input-output-hk/devx#${flavor}\`, or" \
-           "\`docker run -it -v \$(pwd):/workspaces ghcr.io/input-output-hk/devx-devcontainer:x86_64-linux.${flavor}\`"
+        PREFIX="::notice::Hint:"
+    else
+        PREFIX="Hint:"
+    fi
+    if [ "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" = "true" ] || [ -n "$CODESPACE_TOKEN" ]; then
+        echo "$PREFIX to reproduce this environment locally, use either:" \
+             "\`nix develop github:input-output-hk/devx#${flavor}\`, or" \
+             "\`docker run -it -v \$(pwd):/workspaces ghcr.io/input-output-hk/devx-devcontainer:x86_64-linux.${flavor}\`"
+    fi
+    if [ -n "$CODESPACE_TOKEN" ]; then
+        echo "Quirks:"
+        echo -e "\tThe Haskell VSCode extension might ask you \"How do you want the extension to manage/discover HLS and the relevant toolchain?\""
+        echo -e "\tChoose \"Manually via PATH\", not \"Automatically via GHCup\""
     fi
   '';
-}
+}
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