diff --git a/.devfile.yaml b/.devfile.yaml
index 8caa0b404..d481c03cd 100644
--- a/.devfile.yaml
+++ b/.devfile.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 schemaVersion: 2.3.0
 metadata:
-  name: jumpstarter-devspace
+  name: jumpstarter-dev
   icon: https://jumpstarter.dev/jumpstarter.svg
   tags:
     - Python
diff --git a/.devfile/Containerfile b/.devfile/Containerfile
index da76b0d4d..dac8869aa 100644
--- a/.devfile/Containerfile
+++ b/.devfile/Containerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uvx /bin/uvx
 
 USER root
 
-RUN dnf -y install make git python3.12 libusbx python3-pyusb golang && dnf clean all
+RUN dnf -y install make git python3.12 libusbx python3-pyusb golang podman && dnf clean all
 
 USER 10001
 
diff --git a/.devfile/Containerfile.client b/.devfile/Containerfile.client
index 329a91281..25b690906 100644
--- a/.devfile/Containerfile.client
+++ b/.devfile/Containerfile.client
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ USER root
 # switch to python 3.12 as the default
 RUN rm -rf /usr/bin/python && ln -s /usr/bin/python3.12 /usr/bin/python
 
-RUN dnf -y install make git python3.12 python3.12-pytest libusbx python3-pyusb python3.12-pip golang && dnf clean all
+RUN dnf -y install make git python3.12 python3.12 libusbx python3-pyusb python3.12-pip golang && dnf clean all
 
 USER 10001
 RUN --mount=from=builder,source=/src/dist,target=/dist python3.12 -m pip install /dist/*.whl
+RUN python3.12 -m pip install pytest
+
+RUN mkdir -p /home/user/.config/jumpstarter/clients && chmod a+rwx -R /home/user/.config/jumpstarter/clients
+
diff --git a/examples/soc-pytest/jumpstarter_example_soc_pytest/image/images/.gitignore b/examples/soc-pytest/jumpstarter_example_soc_pytest/image/images/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 72e8ffc0d..000000000
--- a/examples/soc-pytest/jumpstarter_example_soc_pytest/image/images/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*
diff --git a/examples/soc-pytest/jumpstarter_example_soc_pytest/image/images/.gitkeep b/examples/soc-pytest/jumpstarter_example_soc_pytest/image/images/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000