diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index ffe5bdd35..4fd87b113 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 {
-    "python.analysis.extraPaths": [
-        "./pylib"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+    "python.analysis.extraPaths": ["./pylib"],
+    "python.formatting.provider": "black",
+    "rust-analyzer.cargo.runBuildScripts": true,
+    "rust-analyzer.checkOnSave.allTargets": false,
+    "rust-analyzer.files.excludeDirs": ["node_modules"],
+    "rust-analyzer.procMacro.enable": true,
+    // this formats 'use' blocks in a nicer way, but requires you to run
+    // 'rustup install nightly'.
+    "rust-analyzer.rustfmt.extraArgs": ["+nightly"]
+}