diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index b11f6988ad3c84e899362089eafbc7a600f8fcab..12db3a3a21f4fdfd9bc01db2268af5cbd7154b5d 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 tasks:
   - name: Setup Development Env
+    before: mv ./sample.env ./.env
     openMode: tab-after
     init: |
       type -p curl >/dev/null || sudo apt install curl -y
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ tasks:
       sudo apt update
       sudo apt install gh -y
       gp sync-done dev-setup
+  - name: Setup Backup env
+    before: mv ./sample.env~ ./.env~
   - name: Install ODK Central
     openMode: tab-after
     init: |
diff --git a/central b/central
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..86c843b0a2bcf1dac186a07ac4feeb688455b652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/central
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 86c843b0a2bcf1dac186a07ac4feeb688455b652