diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b05c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.npm
+.yarn
+.cache
+.wget-hsts
+.rnd
+.config
+.local
+*.egg-info
+.jupyter
+.bash_logout
+.profile
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db4ec63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "files.exclude": {
+        "**/.bashrc": true,
+        "**/.cache": true,
+        "**/.config": true,
+        "**/.jupyter": true,
+        "**/.local": true,
+        "**/.npm": true,
+        "**/.yarn": true,
+        "**/jupyter_vscode_proxy.egg-info": true
+    }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58798f1..71601e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-# vscode-binder
-VS Code on Binder
+# VS Code on Binder
+
+VS Code on Binder, because sometimes you need a real editor.
+
+Try it: [![Binder](https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg)](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/betatim/vscode-binder/master?urlpath=%2Fvscode)
diff --git a/jupyter_vscode_proxy/__init__.py b/jupyter_vscode_proxy/__init__.py
index 025bbc9..a3fa73f 100644
--- a/jupyter_vscode_proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyter_vscode_proxy/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ def _get_vscode_cmd(port):
         'command': _get_vscode_cmd,
         'launcher_entry': {
             'title': 'VS Code',
-            'icon_path': os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'icons', 'vscode.svg')
+            'icon_path': os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+                                      'icons',
+                                      'vscode.svg')
         }
-}
+    }
diff --git a/postBuild b/postBuild
index b93cdfd..bb3cbfe 100644
--- a/postBuild
+++ b/postBuild
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Enable the proxy extensionn
+# Enable the proxy extension in notebook and lab
 jupyter serverextension enable --py jupyter_server_proxy
+jupyter labextension install jupyterlab-server-proxy
 
 # Download and install VS Code server
 wget -q https://github.com/codercom/code-server/releases/download/1.32.0-245/code-server-1.32.0-245-linux-x64.tar.gz
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1bd3e76..2522fdf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 numpy
 jupyter-server-proxy
+jupyterlab>0.34.9