diff --git a/.vscode/env_template.txt b/.vscode/env_template.txt
index c257949e2..5a79b6535 100644
--- a/.vscode/env_template.txt
+++ b/.vscode/env_template.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 # For local dev, often user Authentication is not needed
 AUTH_TYPE=disabled
-# This passes top N results to LLM an additional time for reranking prior to answer generation, quite token heavy so we disable it for dev generally
-DISABLE_LLM_CHUNK_FILTER=True
 
 
 # Always keep these on for Dev
@@ -15,6 +13,11 @@ LOG_ALL_MODEL_INTERACTIONS=True
 LOG_LEVEL=debug
 
 
+# This passes top N results to LLM an additional time for reranking prior to answer generation
+# This step is quite heavy on token usage so we disable it for dev generally
+DISABLE_LLM_CHUNK_FILTER=True
+
+
 # Useful if you want to toggle auth on/off (google_oauth/OIDC specifically)
 OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=<REPLACE THIS>
 OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=<REPLACE THIS>
@@ -42,3 +45,8 @@ FAST_GEN_AI_MODEL_VERSION=gpt-3.5-turbo
 # Python stuff
 PYTHONPATH=./backend
 PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+
+# Enable the full set of Danswer Enterprise Edition features
+# NOTE: DO NOT ENABLE THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE A PAID ENTERPRISE LICENSE (or if you are using this for local testing/development)
+ENABLE_PAID_ENTERPRISE_EDITION_FEATURES=False
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.template.jsonc b/.vscode/launch.template.jsonc
index f4384a993..edd1d0c1b 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.template.jsonc
+++ b/.vscode/launch.template.jsonc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}/web",
             "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
+            "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env",
             "runtimeArgs": [
                 "run", "dev"
             ],
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "module": "uvicorn",
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/backend",
+            "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env",
             "env": {
                 "LOG_LEVEL": "DEBUG",
                 "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1"
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "module": "uvicorn",
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/backend",
+            "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env",
             "env": {
                 "LOG_ALL_MODEL_INTERACTIONS": "True",
                 "LOG_LEVEL": "DEBUG",
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "program": "danswer/background/update.py",
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/backend",
+            "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env",
             "env": {
                 "ENABLE_MINI_CHUNK": "false",
                 "LOG_LEVEL": "DEBUG",
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "program": "scripts/dev_run_background_jobs.py",
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/backend",
+            "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env",
             "env": {
                 "LOG_LEVEL": "DEBUG",
                 "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1",