diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3721da86e..7fe467abc9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ ENV/
 # Jetbrains IDEs
 .idea
 pip-wheel-metadata
-.vscode
 .*.sw?
 
 # Textual
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.vscode/settings.json b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a33b527cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "markdown.styles": ["public/vscode_markdown.css"]
+}