diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78f6ddf..78a9ceb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 src/scicloj/.cpcache/
 src/scicloj/.clj-kondo
 src/scicloj/poetry.lock
-/src/scicloj/.lsp/
+src/scicloj/.lsp/
+src/scicloj/.devcontainer/.devpod-internal
diff --git a/src/scicloj/.devcontainer/setup.sh b/src/scicloj/.devcontainer/setup.sh
index 5d7f674..f20346f 100755
--- a/src/scicloj/.devcontainer/setup.sh
+++ b/src/scicloj/.devcontainer/setup.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 
 clj -Sthreads 1 -P
 mkdir -p .venv 
-poetry install
\ No newline at end of file
+poetry install
+tic -x ./terminfo24bit.src
+export TERM=xterm-24bits
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/scicloj/.devcontainer/terminfo24bit.src b/src/scicloj/.devcontainer/terminfo24bit.src
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6221412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scicloj/.devcontainer/terminfo24bit.src
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Use colon separators.
+xterm-24bit|xterm with 24-bit direct color mode,
+  use=xterm-256color,
+  setb24=\E[48:2:%p1%{65536}%/%d:%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d:%p1%{255}%&%dm,
+  setf24=\E[38:2:%p1%{65536}%/%d:%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d:%p1%{255}%&%dm,
+# Use semicolon separators.
+xterm-24bits|xterm with 24-bit direct color mode,
+  use=xterm-256color,
+  setb24=\E[48;2;%p1%{65536}%/%d;%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d;%p1%{255}%&%dm,
+  setf24=\E[38;2;%p1%{65536}%/%d;%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d;%p1%{255}%&%dm,
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/scicloj/CHANGELOG.md b/src/scicloj/CHANGELOG.md
index d6206a8..24f3f9e 100644
--- a/src/scicloj/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/scicloj/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # unreleased
+
+# 1.0.5
+- true color for emacs -nw
+
 # 1.0.4
 - use setup.sh script
 
diff --git a/src/scicloj/devcontainer-template.json b/src/scicloj/devcontainer-template.json
index ec9f9a2..c2a7cd3 100644
--- a/src/scicloj/devcontainer-template.json
+++ b/src/scicloj/devcontainer-template.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "id": "scicloj",
-    "version": "1.0.4",
+    "version": "1.0.5",
     "name": "scicloj template",
     "description": "A scicloj Template",
     "documentationURL": "https://github.com/scicloj/devcontainer-templates/tree/main/src/scicloj",