diff --git a/pnpm-config/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/pnpm-config/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e38ca1efb9d5f256d948e12b8dcbc40383b8b6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pnpm-config/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "Hive NodeJS & Typescript",
+  "image": "registry.gitlab.syncad.com/hive/common-ci-configuration/emsdk:4.0.1-2@sha256:d0c5fbd811ef2447fdf411ee1e2a111c50ad0ec610cf3d6bf2d186530bc883ad",
+  "containerUser": "emscripten",
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": []
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/bash/npm-helpers/npm_pack_package.sh b/scripts/bash/npm-helpers/npm_pack_package.sh
index 04f1c4a75ff35a00d389cbe3ee2c46c8e78ebbb0..8fb5147e963d7360817b37ba0a82f5158351c228 100755
--- a/scripts/bash/npm-helpers/npm_pack_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/bash/npm-helpers/npm_pack_package.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ pushd "${SOURCE_DIR}" # move to the project directory (where package.json file i
 
 "${SCRIPTPATH}/npm_generate_version.sh" "${SOURCE_DIR}" "${REGISTRY_URL}" "${SCOPE}" "${PROJECT_NAME}" "${COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED}" "${COMMIT_TAG}"
 
-pnpm pack --pack-destination "${OUTPUT_DIR}" --json | tail -n +5 > "${OUTPUT_DIR}/built_package_info.json"
+# warning pnpm prints additional (non json) lines referencing prepack actions done while packing. They start from `>` and must be filtered out before processing by jq
+pnpm pack --pack-destination "${OUTPUT_DIR}" --json | grep -v '^>.*$' > "${OUTPUT_DIR}/built_package_info.json"
 BUILT_PACKAGE_NAME=$(jq -r .filename "${OUTPUT_DIR}/built_package_info.json")
 {
   echo PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR="${SOURCE_DIR}"
diff --git a/templates/npm_projects.gitlab-ci.yml b/templates/npm_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
index ac05cca020890848f70aed194a07f4851a56dd84..2ac1d7735dafdb9a091080a08eb69a717e998fee 100644
--- a/templates/npm_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/templates/npm_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include:
 
 variables:
   # uses registry.gitlab.syncad.com/hive/common-ci-configuration/emsdk:4.0.1-2
-  EMSCRIPTEN_IMAGE_TAG: "4.0.1-2@sha256:20c7e44736ce12c9ddb29e1c5c73dd9f0e73704669889212e611069eecb7c5a8"
+  EMSCRIPTEN_IMAGE_TAG: "4.0.1-2@sha256:d0c5fbd811ef2447fdf411ee1e2a111c50ad0ec610cf3d6bf2d186530bc883ad"
   EMSCRIPTEN_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.syncad.com/hive/common-ci-configuration/emsdk:$EMSCRIPTEN_IMAGE_TAG"
 
 .node_based_job_base: