diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 351e7cfcb..292609403 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -73,16 +73,6 @@ def remove_pycharm_files():
         shutil.rmtree(docs_dir_path)
 
 
-def create_devcontainer_bash_history_file():
-    history_dir_path = ".history"
-    if not os.path.exists(history_dir_path):
-        os.mkdir(history_dir_path)
-
-    history_file_path = ".history/bash_history"
-    with open(history_file_path, "a"):
-        pass
-
-
 def remove_docker_files():
     shutil.rmtree(".devcontainer")
     shutil.rmtree("compose")
@@ -443,7 +433,6 @@ def main():
 
     if "{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}".lower() == "y":
         remove_utility_files()
-        create_devcontainer_bash_history_file()
     else:
         remove_docker_files()
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.devcontainer/bash_history b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.devcontainer/bash_history
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 5576eae40..c11b8dd9a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "init": true,
     "mounts": [
         {
-            "source": "./.history/bash_history",
+            "source": "./.devcontainer/bash_history",
             "target": "/home/dev-user/.bash_history",
             "type": "bind"
         },
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
index 5c1b9d3ce..541f40846 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
@@ -161,9 +161,8 @@ typings/
 !.vscode/extensions.json
 *.code-workspace
 
-# Local History for Visual Studio Code
-.history/
-
+# Local History for devcontainer
+.devcontainer/bash_history
 
 {% if cookiecutter.editor == 'PyCharm' -%}
 # Provided default Pycharm Run/Debug Configurations should be tracked by git