diff --git a/.changeset/pink-nails-wave.md b/.changeset/pink-nails-wave.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5388e472a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pink-nails-wave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-modular-react-app': minor
+---
+
+Adds a debug test launch config for vscode
diff --git a/packages/create-modular-react-app/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/create-modular-react-app/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index e076bd085..0375ec671 100644
--- a/packages/create-modular-react-app/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-modular-react-app/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ describe('create-modular-react-app', () => {
       ├─ .gitignore #1tm0llc
       ├─ .vscode
       │  ├─ extensions.json #1i4584r
+      │  ├─ launch.json #15fzacl
       │  └─ settings.json #xncm1d
       ├─ README.md #1nksyzj
       ├─ modular
diff --git a/packages/create-modular-react-app/template/.vscode/launch.json b/packages/create-modular-react-app/template/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b36791666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-modular-react-app/template/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "Debug Tests",
+      "type": "node",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/modular",
+      "args": ["test", "--runInBand", "--no-cache", "--env=jsdom", "{file}"],
+      "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+      "protocol": "inspector",
+      "console": "integratedTerminal",
+      "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/tree-view-for-tests/src/__tests__/tree.test.ts b/packages/tree-view-for-tests/src/__tests__/tree.test.ts
index aba80a895..1fd2236e6 100644
--- a/packages/tree-view-for-tests/src/__tests__/tree.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tree-view-for-tests/src/__tests__/tree.test.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ test('it can serialise a folder', () => {
     ├─ package.json
     ├─ src
     │  ├─ __tests__
-    │  │  └─ index.test.ts #1v8shn0
+    │  │  └─ index.test.ts #1g6aupe
     │  ├─ cli.ts #gcx3cm
     │  └─ index.ts #un0l9d
     └─ template
        ├─ .editorconfig #1p4gvuw
        ├─ .vscode
        │  ├─ extensions.json #1i4584r
+       │  ├─ launch.json #15fzacl
        │  └─ settings.json #xncm1d
        ├─ README.md #1nksyzj
        ├─ gitignore #1tm0llc