diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index 682e3de..47bb5fb 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ENV LANG="C.UTF-8"
 ENV LC_ALL="C.UTF-8"
 
 # libicu - for marksman linter
+# ripgrep and fd-find for telescope 
 ENV NEOVIM_PKGS="\
     wget \
     unzip \
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ ENV NEOVIM_PKGS="\
     git-lfs \
     neovim \
     ripgrep \
+    fd-find \
     npm \
     ShellCheck \
     tree-sitter-cli \
diff --git a/lua/general.lua b/lua/general.lua
index af17c2c..3fc1933 100644
--- a/lua/general.lua
+++ b/lua/general.lua
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ vim.opt.tabstop = 4      -- number of columns occupied by a tab
 vim.opt.softtabstop = 4  -- see multiple spaces as tabstops so <BS> does the right thing
 vim.opt.expandtab = true -- converts tabs to white space
 vim.opt.shiftwidth = 4   -- width for autoindents
+vim.opt.sessionoptions="blank,buffers,curdir,folds,help,tabpages,winsize,winpos,terminal,localoptions" -- suggested by autosession plugin
 vim.filetype.add({
     extension = {
         sls = "sls.yaml.jinja",
diff --git a/lua/plugins/auto-session.lua b/lua/plugins/auto-session.lua
index a279e90..49ccf00 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/auto-session.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/auto-session.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 return {
     config = {
-        auto_save_enabled = true,
-        auto_restore_enabled = true
+        auto_restore = true,
+        auto_save = true
     }
 }