diff --git a/.env.dev b/.env.dev
index 66638d77f..0c81dc506 100644
--- a/.env.dev
+++ b/.env.dev
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=.funkwhale.test,localhost,nginx,0.0.0.0,127.0.0.1
+DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=.funkwhale.test,localhost,nginx,0.0.0.0,127.0.0.1,.gitpod.io
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=config.settings.local
 DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=dev
 C_FORCE_ROOT=true
diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index a4587f3ab..31b344fab 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -1,48 +1,85 @@
 tasks:
-  - name: Funkwhale
+  - name: Docker
     env:
       COMPOSE_FILE: dev.yml
     init: |
+      # Install frontend depencencies locally
       cd front
       yarn install
       cd ..
+
+      # Prepare prebuild .env
       echo "# Gitpod Environment Variables" > .env
-      echo "MEDIA_URL=http://localhost:8000/media/" >> .env
-      echo "STATIC_URL=http://localhost:8000/staticfiles/" >> .env
-      echo "GITPOD_WORKSPACE_URL=$GITPOD_WORKSPACE_URL" >> .env
-      echo "HMR_PORT=8000" >> .env
+
+      # Prepare docker
       docker network create federation
       docker-compose pull
       docker-compose build
       docker-compose up -d postgres redis
       sleep 10 # allow postgres and redis to initialize
+
+      # Prepare backend
       docker-compose run --rm api python manage.py migrate
       docker-compose run --rm api python manage.py createsuperuser --no-input --username gitpod --email gitpod@example.com
-      echo "from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model;u=get_user_model().objects.get(username='gitpod');u.set_password('gitpod');u.save()" | docker-compose run --rm -T api python manage.py shell -i python
-      echo "from funkwhale_api.music import fake_data; fake_data.create_data(25)" | docker-compose run --rm -T api python manage.py shell -i python
+      docker-compose run --rm api python manage.py fw users set --password "gitpod" gitpod --no-input
+
+      # Compile frontend locales
       docker-compose run --rm front yarn run i18n-compile
-    command: docker-compose up nginx
+
+      # Start API to let script create an actor
+      docker-compose up -d nginx
+      gp ports await 8000
+
+      # Clone music repo
+      git clone https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale/catalog.git
+      sudo mv catalog/music data
+      sudo chown -R root:root data/music
+      rm -rf catalog
+
+      # Login with cURL to create actor
+      python .gitpod/init_actor.py
+
+      # Import music
+      docker-compose down
+      LIBRARY_ID=`cat .gitpod/create_library.py | docker-compose run --rm -T api python manage.py shell -i python`
+      docker-compose run --rm api python manage.py import_files $LIBRARY_ID "/music/" --recursive --noinput --in-place
+
+      # Stop docker
+      docker-compose stop
+    command: |
+      # Prepare workspace .env
+      echo "MEDIA_URL=`gp url 8000`/media/" >> .env
+      echo "STATIC_URL=`gp url 8000`/staticfiles/" >> .env
+      echo "FUNKWHALE_HOSTNAME=`gp url 8000 | sed 's#https://##'`" >> .env
+      echo "FUNKWHALE_PROTOCOL=https" >> .env
+      echo "GITPOD_WORKSPACE_URL=$GITPOD_WORKSPACE_URL" >> .env
+      echo "HMR_PORT=8000" >> .env
+      echo "VUE_APP_INSTANCE_URL=$VUE_APP_INSTANCE_URL" >> .env
+
+      # Start app
+      docker-compose up front api nginx
 
   - name: Welcome to Funkwhale development!
+    env:
+      COMPOSE_FILE: dev.yml
     command: |
       clear
-      echo "You can now start developing Funkwhale with gitpod!"
       echo ""
-      echo "To sign in to the superuser account, please this credentials:"
-      echo "gitpod:gitpod"
+      echo -e "    ⠀⠀⠸⣿⣷⣦⣄⣠⣶⣾⣿⠇⠀⠀    You can now start developing Funkwhale with gitpod!"
+      echo -e "    ⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠻⣿⣿⠟⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀"
+      echo -e "    \u1b[34m⣀⠀⢀⡀⢀⣀\u1b[0m⠹⠇\u1b[34m⣀⡀⢀⡀⠀⣀    \u1b[0mTo sign in to the superuser account,"
+      echo -e "    \u1b[34m⢻⣇⠘⣧⡈⠻⠶⠶⠟⢁⣾⠃⣸⡟    \u1b[0mplease use these credentials:"
+      echo -e "    \u1b[34m⠀⠻⣦⡈⠻⠶⣶⣶⠶⠟⢁⣴⠟⠀"
+      echo -e "    \u1b[34m⠀⠀⠈⠻⠷⣦⣤⣤⣴⠾⠟⠁⠀⠀    gitpod\u1b[0m:\u1b[34mgitpod"
+      echo ""
 
 ports:
   - port: 8000
     visibility: public
     onOpen: notify
 
-  - port: 4000
-    visibility: public
-    onOpen: open-preview
-
 vscode:
   extensions:
-    - antfu.vite
     - lukashass.volar
     - lextudio.restructuredtext
     - trond-snekvik.simple-rst
diff --git a/.gitpod/create_library.py b/.gitpod/create_library.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7991417f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitpod/create_library.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from funkwhale_api.music.models import Library
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+
+actor = get_user_model().objects.get(username='gitpod').actor
+
+try:
+    library = Library.objects.get(actor=actor)
+except:
+    #  Create library
+    library = Library()
+    library.actor = actor
+    library.description = 'Libre music to build a starter catalog for your instance'
+    library.name = 'funkwhale/catalog'
+    library.privacy_level = 'everyone'
+    library.save()
+
+print(str(library.uuid))
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diff --git a/.gitpod/init_actor.py b/.gitpod/init_actor.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dde3945e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitpod/init_actor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import requests
+
+# Login to initialize user actor
+req = requests.Session()
+
+res = req.get('http://localhost:8000/login')
+print(res.status_code, res.cookies)
+token = res.cookies['csrftoken']
+
+res = req.post('http://localhost:8000/api/v1/users/login', data={
+    'username': 'gitpod',
+    'password': 'gitpod',
+    'csrfmiddlewaretoken': token,
+})
+print(res.status_code, res.content)
+
+res = req.get('http://localhost:8000/')
+print(res.status_code)
+
+if res.status_code == 401:
+    exit(1)
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index df0557798..ed8700c29 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ automatically in old and new workspaces.
 The scope ``funkwhale/*`` will ensure that you will be signed into our instance on every
 project that we're hosting, not only Funkwhale itself.
 
+Custom instance url
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If you want to preview changes on your own Funkwhale server, you can add your domain as an environment variable.
+This allows you to test your frontend changes against your domain without setting this value each time.
+To add your domain, set a user environment variable in `your Gitpod settings <https://gitpod.io/variables>`_.
+
++--------- ----------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------+
+| Name                     | Value                             | Scope                   |
++==========================+===================================+=========================+
+| ``VUE_APP_INSTANCE_URL`` | ``https://funkwhale.example.com`` | ``funkwhale/funkwhale`` |
++--------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------+
+
+The scope ``funkwhale/funkwhale`` ensures that this variable only works on Funkwhale.
+
 A quick path to contribute on the front-end
 -------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/1866.enchancement b/changes/changelog.d/1866.enchancement
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ac75b748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/1866.enchancement
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add playable tracks to gitpod instance
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