diff --git a/.devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfbeb0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/java:21"
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..add4f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "vscjava.vscode-java-pack"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/Exercise.java b/Exercise.java
index 3c092f9..37de222 100644
--- a/Exercise.java
+++ b/Exercise.java
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
 public class Exercise {
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
-    // implement exercise here
+    @SuppressWarnings("resource")
+    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
+
+    System.out.print("Gib bitte einen Wert zwischen -1 und -32.768 ein: ");
+    short s = sc.nextShort();
+
+    System.out.println(
+        "Ergebnis: Der vorzeichenfreie Dezimalwert betraegt " + Short.toUnsignedInt(s));
   }
 }