diff --git a/optional/install-vscode.cmd b/optional/install-vscode.cmd
index 28fda42..edf0c5b 100644
--- a/optional/install-vscode.cmd
+++ b/optional/install-vscode.cmd
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ if %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 exit /b
 
 set CONFIG=config\install-vscode.txt
 set EXE=..\software\vscode-setup.exe
+set MARKDOWNTABLE=..\software\markdowntable.vsix
 set STARTMENU="%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"
 
-rem update.code.visualstudio.com
-set VSCODEUPDATEIP=51.144.164.215
-
 if NOT EXIST %EXE% (
   echo ERROR: %EXE% not found!
   exit /b
@@ -38,12 +36,8 @@ move /Y %STARTMENU%\"Visual Studio Code\Visual*.lnk" %STARTMENU%
 echo removing VScode startmenu folder ...
 rd /S /Q %STARTMENU%\"Visual Studio Code" 2>nul
 
-rem NO updates here! FUCK YOU!
-echo disabling automatic updates via W10 firewall ...
-netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name="block_vscode_updates" 2>nul
-netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="block_vscode_updates" ^
-  dir=out action=block protocol=tcp localip=any remoteip=%VSCODEUPDATEIP% ^
-  remoteport=80,443 program="%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe"
+echo adding VScode MARKDOWNTABLE plugin ...
+"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code" --install-extension %MARKDOWNTABLE%
 
 echo ####### %0 #######
 
diff --git a/software/.gitignore b/software/.gitignore
index e6c6eac..f62ba48 100644
--- a/software/.gitignore
+++ b/software/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 *.zip
 *.msixbundle
 *.nupkg
+*.vsix
 
diff --git a/software/optional.csv b/software/optional.csv
index 0f4f7f7..e7abd5b 100644
--- a/software/optional.csv
+++ b/software/optional.csv
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/client/installer/SteamSetup.exe steam-setup.e
 https://totalcommander.ch/win/fixed/tcmd951x64.exe totalcommander-setup.exe
 https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.42/VirtualBox-6.1.42-155177-Win.exe virtualbox-setup.exe
 https://code.visualstudio.com/sha/download?build=stable&os=win32-x64 vscode-setup.exe
+https://github.com/takumisoft68/vscode-markdown-table/releases/download/0.10.0/markdowntable-0.10.0.vsix markdowntable.vsix
 https://media.inkscape.org/dl/resources/file/inkscape-1.2.2_2022-12-09_732a01da63-x64.exe inkscape-setup.exe
 https://swdl.bluejeans.com/desktop-app/win/2.31.114.0/BlueJeans.2.31.114u.msi bluejeans-setup.msi
 https://www.sonos.com/redir/controller_software_pc2 sonos2-setup.exe