diff --git a/backend/vcpkg-configuration.json b/backend/vcpkg-configuration.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..470c34cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/vcpkg-configuration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "default-registry": {
+    "kind": "git",
+    "baseline": "7f9f0e44db287e8e67c0e888141bfa200ab45121",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg"
+  },
+  "registries": [
+    {
+      "kind": "artifact",
+      "location": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg-ce-catalog/archive/refs/heads/main.zip",
+      "name": "microsoft"
+    }
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/backend/vcpkg.json b/backend/vcpkg.json
index 9df32f2e..294e549a 100644
--- a/backend/vcpkg.json
+++ b/backend/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg.schema.json",
     "dependencies": [
         "cpprestsdk",
         "geographiclib"
     ]
-  } 
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+}
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