diff --git a/bin/cds-add-cucumber.js b/bin/cds-add-cucumber.js
index a75d1d8..59a03b3 100755
--- a/bin/cds-add-cucumber.js
+++ b/bin/cds-add-cucumber.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function createTestFeaturesDir() {
 }
 
 function createVSCodePluginConfig() {
-  const content = `{
+  const settingsJson = `{
   // Cucumber for Visual Studio Code (CucumberOpen) https://open-vsx.org/extension/CucumberOpen/cucumber-official 
   "cucumber.features": [
     "test/features/**/*.feature"
@@ -57,11 +57,17 @@ function createVSCodePluginConfig() {
   "cucumberautocomplete.strictGherkinCompletion": true
 }
 `
-  mkdir('./.vscode');
 
-  const file = './.vscode/settings.json';
+  const extensionsJson = `{
+  "recommendations": [
+    "cucumberopen.cucumber-official",
+  ]
+}
+`
+  mkdir('./.vscode');
 
-  createFileIfMissing(file, content);
+  createFileIfMissing('./.vscode/settings.json', settingsJson);
+  createFileIfMissing('./.vscode/extensions.json', extensionsJson);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/test/bin/testGettingStartedLocallyWithLocalUI5tgz.sh b/test/bin/testGettingStartedLocallyWithLocalUI5tgz.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..49813bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bin/testGettingStartedLocallyWithLocalUI5tgz.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -x
+
+ROOT_DIR=`pwd`
+DIR=tmp/getting-started-locally-with-local-ui5-tgz
+test -d $DIR && rm -r -f $DIR
+mkdir -p $DIR
+cd $DIR
+npm init -y
+
+npm init -w dk -y
+npm add -w dk @sap/cds-dk
+
+npm init -w service -y
+cd service
+rm package.json
+
+npx cds init --add sample
+npm add ../../.. || true
+test -f ./.vscode/extensions.json && rm ./.vscode/extensions.json
+npx cds-add-cucumber
+# requireModule does not work with links -> require the steps directly
+cat <<EOF >cucumber.yml
+default:
+    require:
+      - ../../../lib/index.js
+EOF
+
+. ${ROOT_DIR}/test/bin/.sapui5.version.sh
+. ${ROOT_DIR}/test/bin/.sapui5.tgz.sh
+if [ -f ${SAPUI5_ARCHIVE_FILE} ]; then
+  echo "Found UI5 local archive: ${SAPUI5_ARCHIVE_FILE}"
+else
+  echo "Could not find UI5 local archive"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+npx cds-add-cucumber-plugin -p local-ui5-tgz -f ./app/index.html
+
+npx cucumber-js test