diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 62899230..7b703206 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Suggests:
     gganimate,
     ggiraph,
     htmltools,
+    httpgd,
     jsonlite,
     knitr,
     lattice,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index bf35be40..b54bfbd9 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # thematic (development version)
 
+* The `{httpgd}` graphics device (and thus, Github codespaces) is now supported. (#143)
+
 # thematic 0.1.3
 
 * Closed #129: Fixed a bug with not being able override thematic inside geom_sf(). (#129)
diff --git a/R/hooks.R b/R/hooks.R
index 9df2fc9a..b6dd2898 100644
--- a/R/hooks.R
+++ b/R/hooks.R
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ get_device_function <- function(name = infer_device()) {
     Cairo = Cairo::Cairo,
     devSVG = svglite::svglite,
     dsvg_device = ggiraph::dsvg,
+    httpgd = httpgd::hgd,
     # TODO: support cairoDevices? tikz?
     stop(
       "thematic doesn't (yet) support the '", name, "' graphics device. ",