ExtendScript Debug Extension Issue

I can't get the ExtendScript Debug extension to work in my VScode. I am new to this extension and have tried to follow several walk-throughs along with reading through forum posts to try and understand what I need to do to set it up to work correctly.

When I first set it up and tried to debug I got the option to select Adobe Illustrator 28.064 and nothing happened in my Adobe Illustrator. I then went to help and "about illustrator" in the application and I have 28.5 installed but its not an option in the dropdown I get in VScode. 

So I thought perhaps the extension hadn't been updated and only supports up to the 28.064 version of Illustrator. So I reverted to Illustrator 28.0 and tried again to run the debug with the same results. It's running but I am not seeing the simple alert that I am using to test to see if it's working correctly. Which consist of  alert("test test"); When I run it I see that I have the same Adobe Illustrator 28.064 to choose from even though it says I have Illustrator 28.0 installed. Still nothing happens in Illustrator.

I then read some post that said that you should set the host to the version of Illustrator you have like this.

"hostAppSpecifier": "illustrator-28.0",

but when I do this it give me an error that the application is not installed and to please check the specifer again.

I am currently at a lost on what to try next to get it to communicate with my Illustrator and show the alert.