diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a77cb08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 80
+extend-select = B950
+extend-ignore = E203,E501,E701
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
index fce1b33..5b27c19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Check lint
+      run: ./scripts/lint.sh
     - name: Docker Login
       uses: docker/login-action@v3.0.0
       with:
diff --git a/bootstrap.py b/bootstrap.py
index 3488849..eb59a48 100644
--- a/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bootstrap.py
@@ -16,19 +16,26 @@
 
 async def bootstrap(collection_api: CollectionApi, imdb_api: ImdbApi):
     """
-    This function is called at the start of the application to regularly send HTTP requests
-    and cache the results. This can help saving time on incoming requests.
+    This function is called at the start of the application to regularly send
+    HTTP requests and cache the results.
+
+    This can help saving time on incoming requests.
     """
     while True:
         logging.info("Bootstrapping...")
         all_collections = deque(COMMON_COLLECTIONS)
         visited_collections = set()
-        while all_collections and len(visited_collections) < app_config.bootstrap_collections_max:
+        while (
+            all_collections
+            and len(visited_collections) < app_config.bootstrap_collections_max
+        ):
             collection_id = all_collections.popleft()
             visited_collections.add(collection_id)
 
             try:
-                collection_info = await collection_api.get_collection_info(collection_id)
+                collection_info = await collection_api.get_collection_info(
+                    collection_id
+                )
                 for related_collection in collection_info["related_charts"]["items"]:
                     related_collection_id = related_collection["id"]
                     if related_collection_id not in visited_collections:
diff --git a/collection.py b/collection.py
index e91447f..89ee782 100644
--- a/collection.py
+++ b/collection.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
         self.client.close()
         self.cache.close()
 
-
     async def get_collection_info(self, collection_id: str):
         return await get_json(self.client, f"/{collection_id}")
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3a12c8f..6dd23df 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ uvicorn[standard]==0.27.1
 httpx[socks]==0.24.1
 diskcache==5.6.3
 pydantic-settings==2.2.0
+
+# for linting
+black==23.3.0
+flake8==6.1.0
+flake8-bugbear==24.2.6
diff --git a/scripts/hooks/pre-commit b/scripts/hooks/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0eda5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+scripts/lint.sh --check
diff --git a/scripts/init_repo.sh b/scripts/init_repo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6bea1b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/init_repo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+
+rm -f .git/hooks/pre-commit
+ln -s ../../scripts/hooks/pre-commit .git/hooks/pre-commit
diff --git a/scripts/lint.sh b/scripts/lint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ccbddf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# read the `--check` arg from the command line
+check=false
+if [ $# -gt 0 ] && [[ $1 == "--check" ]]; then
+  check=true
+fi
+
+black_args=()
+if [[ "$check" == "true" ]]; then
+  black_args+=(--check --diff)
+fi
+
+cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+
+# find all Python files
+python_files=$(git ls-files | grep '\.py$' || true)
+
+black "${black_args[@]}" $python_files
+flake8 $python_files