diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
index 745e3604..80491372 100755
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 . "$(dirname $0)/_/husky.sh"
 
-npm run format
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules/.bin/git-format-staged -f 'npm run format' .
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 713f7758..92ab0564 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13977,6 +13977,12 @@
         "promise": "^7.1.1"
       }
     },
+    "git-format-staged": {
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/git-format-staged/-/git-format-staged-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Db4QiAymao9BfpTBCdEcF53jBZfKuwIigqhNmtODD+KOKbxrdDVMDeAs+P7eqJl9udlBZejhRKRbyFRtKLbVmA==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "git-up": {
       "version": "4.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/git-up/-/git-up-4.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a22e5057..fef4fd3f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "eslint-config-oceanprotocol": "^1.5.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^7.2.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.3.1",
+    "git-format-staged": "^2.1.1",
     "husky": "^5.0.6",
     "markdownlint-cli": "^0.26.0",
     "node-sass": "^5.0.0",