diff --git a/.husky/.gitignore b/.husky/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31354ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.husky/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+_
diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..745e3604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+. "$(dirname $0)/_/husky.sh"
+
+npm run format
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 21a181c2..6369d916 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15010,6 +15010,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/human-signals/-/human-signals-1.1.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-SEQu7vl8KjNL2eoGBLF3+wAjpsNfA9XMlXAYj/3EdaNfAlxKthD1xjEQfGOUhllCGGJVNY34bRr6lPINhNjyZw=="
     },
+    "husky": {
+      "version": "5.0.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/husky/-/husky-5.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SM+evfvcHT3rAYJKvPlatz3L5RqzgeM6xIvDjhs8VuhKj6iKqFDOt/Ov8sPjvWuE4FDB385gJBwWXRj7G3c1hg=="
+    },
     "iconv-lite": {
       "version": "0.4.24",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.24.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e50e30a2..0f37ee27 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "eslint-config-oceanprotocol": "^1.5.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^7.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.3.1",
+    "husky": "^5.0.6",
     "markdownlint-cli": "^0.26.0",
     "node-sass": "^5.0.0",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",