diff --git a/HACKING/README.md b/HACKING/README.md
index 48f77d1..96a8f53 100644
--- a/HACKING/README.md
+++ b/HACKING/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 2. Follow the _Podman Environment Instructions_ to set up a Podman dev environment. If you'd like to run Proxstar entirely on your own hardware, check out _Setting up a full dev environment_
 
+If you'd like, you can also install the hooks by running `install_hooks.sh` from this directory.
+
 3. Create a Virtualenv to do your linting in
 ```
 mkdir venv
diff --git a/HACKING/hooks/pre-commit b/HACKING/hooks/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cd8a269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HACKING/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+files="./**/*.py *.py"
+# Check if any files need to be re-formatted
+black --check --quiet $files
+check_status=$?
+
+# Reformat the files
+black $files
+
+if [ $check_status -ne 0 ]; then
+# Check if Black made any changes
+  echo "Black has reformatted files."
+  echo "Please review the changes and run 'git add' to stage them."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# If no issues were found, exit successfully
+echo "All files are properly formatted."
+exit 0
diff --git a/HACKING/install_hooks.sh b/HACKING/install_hooks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a9871e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HACKING/install_hooks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ln -sf $(pwd)/hooks/* ../.git/hooks/
+
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 30270fe..f2721d1 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@
 
 # REDIS
 REDIS_HOST = environ.get('PROXSTAR_REDIS_HOST', 'localhost')
-RQ_DASHBOARD_REDIS_URL = (
-    "redis://" + environ.get('PROXSTAR_REDIS_HOST', 'localhost') + ":" +
-    environ.get('PROXSTAR_REDIS_PORT', '6379') + "/0"
-)
+RQ_DASHBOARD_REDIS_URL = f"redis://{environ.get('PROXSTAR_REDIS_HOST', 'localhost')}:{environ.get('PROXSTAR_REDIS_PORT', '6379')}/0"
 REDIS_PORT = int(environ.get('PROXSTAR_REDIS_PORT', '6379'))
 
 # VNC