diff --git a/.git-hooks/pre-commit b/.git-hooks/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0232fdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git-hooks/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Using `--silent` helps for showing any errs in the first line of the response
+# The first line is picked up by the VS Code GIT UI popup when rc is not 0
+
+if npm run --silent lint:silent ; then
+    exit 0
+else
+    npm run --silent lint:fix
+    echo "❌ Prettier check failed! We ran lint:fix for you. Please add & commit again."
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2be4b9a..0edb94d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
     "build": "rimraf build && rimraf node && mkdir node && copyfiles -u 1 \"./src/**/*\" ./node && webpack && rimraf build/src && rimraf node",
     "package:lib": "npm run build && copyfiles ./package.json ./checkNodeVersion.js build && cd build && npm version \"5.0.0\" && npm pack",
     "publish:lib": "npm run build && cd build && npm publish",
-    "lint:fix": "npx prettier --write \"src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,html,css,sass,less,json,yml,md,graphql}\" && npx prettier --write \"sasjs-tests/src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,html,css,sass,less,json,yml,md,graphql}\"",
+    "lint:fix": "npx prettier --loglevel silent --write \"src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,html,css,sass,less,json,yml,md,graphql}\" && npx prettier --loglevel silent --write \"sasjs-tests/src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,html,css,sass,less,json,yml,md,graphql}\"",
     "lint": "npx prettier --check \"src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,html,css,sass,less,json,yml,md,graphql}\" && npx prettier --check \"sasjs-tests/src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,html,css,sass,less,json,yml,md,graphql}\"",
+    "lint:silent": "npx prettier --loglevel silent --check \"src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,html,css,sass,less,json,yml,md,graphql}\" && npx prettier --loglevel silent --check \"sasjs-tests/src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,html,css,sass,less,json,yml,md,graphql}\"",
     "test": "jest --silent --coverage",
     "prepublishOnly": "cp -r ./build/* . && rm -rf ./build",
     "postpublish": "git clean -fd",