diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6643d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 19.10b0
+    hooks:
+      - id: black
+  - repo: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort
+    rev: 5.4.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: isort
+        additional_dependencies: [toml]
+        exclude: ^.*/?setup\.py$
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: pylint
+        name: pylint
+        entry: poetry run pylint
+        files: "./openflexure_microscope/"
+        language: system
+        types: [python]
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..918a4af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+disable=C0330,C0326,W1202,W0511,C,R
+max-line-length = 88
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index d3b58da7..57e04fc1 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfgv"
+version = "3.2.0"
+description = "Validate configuration and produce human readable error messages."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6.1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "chardet"
 version = "3.0.4"
@@ -164,6 +172,14 @@ python-versions = "*"
 doc = ["sphinx"]
 test = ["pytest", "coverage", "mock"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "distlib"
+version = "0.3.1"
+description = "Distribution utilities"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "docutils"
 version = "0.16"
@@ -183,6 +199,14 @@ python-versions = "*"
 [package.extras]
 tests = ["dill", "coverage", "coveralls", "mock", "nose"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "filelock"
+version = "3.0.12"
+description = "A platform independent file lock."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flask"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -222,6 +246,17 @@ category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "identify"
+version = "1.5.9"
+description = "File identification library for Python"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,>=2.7"
+
+[package.extras]
+license = ["editdistance"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "2.10"
@@ -246,6 +281,35 @@ category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "importlib-metadata"
+version = "2.0.0"
+description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,>=2.7"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+zipp = ">=0.5"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["sphinx", "rst.linker"]
+testing = ["packaging", "pep517", "importlib-resources (>=1.3)"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "importlib-resources"
+version = "3.3.0"
+description = "Read resources from Python packages"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,>=2.7"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+zipp = {version = ">=0.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["sphinx", "rst.linker", "jaraco.packaging"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "isort"
 version = "5.6.4"
@@ -336,6 +400,14 @@ category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nodeenv"
+version = "1.5.0"
+description = "Node.js virtual environment builder"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "numpy"
 version = "1.19.2"
@@ -391,6 +463,24 @@ category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pre-commit"
+version = "2.8.2"
+description = "A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6.1"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+cfgv = ">=2.0.0"
+identify = ">=1.0.0"
+importlib-metadata = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
+importlib-resources = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.7\""}
+nodeenv = ">=0.11.1"
+pyyaml = ">=5.1"
+toml = "*"
+virtualenv = ">=20.0.8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "psutil"
 version = "5.7.3"
@@ -698,6 +788,26 @@ brotli = ["brotlipy (>=0.6.0)"]
 secure = ["pyOpenSSL (>=0.14)", "cryptography (>=1.3.4)", "idna (>=2.0.0)", "certifi", "ipaddress"]
 socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "virtualenv"
+version = "20.1.0"
+description = "Virtual Python Environment builder"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,>=2.7"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+appdirs = ">=1.4.3,<2"
+distlib = ">=0.3.1,<1"
+filelock = ">=3.0.0,<4"
+importlib-metadata = {version = ">=0.12,<3", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
+importlib-resources = {version = ">=1.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.7\""}
+six = ">=1.9.0,<2"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["proselint (>=0.10.2)", "sphinx (>=3)", "sphinx-argparse (>=0.2.5)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=0.4.3)", "towncrier (>=19.9.0rc1)"]
+testing = ["coverage (>=4)", "coverage-enable-subprocess (>=1)", "flaky (>=3)", "pytest (>=4)", "pytest-env (>=0.6.2)", "pytest-freezegun (>=0.4.1)", "pytest-mock (>=2)", "pytest-randomly (>=1)", "pytest-timeout (>=1)", "pytest-xdist (>=1.31.0)", "packaging (>=20.0)", "xonsh (>=0.9.16)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webargs"
 version = "6.1.1"
@@ -747,13 +857,25 @@ python-versions = "*"
 [package.dependencies]
 ifaddr = ">=0.1.7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zipp"
+version = "3.4.0"
+description = "Backport of pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["sphinx", "jaraco.packaging (>=3.2)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)"]
+testing = ["pytest (>=3.5,!=3.7.3)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=1.2.3)", "pytest-flake8", "pytest-cov", "jaraco.test (>=3.2.0)", "jaraco.itertools", "func-timeout", "pytest-black (>=0.3.7)", "pytest-mypy"]
+
 [extras]
 rpi = ["RPi.GPIO"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
-python-versions = "^3.6"
-content-hash = "fc03c76cedfd54d4d6be2ced9eb236dfdd1ffb986fdc731f96ee560053f7aa8a"
+python-versions = "^3.6.1"
+content-hash = "f1a0a5f3d5b31f79086350e20993ea51a5a0e13b084f1329b2594d40c8eae475"
 
 [metadata.files]
 alabaster = [
@@ -796,6 +918,10 @@ certifi = [
     {file = "certifi-2020.11.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1f422849db327d534e3d0c5f02a263458c3955ec0aae4ff09b95f195c59f4edd"},
     {file = "certifi-2020.11.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f05def092c44fbf25834a51509ef6e631dc19765ab8a57b4e7ab85531f0a9cf4"},
 ]
+cfgv = [
+    {file = "cfgv-3.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:32e43d604bbe7896fe7c248a9c2276447dbef840feb28fe20494f62af110211d"},
+    {file = "cfgv-3.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cf22deb93d4bcf92f345a5c3cd39d3d41d6340adc60c78bbbd6588c384fda6a1"},
+]
 chardet = [
     {file = "chardet-3.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fc323ffcaeaed0e0a02bf4d117757b98aed530d9ed4531e3e15460124c106691"},
     {file = "chardet-3.0.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:84ab92ed1c4d4f16916e05906b6b75a6c0fb5db821cc65e70cbd64a3e2a5eaae"},
@@ -812,6 +938,10 @@ colorzero = [
     {file = "colorzero-1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e3c36d15b293de2b2f77ff54a5bd243fffac941ed0a5332d0697a6612a26a0a3"},
     {file = "colorzero-1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:acba47119b5d8555680d3cda9afe6ccc5481385ccc3c00084dd973f7aa184599"},
 ]
+distlib = [
+    {file = "distlib-0.3.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8c09de2c67b3e7deef7184574fc060ab8a793e7adbb183d942c389c8b13c52fb"},
+    {file = "distlib-0.3.1.zip", hash = "sha256:edf6116872c863e1aa9d5bb7cb5e05a022c519a4594dc703843343a9ddd9bff1"},
+]
 docutils = [
     {file = "docutils-0.16-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0c5b78adfbf7762415433f5515cd5c9e762339e23369dbe8000d84a4bf4ab3af"},
     {file = "docutils-0.16.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c2de3a60e9e7d07be26b7f2b00ca0309c207e06c100f9cc2a94931fc75a478fc"},
@@ -819,6 +949,10 @@ docutils = [
 expiringdict = [
     {file = "expiringdict-1.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fe2ba427220425c3c8a3d29f6d2e2985bcee323f8bcd4021e68ebefbd90d8250"},
 ]
+filelock = [
+    {file = "filelock-3.0.12-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:929b7d63ec5b7d6b71b0fa5ac14e030b3f70b75747cef1b10da9b879fef15836"},
+    {file = "filelock-3.0.12.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:18d82244ee114f543149c66a6e0c14e9c4f8a1044b5cdaadd0f82159d6a6ff59"},
+]
 flask = [
     {file = "Flask-1.1.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8a4fdd8936eba2512e9c85df320a37e694c93945b33ef33c89946a340a238557"},
     {file = "Flask-1.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4efa1ae2d7c9865af48986de8aeb8504bf32c7f3d6fdc9353d34b21f4b127060"},
@@ -830,6 +964,10 @@ flask-cors = [
 future = [
     {file = "future-0.18.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b1bead90b70cf6ec3f0710ae53a525360fa360d306a86583adc6bf83a4db537d"},
 ]
+identify = [
+    {file = "identify-1.5.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5dd84ac64a9a115b8e0b27d1756b244b882ad264c3c423f42af8235a6e71ca12"},
+    {file = "identify-1.5.9.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c9504ba6a043ee2db0a9d69e43246bc138034895f6338d5aed1b41e4a73b1513"},
+]
 idna = [
     {file = "idna-2.10-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b97d804b1e9b523befed77c48dacec60e6dcb0b5391d57af6a65a312a90648c0"},
     {file = "idna-2.10.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b307872f855b18632ce0c21c5e45be78c0ea7ae4c15c828c20788b26921eb3f6"},
@@ -842,6 +980,14 @@ imagesize = [
     {file = "imagesize-1.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6965f19a6a2039c7d48bca7dba2473069ff854c36ae6f19d2cde309d998228a1"},
     {file = "imagesize-1.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b1f6b5a4eab1f73479a50fb79fcf729514a900c341d8503d62a62dbc4127a2b1"},
 ]
+importlib-metadata = [
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-2.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cefa1a2f919b866c5beb7c9f7b0ebb4061f30a8a9bf16d609b000e2dfaceb9c3"},
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:77a540690e24b0305878c37ffd421785a6f7e53c8b5720d211b211de8d0e95da"},
+]
+importlib-resources = [
+    {file = "importlib_resources-3.3.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a3d34a8464ce1d5d7c92b0ea4e921e696d86f2aa212e684451cb1482c8d84ed5"},
+    {file = "importlib_resources-3.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7b51f0106c8ec564b1bef3d9c588bc694ce2b92125bbb6278f4f2f5b54ec3592"},
+]
 isort = [
     {file = "isort-5.6.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dcab1d98b469a12a1a624ead220584391648790275560e1a43e54c5dceae65e7"},
     {file = "isort-5.6.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dcaeec1b5f0eca77faea2a35ab790b4f3680ff75590bfcb7145986905aab2f58"},
@@ -919,6 +1065,10 @@ mccabe = [
     {file = "mccabe-0.6.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ab8a6258860da4b6677da4bd2fe5dc2c659cff31b3ee4f7f5d64e79735b80d42"},
     {file = "mccabe-0.6.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dd8d182285a0fe56bace7f45b5e7d1a6ebcbf524e8f3bd87eb0f125271b8831f"},
 ]
+nodeenv = [
+    {file = "nodeenv-1.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5304d424c529c997bc888453aeaa6362d242b6b4631e90f3d4bf1b290f1c84a9"},
+    {file = "nodeenv-1.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ab45090ae383b716c4ef89e690c41ff8c2b257b85b309f01f3654df3d084bd7c"},
+]
 numpy = [
     {file = "numpy-1.19.2-cp36-cp36m-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:b594f76771bc7fc8a044c5ba303427ee67c17a09b36e1fa32bde82f5c419d17a"},
     {file = "numpy-1.19.2-cp36-cp36m-manylinux1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:e6ddbdc5113628f15de7e4911c02aed74a4ccff531842c583e5032f6e5a179bd"},
@@ -1003,6 +1153,10 @@ pillow = [
     {file = "Pillow-7.2.0-pp36-pypy36_pp73-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:25930fadde8019f374400f7986e8404c8b781ce519da27792cbe46eabec00c4d"},
     {file = "Pillow-7.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:97f9e7953a77d5a70f49b9a48da7776dc51e9b738151b22dacf101641594a626"},
 ]
+pre-commit = [
+    {file = "pre_commit-2.8.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:22e6aa3bd571debb01eb7d34483f11c01b65237be4eebbf30c3d4fb65762d315"},
+    {file = "pre_commit-2.8.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:905ebc9b534b991baec87e934431f2d0606ba27f2b90f7f652985f5a5b8b6ae6"},
+]
 psutil = [
     {file = "psutil-5.7.3-cp27-none-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:1cd6a0c9fb35ece2ccf2d1dd733c1e165b342604c67454fd56a4c12e0a106787"},
     {file = "psutil-5.7.3-cp27-none-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:e02c31b2990dcd2431f4524b93491941df39f99619b0d312dfe1d4d530b08b4b"},
@@ -1165,6 +1319,10 @@ urllib3 = [
     {file = "urllib3-1.25.11-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f5321fbe4bf3fefa0efd0bfe7fb14e90909eb62a48ccda331726b4319897dd5e"},
     {file = "urllib3-1.25.11.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8d7eaa5a82a1cac232164990f04874c594c9453ec55eef02eab885aa02fc17a2"},
 ]
+virtualenv = [
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b0011228208944ce71052987437d3843e05690b2f23d1c7da4263fde104c97a2"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b8d6110f493af256a40d65e29846c69340a947669eec8ce784fcf3dd3af28380"},
+]
 webargs = [
     {file = "webargs-6.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2ead6ce38559152043ab4ada4d389aef6c804b0c169482e7c92b3f498f690b2c"},
     {file = "webargs-6.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:412ecadd977afdea0ed6fa5f5b65ddd13a099269e622ec537f9c74c443ce4d0b"},
@@ -1180,3 +1338,7 @@ zeroconf = [
     {file = "zeroconf-0.28.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:17ae1e1681091b91b0337517db222eae1807003154c01b0bd0ab99572dfeafd8"},
     {file = "zeroconf-0.28.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:70f10f0f16e3a8c4eb5e1a106b812b8d052253041cf1ee1195933df706f5261c"},
 ]
+zipp = [
+    {file = "zipp-3.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:102c24ef8f171fd729d46599845e95c7ab894a4cf45f5de11a44cc7444fb1108"},
+    {file = "zipp-3.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ed5eee1974372595f9e416cc7bbeeb12335201d8081ca8a0743c954d4446e5cb"},
+]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a027c8c2..f73c45d7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ packages = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.6"
+python = "^3.6.1"
 Flask = "^1.0"
 numpy = "1.19.2" # Exact version so we can guarantee a wheel
 Pillow = "^7.2.0"
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ sphinxcontrib-httpdomain = "^1.7"
 rope = "^0.14.0"
 pylint = "^2.3"
 black = {version = "^18.3-alpha.0",allow-prereleases = true}
+pre-commit = "^2.8.2"
 
 [tool.black]
 exclude = '(\.eggs|\.git|\.venv|node_modules/)'
@@ -69,7 +70,3 @@ force_grid_wrap = 0
 use_parentheses = true
 ensure_newline_before_comments = true
 line_length = 88
-
-[tool.pylint.'MESSAGES CONTROL']
-disable = "C0330, C0326, W1202, W0511, C, R"
-max-line-length = 88
\ No newline at end of file