diff --git a/backend/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/backend/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f02f32e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+  rev: 22.10.0
+  hooks:
+    - id: black
+      language: python
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index ca9b44c4..b70f6a71 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,3 +57,7 @@ target-version = "py310"
 [tool.ruff.mccabe]
 # Unlike Flake8, default to a complexity level of 10.
 max-complexity = 10
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 88
+target-version = ['py310', 'py311']
diff --git a/backend/requirements-dev.txt b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
index 40cd4be6..8240495a 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 -r requirements.txt
-ruff
\ No newline at end of file
+ruff
+black
+pre-commit
\ No newline at end of file