diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index b7ec1cb..06a40e4 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 steps:
+  - name: ":go: go fmt"
+    key: test-go-fmt
+    command: ".buildkite/steps/test-go-fmt.sh"
+    plugins:
+      - docker#v3.1.0:
+          image: "golang:1.19"
+          workdir: /go/src/github.com/buildkite/buildkite-agent-scaler
+
   - name: ":golang:"
     command: ".buildkite/steps/tests.sh"
     plugins:
diff --git a/.buildkite/steps/test-go-fmt.sh b/.buildkite/steps/test-go-fmt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c624b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/steps/test-go-fmt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [[ $(gofmt -l ./ | head -c 1 | wc -c) != 0 ]]; then
+  echo "The following files haven't been formatted with \`go fmt\`:"
+  gofmt -l ./
+  echo
+  echo "Fix this by running \`go fmt ./...\` locally, and committing the result."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Everything is formatted! 🎉"
diff --git a/buildkite/buildkite.go b/buildkite/buildkite.go
index 6390ca1..e84f9f7 100644
--- a/buildkite/buildkite.go
+++ b/buildkite/buildkite.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	DefaultMetricsEndpoint = "https://agent.buildkite.com/v3"
-	PollDurationHeader     = `Buildkite-Agent-Metrics-Poll-Duration`
+	PollDurationHeader     = "Buildkite-Agent-Metrics-Poll-Duration"
 )
 
 type Client struct {
diff --git a/lambda/main.go b/lambda/main.go
index ad86ce7..33fdf9b 100644
--- a/lambda/main.go
+++ b/lambda/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type LastScaleASGResult struct {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	if os.Getenv(`DEBUG`) != "" {
+	if os.Getenv("DEBUG") != "" {
 		_, err := Handler(context.Background(), json.RawMessage([]byte{}))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ func Handler(ctx context.Context, evt json.RawMessage) (string, error) {
 		disableScaleOut, disableScaleIn bool
 	)
 
-	if v := os.Getenv(`LAMBDA_INTERVAL`); v != "" {
+	if v := os.Getenv("LAMBDA_INTERVAL"); v != "" {
 		if interval, err = time.ParseDuration(v); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv(`LAMBDA_TIMEOUT`); v != "" {
+	if v := os.Getenv("LAMBDA_TIMEOUT"); v != "" {
 		if timeoutDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(v); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		} else {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func Handler(ctx context.Context, evt json.RawMessage) (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv(`ASG_ACTIVITY_TIMEOUT`); v != "" {
+	if v := os.Getenv("ASG_ACTIVITY_TIMEOUT"); v != "" {
 		if timeoutDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(v); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		} else {
@@ -92,45 +92,45 @@ func Handler(ctx context.Context, evt json.RawMessage) (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv(`SCALE_IN_COOLDOWN_PERIOD`); v != "" {
+	if v := os.Getenv("SCALE_IN_COOLDOWN_PERIOD"); v != "" {
 		if scaleInCooldownPeriod, err = time.ParseDuration(v); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv(`SCALE_IN_FACTOR`); v != "" {
+	if v := os.Getenv("SCALE_IN_FACTOR"); v != "" {
 		if scaleInFactor, err = strconv.ParseFloat(v, 64); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
 		scaleInFactor = math.Abs(scaleInFactor)
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv(`SCALE_ONLY_AFTER_ALL_EVENT`); v != "" {
+	if v := os.Getenv("SCALE_ONLY_AFTER_ALL_EVENT"); v != "" {
 		if v == "true" || v == "1" {
 			scaleOnlyAfterAllEvent = true
 		}
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv(`SCALE_OUT_COOLDOWN_PERIOD`); v != "" {
+	if v := os.Getenv("SCALE_OUT_COOLDOWN_PERIOD"); v != "" {
 		if scaleOutCooldownPeriod, err = time.ParseDuration(v); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv(`SCALE_OUT_FACTOR`); v != "" {
+	if v := os.Getenv("SCALE_OUT_FACTOR"); v != "" {
 		if scaleOutFactor, err = strconv.ParseFloat(v, 64); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
 		scaleOutFactor = math.Abs(scaleOutFactor)
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv(`INCLUDE_WAITING`); v != "" {
+	if v := os.Getenv("INCLUDE_WAITING"); v != "" {
 		if v == "true" || v == "1" {
 			includeWaiting = true
 		}
 	}
 
-	if v := os.Getenv(`INSTANCE_BUFFER`); v != "" {
+	if v := os.Getenv("INSTANCE_BUFFER"); v != "" {
 		if instanceBuffer, err = strconv.Atoi(v); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
@@ -144,17 +144,17 @@ func Handler(ctx context.Context, evt json.RawMessage) (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if m := os.Getenv(`CLOUDWATCH_METRICS`); m == `true` || m == `1` {
+	if m := os.Getenv("CLOUDWATCH_METRICS"); m == "true" || m == "1" {
 		log.Printf("Publishing cloudwatch metrics")
 		publishCloudWatchMetrics = true
 	}
 
-	if m := os.Getenv(`DISABLE_SCALE_IN`); m == `true` || m == `1` {
+	if m := os.Getenv("DISABLE_SCALE_IN"); m == "true" || m == "1" {
 		log.Printf("Disabling scale-in 🙅🏼‍")
 		disableScaleIn = true
 	}
 
-	if m := os.Getenv(`DISABLE_SCALE_OUT`); m == `true` || m == `1` {
+	if m := os.Getenv("DISABLE_SCALE_OUT"); m == "true" || m == "1" {
 		log.Printf("Disabling scale-out 🙅🏼‍♂️")
 		disableScaleOut = true
 	}
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func Handler(ctx context.Context, evt json.RawMessage) (string, error) {
 
 	// set last scale in and out from asg's activities
 	asg := &scaler.ASGDriver{
-		Name:                              mustGetEnv(`ASG_NAME`),
+		Name:                              mustGetEnv("ASG_NAME"),
 		Sess:                              sess,
 		MaxDescribeScalingActivitiesPages: maxDescribeScalingActivitiesPages,
 	}
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func Handler(ctx context.Context, evt json.RawMessage) (string, error) {
 		case <-timeout:
 			return "", nil
 		default:
-			token := os.Getenv(`BUILDKITE_AGENT_TOKEN`)
+			token := os.Getenv("BUILDKITE_AGENT_TOKEN")
 			ssmTokenKey := os.Getenv("BUILDKITE_AGENT_TOKEN_SSM_KEY")
 
 			if ssmTokenKey != "" {
@@ -250,16 +250,14 @@ func Handler(ctx context.Context, evt json.RawMessage) (string, error) {
 			}
 
 			if token == "" {
-				return "", errors.New(
-					"Must provide either BUILDKITE_AGENT_TOKEN or BUILDKITE_AGENT_TOKEN_SSM_KEY",
-				)
+				return "", errors.New("Must provide either BUILDKITE_AGENT_TOKEN or BUILDKITE_AGENT_TOKEN_SSM_KEY")
 			}
 
 			client := buildkite.NewClient(token)
 			params := scaler.Params{
-				BuildkiteQueue:       mustGetEnv(`BUILDKITE_QUEUE`),
-				AutoScalingGroupName: mustGetEnv(`ASG_NAME`),
-				AgentsPerInstance:    mustGetEnvInt(`AGENTS_PER_INSTANCE`),
+				BuildkiteQueue:       mustGetEnv("BUILDKITE_QUEUE"),
+				AutoScalingGroupName: mustGetEnv("ASG_NAME"),
+				AgentsPerInstance:    mustGetEnvInt("AGENTS_PER_INSTANCE"),
 				IncludeWaiting:       includeWaiting,
 				ScaleInParams: scaler.ScaleParams{
 					CooldownPeriod: scaleInCooldownPeriod,
diff --git a/scaler/scaler.go b/scaler/scaler.go
index def2e3d..fb63171 100644
--- a/scaler/scaler.go
+++ b/scaler/scaler.go
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ func (s *Scaler) Run() (time.Duration, error) {
 
 	if s.metrics != nil {
 		err = s.metrics.Publish(metrics.OrgSlug, metrics.Queue, map[string]int64{
-			`ScheduledJobsCount`: metrics.ScheduledJobs,
-			`RunningJobsCount`:   metrics.RunningJobs,
-			`WaitingJobsCount`:   metrics.WaitingJobs,
+			"ScheduledJobsCount": metrics.ScheduledJobs,
+			"RunningJobsCount":   metrics.RunningJobs,
+			"WaitingJobsCount":   metrics.WaitingJobs,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return metrics.PollDuration, err