diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 5f7d56c9..43772588 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
           fix: true
         },
         src: ['src/**/*.js', 'test/tests/**/*.js']
+      },
+      sourceNofix: {
+        options: {
+          configFile: './.eslintrc',
+          fix: false
+        },
+        src: ['src/**/*.js', 'test/tests/**/*.js']
       }
     },
     webpack: {
@@ -59,7 +66,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     },
     githooks: {
       all: {
-      'pre-commit':'lint' //runs linting test  before every git commit 
+        options:{
+          template:"templates/pre-commit-hook.js"
+        },
+      'pre-commit':'lint-nofix' //runs linting test  before every git commit 
       }
       }
   });
@@ -73,6 +83,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-githooks');
 
   grunt.registerTask('lint', ['eslint:source']);
+  grunt.registerTask('lint-nofix', ['eslint:sourceNofix']);
   grunt.registerTask('default', ['webpack:prod', 'decomment']);
   grunt.registerTask('dev', ['eslint','connect','webpack:dev', 'decomment']);
   grunt.registerTask('serve', 'connect:server:keepalive');
diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 1f744ec8..dc2c87f3 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ p5.prototype.userStartAudio = userStartAudio;
 
 import './master';
 
-
 import {
   sampleRate,
   freqToMidi,
@@ -21,10 +20,7 @@ import {
   interleave,
   writeUTFBytes,
   safeBufferSize,
-
-  saveSound
-
-
+  saveSound,
 } from './helpers';
 p5.prototype.sampleRate = sampleRate;
 p5.prototype.freqToMidi = freqToMidi;
@@ -44,7 +40,6 @@ p5.prototype.saveSound = saveSound;
 // Oscillators etc when sketch ends
 p5.prototype.registerMethod('remove', p5.prototype.disposeSound);
 
-
 import './errorHandler';
 import './audioWorklet';
 
@@ -57,7 +52,6 @@ p5.prototype.loadSound = loadSound;
 // register preload handling of loadSound
 p5.prototype.registerPreloadMethod('loadSound', p5.prototype);
 
-
 import Amplitude from './amplitude';
 p5.Amplitude = Amplitude;
 
@@ -75,15 +69,12 @@ p5.SqrOsc = SqrOsc;
 
 import './envelope';
 
-
 import Noise from './noise';
 p5.Noise = Noise;
 
 import Pulse from './pulse';
 p5.Pulse = Pulse;
 
-
-
 import AudioIn from './audioin';
 p5.AudioIn = AudioIn;
 
@@ -108,42 +99,29 @@ p5.Panner3D = Panner3D;
 import Delay from './delay';
 p5.Delay = Delay;
 
-
-
-
 import { Reverb, Convolver, createConvolver } from './reverb';
 p5.Reverb = Reverb;
 p5.Convolver = Convolver;
 p5.prototype.createConvolver = createConvolver;
 p5.prototype.registerPreloadMethod('createConvolver', p5.prototype);
 
-
-
 import Metro from './metro';
 p5.Metro = Metro;
 
-
 import { Phrase, Part, Score } from './looper';
 p5.Phrase = Phrase;
 p5.Part = Part;
 p5.Score = Score;
 
-
 import SoundLoop from './soundLoop';
 p5.SoundLoop = SoundLoop;
 
-
 import Compressor from './compressor';
 p5.Compressor = Compressor;
 
-
-
 import peakDetect from './peakDetect';
 p5.peakDetect = peakDetect;
 
-
-
-
 import SoundRecorder from './soundRecorder';
 p5.SoundRecorder = SoundRecorder;
 
diff --git a/src/helpers.js b/src/helpers.js
index 58af9b22..cc252f95 100644
--- a/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/helpers.js
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ function safeBufferSize(idealBufferSize) {
   return bufferSize;
 }
 
-
 /**
  * Save a p5.SoundFile as a .wav file. The browser will prompt the user
  * to download the file to their device.
@@ -349,7 +348,6 @@ function saveSound(soundFile, fileName) {
   p5.prototype.writeFile([dataView], fileName, 'wav');
 }
 
-
 export {
   sampleRate,
   freqToMidi,
@@ -363,5 +361,5 @@ export {
   interleave,
   writeUTFBytes,
   safeBufferSize,
-  saveSound
+  saveSound,
 };
diff --git a/src/panner.js b/src/panner.js
index 69e1f944..595116fe 100644
--- a/src/panner.js
+++ b/src/panner.js
@@ -108,6 +108,4 @@ if (typeof ac.createStereoPanner !== 'undefined') {
   panner = Panner;
 }
 
-
 export default panner;
-
diff --git a/templates/pre-commit-hook.js b/templates/pre-commit-hook.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7a38618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/pre-commit-hook.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+ // hooks/pre-commit.js
+
+ var exec = require('child_process').exec;
+ // Executes shell commands synchronously
+ var sh = require('child_process').execSync;
+ 
+ exec('git diff --cached --quiet', function (err, stdout, stderr) {
+ 
+  // only run if there are staged changes
+  // i.e. what you would be committing if you ran "git commit" without "-a" option.
+  if (err) {
+ 
+  // stash unstaged changes - only test what's being committed
+  sh('git stash --keep-index --quiet');
+ 
+  exec('grunt {{task}}', function (err, stdout, stderr) {
+ 
+  console.log(stdout);
+ 
+  // restore stashed changes
+  sh('git stash pop --quiet');
+ 
+  var exitCode = 0;
+  if (err) {
+  console.log(stderr);
+  exitCode = -1;
+  }
+  process.exit(exitCode);
+  });
+  }
+ 
+ });
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