diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dc2ba3f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
+# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.2.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: trailing-whitespace
+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+    -   id: check-yaml
+    -   id: check-added-large-files
+    -   id: mixed-line-ending
+-   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
+    rev: '4.0.1'
+    hooks:
+    -   id: flake8
+-   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
+    rev: '5.10.1'
+    hooks:
+    -   id: isort
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c36c11b62b..e6a58dba54 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Please read the contribution guidelines below, before submitting your first pull request to the InvenTree codebase.
 
+## Setup
+
+Please run `invoke setup_dev` in the root directory of your InvenTree code base to set up your development setup before starting to contribute. This will install and set up pre-commit to run some checks before each commit and help reduce the style errors. 
+
 ## Branches and Versioning
 
 InvenTree roughly follow the [GitLab flow](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/gitlab_flow.html) branching style, to allow simple management of multiple tagged releases, short-lived branches, and development on the main branch.
@@ -90,7 +94,8 @@ The various github actions can be found in the `./github/workflows` directory
 
 ## Code Style
 
-Sumbitted Python code is automatically checked against PEP style guidelines. Locally you can run `invoke style` to ensure the style checks will pass, before submitting the PR.
+Sumbitted Python code is automatically checked against PEP style guidelines. Locally you can run `invoke style` to ensure the style checks will pass, before submitting the PR.  
+Please write docstrings for each function and class - we follow the [google doc-style](https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html#38-comments-and-docstrings) for python. Docstrings for general javascript code is encouraged! Docstyles are checked by `invoke style`.
 
 ## Documentation
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c7d546578d..822d40fc54 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ django-weasyprint==1.0.1                # django weasyprint integration
 djangorestframework==3.12.4             # DRF framework
 django-xforwardedfor-middleware==2.0    # IP forwarding metadata
 flake8==3.8.3                           # PEP checking
+flake8-docstrings==1.6.0                # docstring format testing
 gunicorn>=20.1.0                        # Gunicorn web server
 importlib_metadata                      # Backport for importlib.metadata
 inventree                               # Install the latest version of the InvenTree API python library
 isort==5.10.1                           # DEV: python import sorting
 markdown==3.3.4                         # Force particular version of markdown
 pep8-naming==0.11.1                     # PEP naming convention extension
+pre-commit==2.19.0                      # Git pre-commit
 pillow==9.1.0                           # Image manipulation
 py-moneyed==0.8.0                       # Specific version requirement for py-moneyed
 pygments==2.7.4                         # Syntax highlighting
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0aeaf4d01b..7fcf9718fe 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ ignore =
 	N806,
 	# - N812 - lowercase imported as non-lowercase
 	N812,
+	# - D415 - First line should end with a period, question mark, or exclamation point
+	D415,
 exclude = .git,__pycache__,*/migrations/*,*/lib/*,*/bin/*,*/media/*,*/static/*,InvenTree/plugins/*
 max-complexity = 20
+docstring-convention=google
 
 [coverage:run]
 source = ./InvenTree
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index fc69c8ba22..fb0f085146 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -94,6 +94,23 @@ def install(c):
     # Install required Python packages with PIP
     c.run('pip3 install -U -r requirements.txt')
 
+@task
+def setup_dev(c):
+    """
+    Sets up everything needed for the dev enviroment
+    """
+
+    print("Installing required python packages from 'requirements.txt'")
+
+    # Install required Python packages with PIP
+    c.run('pip3 install -U -r requirements.txt')
+
+    # Install pre-commit hook
+    c.run('pre-commit install')
+
+    # Update all the hooks
+    c.run('pre-commit autoupdate')
+
 @task
 def shell(c):
     """
@@ -249,7 +266,7 @@ def update(c):
     - static
     - clean_settings
     """
-    
+
     # Recompile the translation files (.mo)
     # We do not run 'invoke translate' here, as that will touch the source (.po) files too!
     manage(c, 'compilemessages', pty=True)