diff --git a/.git-hooks/apply_hooks.sh b/.git-hooks/apply_hooks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f95f8f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git-hooks/apply_hooks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+set -o errtrace
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+
+[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ] && alias readlink="greadlink" || :
+
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+
+here="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+cd "${here}/../.git/hooks"
+
+rm -f pre-push pre-commit || :
+prepush_script="../../.git-hooks/pre-push.sh"
+precommit_script="../../.git-hooks/pre-commit.sh"
+[ -f "${prepush_script}" ] && ln -s "${prepush_script}" pre-push
+[ -f "${precommit_script}" ] && ln -s "${precommit_script}" pre-commit
+
+echo -e "\n${GREEN}Done! Hooks applied, you can start committing and pushing!${NC}\n"
diff --git a/.git-hooks/pre-push.sh b/.git-hooks/pre-push.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e2025ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git-hooks/pre-push.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+set -o errtrace
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+
+echo -e "Running pylint...\n"
+if pylint lib; then
+  echo -e "\n${GREEN}Pylint found no errors!${NC}\n"
+else
+  echo -e "\n${RED}Pylint failed with errors${NC}\n"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index f36e237..fd195bc 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@
 ignored-modules = zmq
 max-line-length = 120
 disable = missing-docstring, too-few-public-methods, invalid-name
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+ignore-comments=yes
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+ignore-imports=yes