diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b66752250..95c4089131 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@
     "posttest:contracts:gasCosts": "npm run stop:blockchain:client",
     "posttest:contracts:patricia": "npm run stop:blockchain:client"
   },
-  "pre-commit": [
-    "eslint-staged",
-    "solium-staged"
-  ],
+  "husky": {
+    "hooks": {
+      "pre-commit": "yarn eslint-staged && yarn solium-staged"
+    }
+  },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/JoinColony/colonyNetwork.git"
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
     "ethereumjs-util": "^5.2.0",
     "ganache-cli": "6.1.6",
     "ganache-core": "^2.0.2",
+    "husky": "^1.0.0-rc.6",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
     "jsonfile": "^4.0.0",
     "mocha": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 612c6113dd..e84326ff5e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2062,6 +2062,14 @@ cors@^2.8.1:
     object-assign "^4"
     vary "^1"
 
+cosmiconfig@^5.0.2:
+  version "5.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cosmiconfig/-/cosmiconfig-5.0.5.tgz#a809e3c2306891ce17ab70359dc8bdf661fe2cd0"
+  dependencies:
+    is-directory "^0.3.1"
+    js-yaml "^3.9.0"
+    parse-json "^4.0.0"
+
 create-ecdh@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/create-ecdh/-/create-ecdh-4.0.1.tgz#44223dfed533193ba5ba54e0df5709b89acf1f82"
@@ -3062,6 +3070,18 @@ execa@^0.7.0:
     signal-exit "^3.0.0"
     strip-eof "^1.0.0"
 
+execa@^0.9.0:
+  version "0.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/execa/-/execa-0.9.0.tgz#adb7ce62cf985071f60580deb4a88b9e34712d01"
+  dependencies:
+    cross-spawn "^5.0.1"
+    get-stream "^3.0.0"
+    is-stream "^1.1.0"
+    npm-run-path "^2.0.0"
+    p-finally "^1.0.0"
+    signal-exit "^3.0.0"
+    strip-eof "^1.0.0"
+
 exit-hook@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/exit-hook/-/exit-hook-1.1.1.tgz#f05ca233b48c05d54fff07765df8507e95c02ff8"
@@ -3351,6 +3371,12 @@ find-up@^2.0.0, find-up@^2.1.0:
   dependencies:
     locate-path "^2.0.0"
 
+find-up@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-up/-/find-up-3.0.0.tgz#49169f1d7993430646da61ecc5ae355c21c97b73"
+  dependencies:
+    locate-path "^3.0.0"
+
 first-chunk-stream@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/first-chunk-stream/-/first-chunk-stream-2.0.0.tgz#1bdecdb8e083c0664b91945581577a43a9f31d70"
@@ -3575,6 +3601,10 @@ get-stdin@^5.0.1:
   version "5.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-stdin/-/get-stdin-5.0.1.tgz#122e161591e21ff4c52530305693f20e6393a398"
 
+get-stdin@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-stdin/-/get-stdin-6.0.0.tgz#9e09bf712b360ab9225e812048f71fde9c89657b"
+
 get-stream@3.0.0, get-stream@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-stream/-/get-stream-3.0.0.tgz#8e943d1358dc37555054ecbe2edb05aa174ede14"
@@ -4046,6 +4076,21 @@ humble-localstorage@^1.4.2:
     has-localstorage "^1.0.1"
     localstorage-memory "^1.0.1"
 
+husky@^1.0.0-rc.6:
+  version "1.0.0-rc.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/husky/-/husky-1.0.0-rc.13.tgz#49c3cc210bfeac24d4ad272f770b7505c9091828"
+  dependencies:
+    cosmiconfig "^5.0.2"
+    execa "^0.9.0"
+    find-up "^3.0.0"
+    get-stdin "^6.0.0"
+    is-ci "^1.1.0"
+    pkg-dir "^3.0.0"
+    please-upgrade-node "^3.1.1"
+    read-pkg "^4.0.1"
+    run-node "^1.0.0"
+    slash "^2.0.0"
+
 iconv-lite@0.4.19:
   version "0.4.19"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.19.tgz#f7468f60135f5e5dad3399c0a81be9a1603a082b"
@@ -4216,7 +4261,7 @@ is-callable@^1.1.1, is-callable@^1.1.3:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-callable/-/is-callable-1.1.3.tgz#86eb75392805ddc33af71c92a0eedf74ee7604b2"
 
-is-ci@^1.0.10:
+is-ci@^1.0.10, is-ci@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-ci/-/is-ci-1.1.0.tgz#247e4162e7860cebbdaf30b774d6b0ac7dcfe7a5"
   dependencies:
@@ -4254,6 +4299,10 @@ is-descriptor@^1.0.0, is-descriptor@^1.0.2:
     is-data-descriptor "^1.0.0"
     kind-of "^6.0.2"
 
+is-directory@^0.3.1:
+  version "0.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-directory/-/is-directory-0.3.1.tgz#61339b6f2475fc772fd9c9d83f5c8575dc154ae1"
+
 is-dotfile@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-dotfile/-/is-dotfile-1.0.3.tgz#a6a2f32ffd2dfb04f5ca25ecd0f6b83cf798a1e1"
@@ -4889,7 +4938,7 @@ js-yaml@3.x:
     argparse "^1.0.7"
     esprima "^4.0.0"
 
-js-yaml@^3.11.0, js-yaml@^3.7.0:
+js-yaml@^3.11.0, js-yaml@^3.7.0, js-yaml@^3.9.0:
   version "3.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.12.0.tgz#eaed656ec8344f10f527c6bfa1b6e2244de167d1"
   dependencies:
@@ -5341,6 +5390,13 @@ locate-path@^2.0.0:
     p-locate "^2.0.0"
     path-exists "^3.0.0"
 
+locate-path@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/locate-path/-/locate-path-3.0.0.tgz#dbec3b3ab759758071b58fe59fc41871af21400e"
+  dependencies:
+    p-locate "^3.0.0"
+    path-exists "^3.0.0"
+
 lodash._baseassign@^3.0.0:
   version "3.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._baseassign/-/lodash._baseassign-3.2.0.tgz#8c38a099500f215ad09e59f1722fd0c52bfe0a4e"
@@ -6292,12 +6348,24 @@ p-limit@^1.1.0:
   dependencies:
     p-try "^1.0.0"
 
+p-limit@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-limit/-/p-limit-2.0.0.tgz#e624ed54ee8c460a778b3c9f3670496ff8a57aec"
+  dependencies:
+    p-try "^2.0.0"
+
 p-locate@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-locate/-/p-locate-2.0.0.tgz#20a0103b222a70c8fd39cc2e580680f3dde5ec43"
   dependencies:
     p-limit "^1.1.0"
 
+p-locate@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-locate/-/p-locate-3.0.0.tgz#322d69a05c0264b25997d9f40cd8a891ab0064a4"
+  dependencies:
+    p-limit "^2.0.0"
+
 p-map@^1.1.1:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-map/-/p-map-1.2.0.tgz#e4e94f311eabbc8633a1e79908165fca26241b6b"
@@ -6322,6 +6390,10 @@ p-try@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-try/-/p-try-1.0.0.tgz#cbc79cdbaf8fd4228e13f621f2b1a237c1b207b3"
 
+p-try@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-try/-/p-try-2.0.0.tgz#85080bb87c64688fa47996fe8f7dfbe8211760b1"
+
 pako@~1.0.5:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pako/-/pako-1.0.6.tgz#0101211baa70c4bca4a0f63f2206e97b7dfaf258"
@@ -6499,6 +6571,18 @@ pkg-dir@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     find-up "^2.1.0"
 
+pkg-dir@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pkg-dir/-/pkg-dir-3.0.0.tgz#2749020f239ed990881b1f71210d51eb6523bea3"
+  dependencies:
+    find-up "^3.0.0"
+
+please-upgrade-node@^3.1.1:
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/please-upgrade-node/-/please-upgrade-node-3.1.1.tgz#ed320051dfcc5024fae696712c8288993595e8ac"
+  dependencies:
+    semver-compare "^1.0.0"
+
 pluralize@^7.0.0:
   version "7.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pluralize/-/pluralize-7.0.0.tgz#298b89df8b93b0221dbf421ad2b1b1ea23fc6777"
@@ -6789,6 +6873,14 @@ read-pkg@^3.0.0:
     normalize-package-data "^2.3.2"
     path-type "^3.0.0"
 
+read-pkg@^4.0.1:
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/read-pkg/-/read-pkg-4.0.1.tgz#963625378f3e1c4d48c85872b5a6ec7d5d093237"
+  dependencies:
+    normalize-package-data "^2.3.2"
+    parse-json "^4.0.0"
+    pify "^3.0.0"
+
 readable-stream@^1.0.33:
   version "1.1.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-1.1.14.tgz#7cf4c54ef648e3813084c636dd2079e166c081d9"
@@ -7142,6 +7234,10 @@ run-async@^2.0.0, run-async@^2.2.0:
   dependencies:
     is-promise "^2.1.0"
 
+run-node@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/run-node/-/run-node-1.0.0.tgz#46b50b946a2aa2d4947ae1d886e9856fd9cabe5e"
+
 rustbn.js@~0.1.1:
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rustbn.js/-/rustbn.js-0.1.2.tgz#979fa0f9562216dd667c9d2cd179ae5d13830eff"
@@ -7253,6 +7349,10 @@ semaphore@>=1.0.1, semaphore@^1.0.3:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semaphore/-/semaphore-1.1.0.tgz#aaad8b86b20fe8e9b32b16dc2ee682a8cd26a8aa"
 
+semver-compare@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver-compare/-/semver-compare-1.0.0.tgz#0dee216a1c941ab37e9efb1788f6afc5ff5537fc"
+
 "semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.3.0, semver@^5.4.1, semver@^5.5.0:
   version "5.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.5.0.tgz#dc4bbc7a6ca9d916dee5d43516f0092b58f7b8ab"
@@ -7431,6 +7531,10 @@ slash@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slash/-/slash-1.0.0.tgz#c41f2f6c39fc16d1cd17ad4b5d896114ae470d55"
 
+slash@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slash/-/slash-2.0.0.tgz#de552851a1759df3a8f206535442f5ec4ddeab44"
+
 slice-ansi@0.0.4:
   version "0.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slice-ansi/-/slice-ansi-0.0.4.tgz#edbf8903f66f7ce2f8eafd6ceed65e264c831b35"