diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 074425f..f748997 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,23 +6,44 @@ repos:
     rev: v5.0.0
     hooks:
     -   id: trailing-whitespace # Remove trailing whitespace
+        exclude: '.*test.*'
+        files: \.(py)$
+
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer # Ensure a single newline at the end of a file
+        exclude: '.*test.*'
+        files: \.(py)$
+
     -   id: check-yaml # Check if the YAML files are valid
+        exclude: '.*test.*'
+        files: \.(yaml|yml)$
+
     -   id: check-json # Check if the JSON files are valid
+        exclude: '.*test.*'
+        files: \.(json)$
+
     -   id: check-added-large-files # Prevent large files from being committed
         args: ['--maxkb=1000']
+        
     -   id: check-ast # Check for parse errors in Python files
+        exclude: '.*test.*'
+        files: \.(py)$
+
     -   id: debug-statements # Check for print statements and pdb calls
-    -   id: end-of-file-fixer # Ensure a single newline at the end of a file
+        exclude: '.*test.*'
+        files: \.(py)$
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: 5.13.2
     hooks:
       - id: isort
         args: ['--profile=black']
+        files: \.(py)$
+        exclude: '.*test.*'
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
     rev: 7.1.1
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
         args: ['--extend-ignore=E501,E402,W503,E721','--max-line-length=100']
+        files: \.(py)$
+        exclude: '.*test.*'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 84d2db1..5bd2999 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
 requests==2.32.3
 pre-commit==4.1.0
+pytest==8.3.5