diff --git a/packages/create-bot/src/dependencies.ts b/packages/create-bot/src/dependencies.ts
index 079b1f3d..425225f6 100644
--- a/packages/create-bot/src/dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/create-bot/src/dependencies.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export function buildDependenciesList(config: UserConfig) {
             'eslint-plugin-ascii',
             'eslint-plugin-import',
             'eslint-plugin-simple-import-sort',
+            'prettier',
         )
 
         if (config.features.includes(MtcuteFeature.TypeScript)) {
diff --git a/packages/create-bot/src/main.ts b/packages/create-bot/src/main.ts
index 4feeed27..fd8fa2f0 100644
--- a/packages/create-bot/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/create-bot/src/main.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import { join } from 'node:path'
 
 import { askForConfig } from './cli.js'
 import { installDependencies } from './dependencies.js'
+import { MtcuteFeature } from './features/types.js'
 import { runTemplater } from './templater.js'
+import { exec } from './utils.js'
 
 const projectName = process.argv[2]
 
@@ -22,6 +24,19 @@ await runTemplater(join(__dirname, '../template'), outDir, config)
 
 await installDependencies(outDir, config)
 
+await exec(outDir, 'git', 'init')
+
+if (config.features.includes(MtcuteFeature.Linters)) {
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+        // windows doesn't track executable bit, but git does
+        await exec(outDir, 'git', 'update-index', '--chmod=+x', '.husky/pre-commit')
+    } else {
+        await exec(outDir, 'chmod', '+x', '.husky/pre-commit')
+    }
+
+    await exec(outDir, 'pnpm', 'exec', 'husky', 'install')
+}
+
 console.log(`✅ Scaffolded new project at ${chalk.blue(outDir)}`)
 console.log('🚀 Run it with:')
 console.log(`  ${chalk.blue('$')} cd ${projectName}`)