diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8d3cb9d3385..d77ebc86891 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ before_install:
     # because this is a weird monorepo and we cd into and out of directories, this is what worked for travis to publish
   - echo "//code.lds.org/artifactory/api/npm/npm-fhd/:_authToken=${NPM_PUBLISH_TOKEN}" >> packages/react-scripts/.npmrc
   - echo "@fs:registry=https://code.lds.org/artifactory/api/npm/npm-fhd/" >> packages/react-scripts/.npmrc
+  - npm i -g npm@6.8.0
 install:
   - "npm i"
   - "cd packages/react-scripts"
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/frontierInit.js b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/frontierInit.js
index 4cd9792a6f3..e81e6801779 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/frontierInit.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/frontierInit.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const depsToInstall = []
 const devDepsToInstall = []
 
 function installFrontierDependencies(appPath, appName, ownPath) {
-
   configureEF(appPath, ownPath, appName)
   configureHF(appPath, ownPath)
 
@@ -56,6 +55,9 @@ function installFrontierDependencies(appPath, appName, ownPath) {
       'dotenv@7',
       'jest-dom@3',
       'http-proxy-middleware@0.19',
+      'husky@2',
+      'lint-staged@8',
+      'suppress-exit-code@0.1',
     ]
   )
 
@@ -67,13 +69,14 @@ function installFrontierDependencies(appPath, appName, ownPath) {
       'storybook:build': 'NODE_ENV=development build-storybook -c .storybook -o build',
       lint: 'eslint src/',
       'lint:fix': 'eslint src/ --fix',
-      test: `eslint src/ && ${packageJson.scripts.test}`,
     }
     packageJson.scripts = { ...packageJson.scripts, ...additionalScripts }
     delete packageJson.scripts.eject
-    packageJson.eslintConfig = {
-      extends: ['@fs/eslint-config-frontier-react'],
+    packageJson.eslintConfig = { extends: ['@fs/eslint-config-frontier-react'] }
+    packageJson.husky = {
+      hooks: { 'pre-commit': 'lint-staged', 'pre-push': 'npm run lint && CI=true npm test' },
     }
+    packageJson['lint-staged'] = { '*.js': ['suppress-exit-code eslint --fix', 'git add'] }
     return packageJson
   })
   installModulesSync(depsToInstall)