diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index d4a2c440..70b87258 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ insert_final_newline = true
 charset = utf-8
 end_of_line = lf
 
+[*.{yaml,yml}]
+indent_size = 2
+
 [*.bat]
 indent_style = tab
 end_of_line = crlf
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d076aeb1..fcbcb065 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ repos:
       - id: debug-statements
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
         exclude: '^.+?\.json$'
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
+    rev: 7.1.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: flake8
+        additional_dependencies: ['flake8-print==5.0.0']
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/reorder_python_imports
     rev: v1.4.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0adae373..c11b1a21 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 List of the most important changes for each release.
 
+## 0.8.9
+- Removes debugging print statements
+- Adds flake8 linting
+
 ## 0.8.8
 - Adds support for Python 3.14
 
diff --git a/morango/__init__.py b/morango/__init__.py
index aa00ec3d..8d8e3b77 100644
--- a/morango/__init__.py
+++ b/morango/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.8"
+__version__ = "0.8.9"
diff --git a/morango/models/core.py b/morango/models/core.py
index 73f175f1..fc97250a 100644
--- a/morango/models/core.py
+++ b/morango/models/core.py
@@ -483,8 +483,6 @@ def _deserialize_store_model(self, fk_cache, defer_fks=False, sync_filter=None):
                 klass_model.syncing_objects.filter(id=self.id).delete()
             return None, deferred_fks
         else:
-            if sync_filter:
-                print("Has filter", sync_filter)
             # load model into memory
             app_model = klass_model.deserialize(json.loads(self.serialized), sync_filter=sync_filter)
             app_model._morango_source_id = self.source_id
diff --git a/morango/sync/operations.py b/morango/sync/operations.py
index a5fa0c75..4379c3ed 100644
--- a/morango/sync/operations.py
+++ b/morango/sync/operations.py
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ def _deserialize_from_store(profile, skip_erroring=False, filter=None):
                     lambda x, y: x | y,
                     [Q(partition__startswith=prefix) for prefix in filter],
                 )
-                print("prefix_condition: ", prefix_condition)
                 store_models = store_models.filter(prefix_condition)
 
             # if requested, skip any records that previously errored, to be faster