diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1c1a52b94..bc7384250 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -151,21 +151,6 @@ pre-commit:
   script:
     - pre-commit run --all --color=always --show-diff-on-failure
 
-black:
-  interruptible: true
-  image: python:3.11
-  stage: lint
-  variables:
-    GIT_STRATEGY: fetch
-  before_script:
-    - pip install black
-  script:
-    - black --check --diff .
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
-      changes:
-        - api/**/*
-
 eslint:
   interruptible: true
   image: node:18-alpine
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d69625fec..61eb5e714 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ repos:
       - id: mixed-line-ending
       - id: trailing-whitespace
 
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 22.10.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: black
+
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: 5.0.4
     hooks:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 555789822..7455c0fe1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,4 +58,5 @@ name = "Update instructions"
 showcontent = true
 
 [tool.black]
-exclude = "(.git|.hg|.mypy_cache|.tox|.venv|_build|buck-out|build|dist|migrations|data)"
+extend-exclude = "(api/.*/migrations/.*)"
+force-exclude = "(api/.*/migrations/.*)" # pre-commit pass files as args