diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index 8a5e3509b..4af496d16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ jobs:
           pre-commit install
 
       - name: Run pre-commit on PR commits
+        id: pre-commit_results
         run: |
           jq '.[]' --raw-output <<< '${{steps.changes.outputs.all_files}}' |
             # Run pre-commit to lint and format check files that were changed (but not deleted) compared to master.
             xargs pre-commit run --files
 
       - name: Apply any pre-commit fixed files
+        if: ${{ steps.pre-commit_results.outcome == 'failure' }} 
         # note: this runs "always" or else it's skipped when pre-commit fails
         uses: getsentry/action-github-commit@31f6706ca1a7b9ad6d22c1b07bf3a92eabb05632 # v2.0.0
         with:
diff --git a/src/seer/app.py b/src/seer/app.py
index 6a30517a3..58527ff45 100644
--- a/src/seer/app.py
+++ b/src/seer/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import time
 import logging
+import time
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from flask import Flask, jsonify