diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 07226d1..b240cd2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
 .ONESHELL:
+.SHELLFLAGS := -c
+
 .PHONY: run
 .PHONY: uninstall
 .PHONY: install
+.PHONY: install-pre-commit
+.PHONY: docker_build
+.PHONY: docker_run
+
+
+detect_conda_bin := $(shell bash -c 'if [ "${CONDA_EXE} " == " " ]; then \
+    CONDA_EXE=$$((find /opt/conda/bin/conda || find ~/anaconda3/bin/conda || \
+    find /usr/local/anaconda3/bin/conda || find ~/miniconda3/bin/conda || \
+    find /root/miniconda/bin/conda || find ~/Anaconda3/Scripts/conda || \
+    find $$CONDA/bin/conda) 2>/dev/null); fi; \
+    if [ "${CONDA_EXE}_" == "_" ]; then \
+    echo "Please install Anaconda w/ Python 3.10+ first"; \
+    echo "See: https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/"; \
+    exit 1; fi; \
+    echo $$(dirname $${CONDA_EXE})')
+
+CONDA_BIN := $(detect_conda_bin)
 
 run:
 	uvicorn main:app --reload
@@ -10,10 +29,21 @@ uninstall:
 	conda env remove -n backend-api
 
 install:
-	conda env create -f environment.yml
+	if conda env list | grep -q '^backend-api '; then \
+	    echo "Environment already exists."; \
+	else \
+	    conda env create -f environment.yml; \
+	fi
+	$(MAKE) install-pre-commit
+
+install-pre-commit:
+	/bin/bash -c 'source "${CONDA_BIN}/activate" backend-api && \
+	if ! conda list pre-commit | grep pre-commit &> /dev/null; then \
+	    pip install pre-commit; \
+	fi && pre-commit install'
 
 docker_build:
 	docker build -t hummingbot/backend-api:latest .
 
 docker_run:
-	docker compose up -d
\ No newline at end of file
+	docker compose up -d
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index a9f5e0e..69b97ef 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
       - git+https://github.com/felixfontein/docker-py
       - python-dotenv
       - boto3
-      - python-multipart
+      - python-multipart==0.0.12
       - PyYAML
       - git+https://github.com/hummingbot/hbot-remote-client-py.git
       - flake8