diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ccedcd6..6ec601b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ jobs:
           
         name: Install dependencies
       - run: npm install
+        name: format code
+      - run: npm run format
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 9e50958..10f2c94 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ coverage
 
 # Ignore all HTML files:
 **/*.html
+**/*.md
+**/.md
+**/*.mdx
+**/*.json
 
 **/.git
 **/.svn
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3958159..6baf576 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "studentsapp",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
     "@chakra-ui/icons": "^2.0.4",
     "@chakra-ui/react": "^2.2.4",
@@ -57,4 +58,5 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "prettier": "3.2.5"
   }
+  
 }