diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 57051476..446c6353 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1740,6 +1740,20 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 setuptools = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nodejs-wheel"
+version = "20.12.2"
+description = "unoffical Node.js package"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "nodejs_wheel-20.12.2-py2.py3-none-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:5c9f7bd4f2149d2d17c9d19e8878c69ac97e0da71d1e4ed7250b15adf31fca70"},
+    {file = "nodejs_wheel-20.12.2-py2.py3-none-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:5b93fe06341d1130dbf6ab9b458cb5983d6a9cf8e8ebc14e496b78aa9ae36c4e"},
+    {file = "nodejs_wheel-20.12.2-py2.py3-none-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:9099b220d99b35bb139e1155b0a9552600ade0e7a91cc5c68d70234e579bd5ce"},
+    {file = "nodejs_wheel-20.12.2-py2.py3-none-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:fc1e7591cb856e5d06b4f2be4b331b83809da82942cd7701c65092ac26a137c1"},
+    {file = "nodejs_wheel-20.12.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4219b35f95c265faa08606b22df885ab7b68cc6c0bfa9c90058698f8099acc46"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "packaging"
 version = "24.0"
@@ -3113,4 +3127,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "p
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4"
-content-hash = "55203a528d163329b93cfd4eccbc0084cab4b5ab46847da55c76a49325f04859"
+content-hash = "681b815a09502d43b60e7af56e0236af61273e14277d7fd34bc1d526f2af66a2"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a2c3c552..7b4b29cd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ sh = ">=2.0.4"
 colorama = ">=0.4.6"
 inquirer = ">=3.1.3"
 pyyaml = ">=6.0.1"
+nodejs-wheel = ">=20.12"
+
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = ">=7"
diff --git a/src/scicookie/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/src/scicookie/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 1e3e8743..568015e3 100644
--- a/src/scicookie/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/src/scicookie/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -284,21 +284,20 @@ def clean_up_linter():
     if not USE_PRE_COMMIT:
         remove_project_file(".pre-commit-config.yaml")
 
+    # Auto format files with prettier
+    subprocess.call([
+        "npx",
+        "--yes",
+        "prettier",
+        "--write",
+        "--ignore-unknown",
+        PROJECT_DIRECTORY
+    ])
+
     if not USE_PRETTIER:
         remove_project_file(".prettierrc.yaml")
         remove_project_file(".prettierignore")
 
-    # keep this one at the end
-    if USE_PRETTIER:
-        subprocess.call([
-            "npx",
-            "--yes",
-            "prettier",
-            "--write",
-            "--ignore-unknown",
-            PROJECT_DIRECTORY
-        ])
-
 
 def prepare_git() -> None:
     git_https_origin = http2ssh("{{cookiecutter.git_https_origin}}")