diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yaml b/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72655638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: lint
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@eb238b55efaa70779f274895e782ed17c84f2895 # v2.6.1
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.21"
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@3a919529898de77ec3da873e3063ca4b10e7f5cc # v3.7.0
+        with:
+          version: v1.55.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c48f26f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+run:
+  timeout: 5m
+
+linters-settings:
+  gci:
+    custom-order: true
+    sections:
+      - standard # Standard section: captures all standard packages.
+      - default # Default section: contains all imports that could not be matched to another section type.
+      - prefix(*.k8s.io)
+      - prefix(github.com/substratusai/lingo)
+  lll:
+    line-length: 200
+  misspell:
+    locale: US
+  staticcheck:
+    go: "1.21"
+
+linters:
+  disable-all: true
+  enable:
+    - errcheck
+    - errorlint
+    - exportloopref
+    - forcetypeassert
+    - gci
+    - gocritic
+    - goconst
+    - godot
+    - gofmt
+    - gofumpt
+    - goimports
+    - gosec
+    - gosimple
+    - govet
+    - ineffassign
+    - misspell
+    - revive
+    - staticcheck
+    - typecheck
+    - unconvert
+    - unused
+    - whitespace
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1826ea5b..89024eb2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,3 +26,32 @@ envtest: $(ENVTEST) ## Download envtest-setup locally if necessary.
 $(ENVTEST): $(LOCALBIN)
 	test -s $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@latest
 
+GOLANGCI ?= $(LOCALBIN)/golangci-lint
+
+.PHONY: golangci
+golangci: $(GOLANGCI) ## Download golangci-lint locally if necessary.
+$(GOLANGCI): $(LOCALBIN)
+	test -s $(LOCALBIN)golangci-lint || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.55.2
+
+
+.PHONY: lint
+lint: golangci
+	golangci-lint run --tests=false ./... --timeout 5m
+
+GOLANGCI ?= $(LOCALBIN)/golangci-lint
+
+.PHONY: golangci
+golangci: $(GOLANGCI) ## Download golangci-lint locally if necessary.
+$(GOLANGCI): $(LOCALBIN)
+	test -s $(LOCALBIN)golangci-lint || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.55.2
+
+GCI ?= $(LOCALBIN)/gci
+
+.PHONY: formatter
+formatter: $(GCI) ## Download gci locally if necessary.
+$(GCI): $(LOCALBIN)
+	test -s $(LOCALBIN)gci || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install github.com/daixiang0/gci@v0.12.1
+
+.PHONY: format
+format: formatter
+	find . -name '*.go' -type f -not -path "./vendor*" -not -path "*.git*"  | xargs gci write --skip-generated -s standard -s default -s "prefix(*.k8s.io)" -s "prefix(github.com/substratusai/lingo)" --custom-order
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/lingo/main.go b/cmd/lingo/main.go
index c7582a6c..8d7af897 100644
--- a/cmd/lingo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/lingo/main.go
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics"
-
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics"
 	metricsserver "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/server"
 
 	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/autoscaler"
@@ -27,10 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/proxy"
 	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/queue"
 	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/stats"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
-	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -113,7 +111,7 @@ func run() error {
 
 	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("getting hostname: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting hostname: %w", err)
 	}
 	le := leader.NewElection(clientset, hostname, namespace)
 
diff --git a/pkg/autoscaler/autoscaler.go b/pkg/autoscaler/autoscaler.go
index fa6c07b2..c903c505 100644
--- a/pkg/autoscaler/autoscaler.go
+++ b/pkg/autoscaler/autoscaler.go
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+
 	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/deployments"
 	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/endpoints"
 	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/leader"
 	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/movingaverage"
 	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/queue"
 	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/stats"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
 func New(mgr ctrl.Manager) (*Autoscaler, error) {
@@ -70,9 +71,9 @@ func (r *Autoscaler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Resu
 	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
-func (a *Autoscaler) Start() {
-	for range time.Tick(a.Interval) {
-		if !a.LeaderElection.IsLeader.Load() {
+func (r *Autoscaler) Start() {
+	for range time.Tick(r.Interval) {
+		if !r.LeaderElection.IsLeader.Load() {
 			log.Println("Not leader, doing nothing")
 			continue
 		}
@@ -80,11 +81,11 @@ func (a *Autoscaler) Start() {
 		log.Println("Calculating scales for all")
 
 		// TODO: Remove hardcoded Service lookup by name "lingo".
-		otherLingoEndpoints := a.Endpoints.GetAllHosts("lingo", "stats")
+		otherLingoEndpoints := r.Endpoints.GetAllHosts("lingo", "stats")
 
 		stats, errs := aggregateStats(stats.Stats{
-			ActiveRequests: a.Queues.TotalCounts(),
-		}, a.HTTPClient, otherLingoEndpoints)
+			ActiveRequests: r.Queues.TotalCounts(),
+		}, r.HTTPClient, otherLingoEndpoints)
 		if len(errs) != 0 {
 			for _, err := range errs {
 				log.Printf("Failed to aggregate stats: %v", err)
@@ -94,13 +95,13 @@ func (a *Autoscaler) Start() {
 
 		for deploymentName, waitCount := range stats.ActiveRequests {
 			log.Println("Is leader, autoscaling")
-			avg := a.getMovingAvgQueueSize(deploymentName)
+			avg := r.getMovingAvgQueueSize(deploymentName)
 			avg.Next(float64(waitCount))
 			flt := avg.Calculate()
-			normalized := flt / float64(a.ConcurrencyPerReplica)
+			normalized := flt / float64(r.ConcurrencyPerReplica)
 			ceil := math.Ceil(normalized)
 			log.Printf("Average for deployment: %s: %v (ceil: %v), current wait count: %v", deploymentName, flt, ceil, waitCount)
-			a.Deployments.SetDesiredScale(deploymentName, int32(ceil))
+			r.Deployments.SetDesiredScale(deploymentName, int32(ceil))
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ func aggregateStats(s stats.Stats, httpc *http.Client, endpoints []string) (stat
 	for _, endpoint := range endpoints {
 		fetched, err := getStats(httpc, "http://"+endpoint)
 		if err != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("getting stats: %v: %v", endpoint, err))
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("getting stats: %v: %w", endpoint, err))
 			continue
 		}
 		for k, v := range fetched.ActiveRequests {
diff --git a/pkg/deployments/manager.go b/pkg/deployments/manager.go
index 3bea6710..32aaf5a9 100644
--- a/pkg/deployments/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/deployments/manager.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (r *Manager) getScaler(deploymentName string) *scaler {
 }
 
 // getScalesSnapshot returns a snapshot of the stats for all scalers managed by the Manager.
-// The scales are returned as a map, where the keys are the model names
+// The scales are returned as a map, where the keys are the model names.
 func (r *Manager) getScalesSnapshot() map[string]scale {
 	r.scalersMtx.Lock()
 	defer r.scalersMtx.Unlock()
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (r *Manager) Bootstrap(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 // ReadinessChecker checks if the Manager state is loaded and ready to handle requests.
 // It returns an error if Manager is not bootstrapped yet.
-// To be used with sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime manager `AddReadyzCheck`
+// To be used with sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime manager `AddReadyzCheck`.
 func (r *Manager) ReadinessChecker(_ *http.Request) error {
 	if !r.bootstrapped.Load() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("not boostrapped yet")
diff --git a/pkg/deployments/manager_test.go b/pkg/deployments/manager_test.go
index 12cba718..2a0a9f5b 100644
--- a/pkg/deployments/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/deployments/manager_test.go
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	autoscalingv1 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	rtfake "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/deployments/metrics.go b/pkg/deployments/metrics.go
index 1bab7252..8e206c4a 100644
--- a/pkg/deployments/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/deployments/metrics.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type MetricsCollector struct {
 	manager           *Manager
 }
 
-// NewMetricsCollector constructor
+// NewMetricsCollector constructor.
 func NewMetricsCollector(m *Manager) *MetricsCollector {
 	if m == nil {
 		panic("manager required")
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ func NewMetricsCollector(m *Manager) *MetricsCollector {
 	}
 }
 
-// MustRegister registers all metrics
+// MustRegister registers all metrics.
 func (p *MetricsCollector) MustRegister(r prometheus.Registerer) {
 	r.MustRegister(p)
 }
 
-// Describe sends the super-set of all possible descriptors of metrics
+// Describe sends the super-set of all possible descriptors of metrics.
 func (p *MetricsCollector) Describe(descs chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 	descs <- p.currentScaleDescr
 	descs <- p.minScaleDescr
diff --git a/pkg/deployments/scaler.go b/pkg/deployments/scaler.go
index 5e5b49bc..799ae501 100644
--- a/pkg/deployments/scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/deployments/scaler.go
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ func (s *scaler) compareScales(current, desired int32) {
 
 	log.Printf("Comparing scales, current: %v, desired: %v", s.currentScale, s.desiredScale)
 
-	if s.desiredScale > s.currentScale {
+	if s.desiredScale > s.currentScale { //nolint:gocritic
 		// Scale up immediately.
-		go s.scaleFunc(s.desiredScale, false)
+		go s.scaleFunc(s.desiredScale, false) //nolint:errcheck
 		s.scaleDownStarted = false
 	} else if s.desiredScale == s.currentScale {
 		// Do nothing, schedule nothing.
diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/endpoints.go b/pkg/endpoints/endpoints.go
index 0e51083a..d4ffee26 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/endpoints.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/endpoints.go
@@ -93,37 +93,37 @@ func (e *endpointGroup) getPort(portName string) int32 {
 	return e.ports[portName]
 }
 
-func (g *endpointGroup) lenIPs() int {
-	g.mtx.RLock()
-	defer g.mtx.RUnlock()
-	return len(g.endpoints)
+func (e *endpointGroup) lenIPs() int {
+	e.mtx.RLock()
+	defer e.mtx.RUnlock()
+	return len(e.endpoints)
 }
 
-func (g *endpointGroup) setIPs(ips map[string]struct{}, ports map[string]int32) {
-	g.mtx.Lock()
-	g.ports = ports
+func (e *endpointGroup) setIPs(ips map[string]struct{}, ports map[string]int32) {
+	e.mtx.Lock()
+	e.ports = ports
 	for ip := range ips {
-		if _, ok := g.endpoints[ip]; !ok {
-			g.endpoints[ip] = endpoint{inFlight: &atomic.Int64{}}
+		if _, ok := e.endpoints[ip]; !ok {
+			e.endpoints[ip] = endpoint{inFlight: &atomic.Int64{}}
 		}
 	}
-	for ip := range g.endpoints {
+	for ip := range e.endpoints {
 		if _, ok := ips[ip]; !ok {
-			delete(g.endpoints, ip)
+			delete(e.endpoints, ip)
 		}
 	}
-	g.mtx.Unlock()
+	e.mtx.Unlock()
 
 	// notify waiting requests
 	if len(ips) > 0 {
-		g.broadcastEndpoints()
+		e.broadcastEndpoints()
 	}
 }
 
-func (g *endpointGroup) broadcastEndpoints() {
-	g.bmtx.Lock()
-	defer g.bmtx.Unlock()
+func (e *endpointGroup) broadcastEndpoints() {
+	e.bmtx.Lock()
+	defer e.bmtx.Unlock()
 
-	close(g.bcast)
-	g.bcast = make(chan struct{})
+	close(e.bcast)
+	e.bcast = make(chan struct{})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/endpoints_test.go b/pkg/endpoints/endpoints_test.go
index 8c2cc1f3..8282c367 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/endpoints_test.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/endpoints_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/rand"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/manager.go b/pkg/endpoints/manager.go
index bd2d3e39..a9df17fe 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/manager.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	disv1 "k8s.io/api/discovery/v1"
-
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ func (r *Manager) getEndpoints(service string) *endpointGroup {
 // AwaitHostAddress returns the host address with the lowest number of in-flight requests. It will block until the host address
 // becomes available or the context times out.
 //
-// It returns a string in the format "host:port" or error on timeout
+// It returns a string in the format "host:port" or error on timeout.
 func (r *Manager) AwaitHostAddress(ctx context.Context, service, portName string) (string, error) {
 	return r.getEndpoints(service).getBestHost(ctx, portName)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/handler.go b/pkg/proxy/handler.go
index 3a54c94b..8782841c 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/handler.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		switch {
 		case errors.Is(err, context.Canceled):
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			_, _ = w.Write([]byte("Request cancelled"))
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte("Request canceled"))
 			return
 		case errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded):
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusGatewayTimeout)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 // parseModel parses the model name from the request
-// returns empty string when none found or an error for failures on the proxy request object
+// returns empty string when none found or an error for failures on the proxy request object.
 func parseModel(r *http.Request) (string, *http.Request, error) {
 	if model := r.Header.Get("X-Model"); model != "" {
 		return model, r, nil
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/metrics_test.go b/pkg/proxy/metrics_test.go
index 5940e445..ed38c892 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/metrics_test.go
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/deployments"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
-
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/config"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
+
+	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/deployments"
 )
 
 func TestMetrics(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/queue/metrics.go b/pkg/queue/metrics.go
index e2f0adee..d302eee8 100644
--- a/pkg/queue/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/queue/metrics.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ type MetricsCollector struct {
 	manager       *Manager
 }
 
-// NewMetricsCollector constructor
+// NewMetricsCollector constructor.
 func NewMetricsCollector(m *Manager) *MetricsCollector {
 	if m == nil {
 		panic("manager required")
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ func NewMetricsCollector(m *Manager) *MetricsCollector {
 	}
 }
 
-// MustRegister registers all metrics
+// MustRegister registers all metrics.
 func (p *MetricsCollector) MustRegister(r prometheus.Registerer) {
 	r.MustRegister(p)
 }
 
-// Describe sends the super-set of all possible descriptors of metrics
+// Describe sends the super-set of all possible descriptors of metrics.
 func (p *MetricsCollector) Describe(descs chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 	descs <- p.inFlightDescr
 	descs <- p.queuedDescr
diff --git a/pkg/queue/queue.go b/pkg/queue/queue.go
index eb9ac5bc..9a77728b 100644
--- a/pkg/queue/queue.go
+++ b/pkg/queue/queue.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package queue
 import (
 	"container/list"
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -152,7 +153,10 @@ func (q *Queue) Start() {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		itm := e.Value.(*item)
+		itm, ok := e.Value.(*item)
+		if !ok {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid type: %T", e.Value))
+		}
 		q.dequeue(itm, true)
 		log.Println("Dequeued: ", itm.id)
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/integration_test.go b/tests/integration/integration_test.go
index 10fb5e45..de0e1ccb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/integration_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
@@ -24,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
 func TestScaleUpAndDown(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/tests/integration/main_test.go b/tests/integration/main_test.go
index 74697559..ab530f67 100644
--- a/tests/integration/main_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/main_test.go
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/autoscaler"
-	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/deployments"
-	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/endpoints"
-	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/leader"
-	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/proxy"
-	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/queue"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -27,6 +21,13 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/envtest"
 	metricsserver "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/server"
+
+	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/autoscaler"
+	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/deployments"
+	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/endpoints"
+	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/leader"
+	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/proxy"
+	"github.com/substratusai/lingo/pkg/queue"
 )
 
 var (