diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 56c520a..63e7d79 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
   rev: v6.0.0
   hooks:
-  - id: end-of-file-fixer
-    exclude: (.txt$|.ipynb$|README.md$|readme.mde$)
-  - id: trailing-whitespace
-    exclude: (.txt$|README.md$)
   # - id: check-yaml
   - id: check-json
   - id: check-toml
@@ -74,6 +70,14 @@ repos:
   - id: prettier
     types_or: [css, javascript]
 
+- repo: https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat
+  rev: 1.0.0  # Check for the latest version
+  hooks:
+  - id: mdformat
+    # Important: The GFM plugin is required for table support
+    additional_dependencies:
+    - mdformat-gfm
+
 - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
   rev: 0.36.0
   hooks:
@@ -86,10 +90,13 @@ repos:
   - id: check-compose-spec
   - id: check-dependabot
 
-- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+# the following hooks should always be at the end fo the file since they may add to what other hooks do
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks 
   rev: v6.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: end-of-file-fixer
     exclude: (.txt$|.ipynb$|README.md$|readme.mde$)
   - id: trailing-whitespace
     exclude: (.txt$|README.md$)
+  - id: mixed-line-ending
+    args: [--fix=lf]