diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0860149..ff352ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: python -m pytest -v
 
-      - name: Generate coverage report
-        run: python -m pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing
+      - name: Lint with Ruff
+        run: ruff check .
+
+      - name: Run tests with coverage gate
+        run: python -m pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term-missing --cov-fail-under=80
+
 
   publish:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' &&  (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev')
diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
index e27b8d7..8b817c8 100644
--- a/alembic/env.py
+++ b/alembic/env.py
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 # target_metadata = None 
 # replacing with the actual metadata from models
 from app.db.base import Base
-from app.models.user import User
-from app.models.task import Task
 
 target_metadata = Base.metadata
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bebdde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
+"alembic/env.py" = ["E402", "F401"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c72d4a8..8b9fa60 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ email-validator
 alembic
 pytest-cov
 pytest
-httpx
\ No newline at end of file
+httpx
+Ruff
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_tasks.py b/tests/test_tasks.py
index 3a4d009..dd06af5 100644
--- a/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pytest
 
 def create_user(client):
     response = client.post(
diff --git a/tests/test_users.py b/tests/test_users.py
index 4421cd1..d390cc9 100644
--- a/tests/test_users.py
+++ b/tests/test_users.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pytest
 
 
 def test_create_user(client):