diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 8a0f4b6..0019db8 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,17 @@ source "$(dirname "$0")/_common.sh"
 function project_bootstrap() {
     _setup_env
     pip install -U pip pip-tools=='7.3.0'
-    pip-compile requirements.in
-    pip-compile dev-requirements.in
+
+    # Check if requirements.txt exists, if not, compile it from requirements.in
+    if [ ! -f requirements.txt ]; then
+        pip-compile requirements.in
+    fi
+
+    # Check if dev-requirements.txt exists, if not, compile it from dev-requirements.in
+    if [ ! -f dev-requirements.txt ]; then
+        pip-compile dev-requirements.in
+    fi
+
     pip-sync requirements.txt dev-requirements.txt
 }
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/run_linters.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/run_linters.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1659177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/run_linters.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$(dirname "$0")/_common.sh"
+
+if [ "${DRONE}" == "true" ]; then
+    _setup_env
+    pip install -r requirements.txt -r dev-requirements.txt
+fi
+
+# Run linting commands and capture their return codes
+"${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python3" -m isort --check ./speech_collect ./tests ./tasks.py
+ISORT_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+"${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python3" -m black --check ./speech_collect ./tests ./tasks.py
+BLACK_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+"${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python3" -m ruff ./speech_collect ./tests ./tasks.py
+RUFF_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+# Check if any linting command failed
+if [ $ISORT_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ] || [ $BLACK_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ] || [ $RUFF_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Some linting checks failed"
+    # Exit with a non-zero status, you can choose which error code to return
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "All linting checks passed"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
index 7ca34c3..d0ba374 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ if [ "${DRONE}" == "true" ]; then
     pip install -r requirements.txt -r dev-requirements.txt
 fi
 
-exec "${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python" -m pytest -vv --cov "$@"
+exec "${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python3" -m pytest -vv --cov "$@"