diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83d7046..a872dc5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - improve prompt for project name
 - switch from poetry to pdm
+- switch order of black and ruff linter, as ruff often complains about issues, that are automatically fixed by black
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/mex-{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/mex-{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ed2b9a4..33727bf 100644
--- a/mex-{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml	
+++ b/mex-{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml	
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ fail_fast: false
 default_language_version:
   python: python3.11
 repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 24.3.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: black
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
     rev: v0.3.3
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
-  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 24.3.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: black
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.5.0
     hooks: