diff --git a/pre-commit b/pre-commit
index e84341d..e59b2b8 100755
--- a/pre-commit
+++ b/pre-commit
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ set +eou pipefail
 size_limit=$((5 * 2**20))
 # make sure we have at least 1 commit in the repo
 # so we don't fail on the first commit
-test "$(git rev-list --count HEAD 2>/dev/null)" -gt 1 2> /dev/null > /dev/null || \
-	gitleaks protect --verbose --redact --staged && exit 0
+if [ "$(git rev-list --count HEAD 2>/dev/null)" -lt 2 2> /dev/null > /dev/null ]; then
+	gitleaks protect --staged --verbose --no-banner --no-color 
+	exit 0 
+fi
+
 
 repo_root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 pushd $repo_root 2>/dev/null > /dev/null
@@ -32,4 +35,5 @@ if $hasLargeFile; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 popd $repo_root 2>/dev/null > /dev/null || true
-gitleaks protect --verbose --redact --staged
+gitleaks protect --staged --verbose --no-banner --no-color 2>/dev/null
+
diff --git a/pre-push b/pre-push
index c816b3e..43fe336 100755
--- a/pre-push
+++ b/pre-push
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
 
 which mg >/dev/null 2> /dev/null || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for mg but 'mg' was not found on your path. Install it with go install github.com/taigrr/mg/cmd/mg@latest or remove this code from your templates in ~/.config/git/hooks.\n"; exit 2; } && mg register >/dev/null &
 
-test $(git lfs track | wc -l) -gt 0 || exit 0
+test "$(git lfs track | wc -l)" -gt 0 || exit 0
 command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting '.git/hooks/pre-push' and your templates in ~/.config/git/hooks.\n"; exit 2; }
 git lfs pre-push "$@"