diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f8ea267..b4024f7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: black
         name: black
-        entry: venv/bin/black --config pyproject.toml
+        entry: venv/bin/black
         language: system
         types: [python]
 
diff --git a/config/definitions.py b/config/definitions.py
index 2242e75..79d5642 100644
--- a/config/definitions.py
+++ b/config/definitions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#### Turning off black formatting
+# fmt: off
 from config.parser import get_config_value
 from config.env_vars import *
 # Define data types and default values for settingsDict variables
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1acbc47..0000000
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[tool.black]
-exclude = '''
-(
-    /(\.venv|venv|\.git|\.mypy_cache|\.pytest_cache|\.tox|build|dist)/   # Exclude virtual environments, caches, build directories
-    | .*definitions\.py$                                                  # Exclude specific files (e.g., definitions.py)
-    | .*loadScripts\.py$                                                  # Exclude loadScripts.py
-)
-'''
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/utils/loadScripts.py b/src/utils/loadScripts.py
index ade5c9a..6418bdb 100644
--- a/src/utils/loadScripts.py
+++ b/src/utils/loadScripts.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#### Turning off black formatting
+# fmt: off
 ########### Import Libraries
 import logging, verboselogs
 logger = verboselogs.VerboseLogger(__name__)
@@ -226,8 +228,3 @@ def showLoggerLevel(settingsDict):
         logger.info(f'')
         logger.info(f'*'* 50)
         logger.info(f'*'* 50)
-
-
-
-
-