diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yml b/.github/workflows/black.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b46cf32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/black.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: Black 
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: psf/black@stable
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 144e920..a6c5103 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pyyaml = "*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "astroid"
-version = "2.6.5"
+version = "2.8.0"
 description = "An abstract syntax tree for Python with inference support."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ python-versions = "~=3.6"
 [package.dependencies]
 lazy-object-proxy = ">=1.4.0"
 typed-ast = {version = ">=1.4.0,<1.5", markers = "implementation_name == \"cpython\" and python_version < \"3.8\""}
-typing-extensions = {version = ">=3.7.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
+typing-extensions = {version = ">=3.10", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
 wrapt = ">=1.11,<1.13"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -237,6 +237,18 @@ python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 [package.dependencies]
 pyparsing = ">=2.0.2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "platformdirs"
+version = "2.3.0"
+description = "A small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a \"user data dir\"."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["Sphinx (>=4)", "furo (>=2021.7.5b38)", "proselint (>=0.10.2)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.12)"]
+test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-cov (>=2.7)", "pytest-mock (>=3.6)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pluggy"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -281,18 +293,20 @@ python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pylint"
-version = "2.9.6"
+version = "2.11.1"
 description = "python code static checker"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "~=3.6"
 
 [package.dependencies]
-astroid = ">=2.6.5,<2.7"
+astroid = ">=2.8.0,<2.9"
 colorama = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 isort = ">=4.2.5,<6"
 mccabe = ">=0.6,<0.7"
+platformdirs = ">=2.2.0"
 toml = ">=0.7.1"
+typing-extensions = {version = ">=3.10.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyparsing"
@@ -457,7 +471,7 @@ testing = ["pytest (>=4.6)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=1.2.3)", "pytest-flake8", "pyt
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.6"
-content-hash = "2997368a36d88fc670a42bd44abb3ae8065d0869c0fcd4ae63aab5ee9464baa0"
+content-hash = "5ee93b78656e5bc815fc41056cd80448eac2f8cee62db11c140c7248ab8b2834"
 
 [metadata.files]
 appdirs = [
@@ -469,8 +483,8 @@ appdirs = [
     {file = "aspy.yaml-1.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e7c742382eff2caed61f87a39d13f99109088e5e93f04d76eb8d4b28aa143f45"},
 ]
 astroid = [
-    {file = "astroid-2.6.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7b963d1c590d490f60d2973e57437115978d3a2529843f160b5003b721e1e925"},
-    {file = "astroid-2.6.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:83e494b02d75d07d4e347b27c066fd791c0c74fc96c613d1ea3de0c82c48168f"},
+    {file = "astroid-2.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dcc06f6165f415220013801642bd6c9808a02967070919c4b746c6864c205471"},
+    {file = "astroid-2.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fe81f80c0b35264acb5653302ffbd935d394f1775c5e4487df745bf9c2442708"},
 ]
 atomicwrites = [
     {file = "atomicwrites-1.4.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6d1784dea7c0c8d4a5172b6c620f40b6e4cbfdf96d783691f2e1302a7b88e197"},
@@ -572,6 +586,10 @@ packaging = [
     {file = "packaging-20.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:67714da7f7bc052e064859c05c595155bd1ee9f69f76557e21f051443c20947a"},
     {file = "packaging-20.9.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5b327ac1320dc863dca72f4514ecc086f31186744b84a230374cc1fd776feae5"},
 ]
+platformdirs = [
+    {file = "platformdirs-2.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8003ac87717ae2c7ee1ea5a84a1a61e87f3fbd16eb5aadba194ea30a9019f648"},
+    {file = "platformdirs-2.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:15b056538719b1c94bdaccb29e5f81879c7f7f0f4a153f46086d155dffcd4f0f"},
+]
 pluggy = [
     {file = "pluggy-0.13.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:966c145cd83c96502c3c3868f50408687b38434af77734af1e9ca461a4081d2d"},
     {file = "pluggy-0.13.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:15b2acde666561e1298d71b523007ed7364de07029219b604cf808bfa1c765b0"},
@@ -585,8 +603,8 @@ py = [
     {file = "py-1.10.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:21b81bda15b66ef5e1a777a21c4dcd9c20ad3efd0b3f817e7a809035269e1bd3"},
 ]
 pylint = [
-    {file = "pylint-2.9.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2e1a0eb2e8ab41d6b5dbada87f066492bb1557b12b76c47c2ee8aa8a11186594"},
-    {file = "pylint-2.9.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8b838c8983ee1904b2de66cce9d0b96649a91901350e956d78f289c3bc87b48e"},
+    {file = "pylint-2.11.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0f358e221c45cbd4dad2a1e4b883e75d28acdcccd29d40c76eb72b307269b126"},
+    {file = "pylint-2.11.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2c9843fff1a88ca0ad98a256806c82c5a8f86086e7ccbdb93297d86c3f90c436"},
 ]
 pyparsing = [
     {file = "pyparsing-2.4.7-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ef9d7589ef3c200abe66653d3f1ab1033c3c419ae9b9bdb1240a85b024efc88b"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 61c11ad..5569818 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "rfd"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "view RedFlagDeals.com from the command line"
 authors = ["Dave Gallant <davegallant@gmail.com>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ soupsieve = "<3.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pre-commit = "1.21.0"
-pylint = "^2.9.6"
+pylint = "^2.11.1"
 pytest = ">=4.6.6"
 rope = "0.20.1"
 
diff --git a/rfd/api.py b/rfd/api.py
index 7db722f..961b4a4 100644
--- a/rfd/api.py
+++ b/rfd/api.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def get_safe_per_page(limit):
 
 def create_user_map(users):
     """Create a map of user ids to usernames."""
-    m = dict()
+    m = {}
     for user in users:
         m[user.get("user_id")] = user.get("username")
     return m
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ def get_threads(forum_id, pages):
     try:
         for page in range(1, pages + 1):
             response = requests.get(
-                "{}/api/topics?forum_id={}&per_page=40&page={}".format(
-                    API_BASE_URL, forum_id, page
-                )
+                f"{API_BASE_URL}/api/topics?forum_id={forum_id}&per_page=40&page={page}"
             )
             if response.status_code != 200:
-                raise Exception("When collecting threads, received a status code: %s" % response.status_code)
+                raise Exception(
+                    f"When collecting threads, received a status code: {response.status_code}"
+                )
             threads += response.json().get("topics")
     except JSONDecodeError as err:
         logging.error("Unable to decode threads. %s", err)
@@ -76,16 +76,14 @@ def get_posts(post):
         raise ValueError()
 
     response = requests.get(
-        "{}/api/topics/{}/posts?per_page=40&page=1".format(API_BASE_URL, post_id)
+        f"{API_BASE_URL}/api/topics/{post_id}/posts?per_page=40&page=1"
     )
 
     total_pages = response.json().get("pager").get("total_pages")
 
     for page in range(0, total_pages + 1):
         response = requests.get(
-            "{}/api/topics/{}/posts?per_page={}&page={}".format(
-                API_BASE_URL, post_id, 40, page
-            )
+            f"{API_BASE_URL}/api/topics/{post_id}/posts?per_page=40&page={page}"
         )
         users = create_user_map(response.json().get("users"))
 
diff --git a/rfd/cli.py b/rfd/cli.py
index 32f5685..5fd56eb 100644
--- a/rfd/cli.py
+++ b/rfd/cli.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import logging
 import sys
 import click
+
 try:
     from importlib import metadata
-except ImportError: # for Python<3.8
+except ImportError:  # for Python<3.8
     import importlib_metadata as metadata
 from colorama import init
 from .api import get_threads, get_posts
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ logging.getLogger().addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
 def get_version():
     return "rfd v" + metadata.version("rfd")
 
+
 def print_version(ctx, _, value):
     if not value or ctx.resilient_parsing:
         return
@@ -91,7 +93,9 @@ def threads(forum_id, pages, sort_by):
     74 \t shopping discussion
     88 \t cell phones
     """
-    _threads = sort_threads(parse_threads(get_threads(forum_id, pages)), sort_by=sort_by)
+    _threads = sort_threads(
+        parse_threads(get_threads(forum_id, pages)), sort_by=sort_by
+    )
     click.echo_via_pager(generate_thread_output(_threads))
 
 
diff --git a/rfd/posts.py b/rfd/posts.py
index 1dd8bb9..5cf19d4 100644
--- a/rfd/posts.py
+++ b/rfd/posts.py
@@ -3,19 +3,22 @@ import os
 from colorama import Fore, Style
 from .scores import get_vote_color
 
+
 class Post:
     def __init__(self, body, score, user):
         self.body = body
         self.score = score
         self.user = user
 
+
 def get_terminal_width():
     _, columns = os.popen("stty size", "r").read().split()
     return int(columns)
 
+
 def generate_posts_output(posts):
     output = ""
-    output += ("-" * get_terminal_width())
+    output += "-" * get_terminal_width()
     for post in posts:
         output += (
             " -"
@@ -23,10 +26,10 @@ def generate_posts_output(posts):
             + Fore.RESET
             + post.body
             + Fore.YELLOW
-            + " ({})".format(post.user)
+            + f" ({post.user})"
         )
-        output += (Style.RESET_ALL)
+        output += Style.RESET_ALL
         output += "\n"
-        output += ("-" * get_terminal_width())
+        output += "-" * get_terminal_width()
         output += "\n"
     return output
diff --git a/rfd/threads.py b/rfd/threads.py
index 6ddb7a7..91656f4 100644
--- a/rfd/threads.py
+++ b/rfd/threads.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from colorama import Fore, Style
 from . import API_BASE_URL
 from .scores import calculate_score, get_vote_color
 
-# pylint: disable=old-style-class
+
 class Thread:
     def __init__(self, title, dealer_name, score, url, views):
         self.dealer_name = dealer_name
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ class Thread:
         self.views = views
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "Thread(%s)" % self.title
+        return f"Thread({self.title})"
 
 
 def build_web_path(slug):
-    return "{}{}".format(API_BASE_URL, slug)
+    return f"{API_BASE_URL}{slug}"
 
 
 def get_dealer(topic):
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ def generate_thread_output(threads):
             + "."
             + get_vote_color(thread.score)
             + Fore.RESET
-            + "%s%s" % (dealer, thread.title)
+            + f"{dealer}{thread.title}"
             + Fore.LIGHTYELLOW_EX
-            + " (%d views)" % thread.views
+            + f" ({thread.views} views)"
             + Fore.RESET
         )
-        output += Fore.BLUE + " {}".format(thread.url)
+        output += Fore.BLUE + f" {thread.url}"
         output += Style.RESET_ALL
         output += "\n\n"
         yield output