diff --git a/api/.vscode/settings.json b/api/.vscode/settings.json
index aa67d94..e2f2c7a 100644
--- a/api/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/api/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@
   ],
   "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
   "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
+  "black-formatter.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/ovdashboard_api/core/settings.py b/api/ovdashboard_api/core/settings.py
index 35181a5..21c5af3 100644
--- a/api/ovdashboard_api/core/settings.py
+++ b/api/ovdashboard_api/core/settings.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
 
     caldav: DAVSettings = DAVSettings()
 
-    @model_validator(mode='before')
+    @model_validator(mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def validate_dav_settings(cls, data) -> dict[str, Any]:
         assert isinstance(data, dict)
diff --git a/api/poetry.lock b/api/poetry.lock
index 3bd0c63..cb18721 100644
--- a/api/poetry.lock
+++ b/api/poetry.lock
@@ -56,6 +56,46 @@ files = [
 funkify = ">=0.4.0,<0.5.0"
 xtyping = ">=0.5.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "black"
+version = "23.10.1"
+description = "The uncompromising code formatter."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_16_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:ec3f8e6234c4e46ff9e16d9ae96f4ef69fa328bb4ad08198c8cee45bb1f08c69"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_16_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:1b917a2aa020ca600483a7b340c165970b26e9029067f019e3755b56e8dd5916"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:9c74de4c77b849e6359c6f01987e94873c707098322b91490d24296f66d067dc"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:7b4d10b0f016616a0d93d24a448100adf1699712fb7a4efd0e2c32bbb219b173"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_16_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:b15b75fc53a2fbcac8a87d3e20f69874d161beef13954747e053bca7a1ce53a0"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_16_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:e293e4c2f4a992b980032bbd62df07c1bcff82d6964d6c9496f2cd726e246ace"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:7d56124b7a61d092cb52cce34182a5280e160e6aff3137172a68c2c2c4b76bcb"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:3f157a8945a7b2d424da3335f7ace89c14a3b0625e6593d21139c2d8214d55ce"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp38-cp38-macosx_10_16_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:cfcce6f0a384d0da692119f2d72d79ed07c7159879d0bb1bb32d2e443382bf3a"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp38-cp38-macosx_10_16_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:33d40f5b06be80c1bbce17b173cda17994fbad096ce60eb22054da021bf933d1"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp38-cp38-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:840015166dbdfbc47992871325799fd2dc0dcf9395e401ada6d88fe11498abad"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:037e9b4664cafda5f025a1728c50a9e9aedb99a759c89f760bd83730e76ba884"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_16_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:7cb5936e686e782fddb1c73f8aa6f459e1ad38a6a7b0e54b403f1f05a1507ee9"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_16_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:7670242e90dc129c539e9ca17665e39a146a761e681805c54fbd86015c7c84f7"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:5ed45ac9a613fb52dad3b61c8dea2ec9510bf3108d4db88422bacc7d1ba1243d"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:6d23d7822140e3fef190734216cefb262521789367fbdc0b3f22af6744058982"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d431e6739f727bb2e0495df64a6c7a5310758e87505f5f8cde9ff6c0f2d7e4fe"},
+    {file = "black-23.10.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1f8ce316753428ff68749c65a5f7844631aa18c8679dfd3ca9dc1a289979c258"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+click = ">=8.0.0"
+mypy-extensions = ">=0.4.3"
+packaging = ">=22.0"
+pathspec = ">=0.9.0"
+platformdirs = ">=2"
+
+[package.extras]
+colorama = ["colorama (>=0.4.3)"]
+d = ["aiohttp (>=3.7.4)"]
+jupyter = ["ipython (>=7.8.0)", "tokenize-rt (>=3.2.0)"]
+uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "caldav"
 version = "1.3.6"
@@ -513,6 +553,39 @@ files = [
     {file = "mccabe-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:348e0240c33b60bbdf4e523192ef919f28cb2c3d7d5c7794f74009290f236325"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mypy-extensions"
+version = "1.0.0"
+description = "Type system extensions for programs checked with the mypy type checker."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+files = [
+    {file = "mypy_extensions-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4392f6c0eb8a5668a69e23d168ffa70f0be9ccfd32b5cc2d26a34ae5b844552d"},
+    {file = "mypy_extensions-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:75dbf8955dc00442a438fc4d0666508a9a97b6bd41aa2f0ffe9d2f2725af0782"},
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "packaging"
+version = "23.2"
+description = "Core utilities for Python packages"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "packaging-23.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8c491190033a9af7e1d931d0b5dacc2ef47509b34dd0de67ed209b5203fc88c7"},
+    {file = "packaging-23.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:048fb0e9405036518eaaf48a55953c750c11e1a1b68e0dd1a9d62ed0c092cfc5"},
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pathspec"
+version = "0.11.2"
+description = "Utility library for gitignore style pattern matching of file paths."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "pathspec-0.11.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1d6ed233af05e679efb96b1851550ea95bbb64b7c490b0f5aa52996c11e92a20"},
+    {file = "pathspec-0.11.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e0d8d0ac2f12da61956eb2306b69f9469b42f4deb0f3cb6ed47b9cce9996ced3"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pillow"
 version = "10.1.0"
@@ -580,6 +653,21 @@ files = [
 docs = ["furo", "olefile", "sphinx (>=2.4)", "sphinx-copybutton", "sphinx-inline-tabs", "sphinx-removed-in", "sphinxext-opengraph"]
 tests = ["check-manifest", "coverage", "defusedxml", "markdown2", "olefile", "packaging", "pyroma", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-timeout"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "platformdirs"
+version = "3.11.0"
+description = "A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a \"user data dir\"."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "platformdirs-3.11.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e9d171d00af68be50e9202731309c4e658fd8bc76f55c11c7dd760d023bda68e"},
+    {file = "platformdirs-3.11.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cf8ee52a3afdb965072dcc652433e0c7e3e40cf5ea1477cd4b3b1d2eb75495b3"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["furo (>=2023.7.26)", "proselint (>=0.13)", "sphinx (>=7.1.1)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.24)"]
+test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "covdefaults (>=2.3)", "pytest (>=7.4)", "pytest-cov (>=4.1)", "pytest-mock (>=3.11.1)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pycodestyle"
 version = "2.11.1"
@@ -1308,4 +1396,4 @@ typing-extensions = ">=4.4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "367a94d4b3b395034ee18e3e383c2f6bd127ccf0f33218c6eb13c669310b5a9f"
+content-hash = "b0c5ea283c2b087215c864dcdfd271d6aadddbedf9e86247db99dc412dfa8fa4"
diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index 7f2e246..a7948b8 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ asyncify = "^0.9.2"
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 flake8 = "^6.1.0"
 flake8-isort = "^6.1.0"
+black = "^23.10.1"
 
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"