diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
index 09dd6bf4f1..4d61930c9e 100755
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
+branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+if [ "$branch" = "main" ]; then
+  echo "You can't push directly to main - please check out a branch."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 pnpx lint-staged
diff --git a/.husky/pre-push b/.husky/pre-push
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8766e013b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.husky/pre-push
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+if [ "$branch" = "main" ]; then
+  echo "You can't push directly to main - please check out a branch."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+pnpm check-types