diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index 7760258c90c..204fe569971 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 ---
-
 # For use with pre-commit.
 # See usage instructions at http://pre-commit.com
 
--   id: kics
-    name:  Checkmarx Kics
-    description: This hook runs kics.
-    entry: kics scan -p .
-    language: golang
-    pass_filenames: false
-    always_run: false
-    types_or:
-      - terraform
-      - dockerfile
-      - yaml
-      - json
-    exclude: '^.*\.terraform.*$'
-    require_serial: true
+# - id: kics
+#   name: Checkmarx Kics
+#   description: This hook runs kics.
+#   entry: kics scan -p .
+#   language: golang
+#   pass_filenames: false
+#   always_run: false
+#   types_or:
+#     - terraform
+#     - dockerfile
+#     - yaml
+#     - json
+#   exclude: '^.*\.terraform.*$'
+#   require_serial: true
+
+- id: kics-scan
+  name: Checkmarx Kics Scan
+  language: docker
+  entry: kics scan -p /src --no-progress
diff --git a/docs/integrations_pre_commit.md b/docs/integrations_pre_commit.md
index a1f50e91127..e24e0bd09f3 100644
--- a/docs/integrations_pre_commit.md
+++ b/docs/integrations_pre_commit.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Running Kics with pre-commmit
 
-To use `kics` with [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) add the following hook to your local repo's `.pre-commit-config.yaml` file. 
+To use `kics` with [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) add the following hook to your local repo's `.pre-commit-config.yaml` file.
 
 ```yaml
 - repo: https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics
-  rev: '' # change to correct tag or sha
+  rev: "" # change to correct tag or sha
   hooks:
-    - id: kics
+      - id: kics-scan
 ```
 
 ## How to pass extra arguments
@@ -15,10 +15,26 @@ You can provide arguments to `kics` by providing the pre-commit `args` [property
 
 ```yaml
 repos:
-- repo: https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics
-  rev: '' # change to correct tag or sha
-  hooks:
-  - id: kics
-    verbose: true
-    args: [--ignore-on-exit, 'all']
+    - repo: https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics
+      rev: "" # change to correct tag or sha
+      hooks:
+          - id: kics-scan
+            verbose: true
+            args: [--ignore-on-exit, "all"]
+```
+
+## Create your own local pre-commit hook
+
+You can create your own local pre-commit hook using the [docker_image](https://pre-commit.com/#docker_image) language.
+This is a more lightweight way to configure `kics` as a pre-commit hook.
+
+```yaml
+repos:
+    - repo: local
+      hooks:
+          - id: kics-scan-local
+            name: Kics scan
+            language: docker_image
+            entry: checkmarx/kics scan -p /src --no-progress
+            verbose: true
 ```