diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9b8c0bb..42d64d2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ repos:
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: trailing-whitespace
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
+        exclude: ".j2$"
diff --git a/states/motd/templates/motd.j2 b/states/motd/templates/motd.j2
index faac9d5..cd59606 100644
--- a/states/motd/templates/motd.j2
+++ b/states/motd/templates/motd.j2
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-
 {{ salt['cmd.run']('figlet -w 120 '+salt['grains.get']('host')) }}
+