diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 658650f..8ca148b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ container:
 	docker build --no-cache --pull -t luzifer/dns .
 	docker push luzifer/dns
 
+check_zones: .venv
+	./.venv/bin/python3 checkZonefile.py
+
+auto-hook-pre-commit: check_zones
+
 .venv:
 	virtualenv --python=python3 .venv
 	./.venv/bin/pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
-auto-hook-pre-commit: .venv
-	./.venv/bin/python3 checkZonefile.py
+.PHONY: check_zones auto-hook-pre-commit container