diff --git a/build/scripts/CommandLine.fs b/build/scripts/CommandLine.fs
index 4bf27b4..9529f0c 100644
--- a/build/scripts/CommandLine.fs
+++ b/build/scripts/CommandLine.fs
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@ type Build =
     
     | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);SubCommand>] Unit_Test
     | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);SubCommand>] End_To_End
+
+    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);SubCommand>] Format
     
-    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] PristineCheck 
+    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] CheckFormat
+    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] PristineCheck
     | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] GeneratePackages
-    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] ValidateLicenses 
-    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] ValidatePackages 
-    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] GenerateReleaseNotes 
-    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] GenerateApiChanges 
+    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] ValidateLicenses
+    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] ValidatePackages
+    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] GenerateReleaseNotes
+    | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);Hidden;SubCommand>] GenerateApiChanges
     | [<CliPrefix(CliPrefix.None);SubCommand>] Release
     
     | [<Inherit;AltCommandLine("-s")>] Single_Target
@@ -49,12 +52,14 @@ with
             | End_To_End -> "alias to providing: test --test-suite=e2e"
             | Test -> "runs a clean build and then runs all the tests unless --test-suite is provided"
             | Release -> "runs build, tests, and create and validates the packages shy of publishing them"
+            | Format -> "runs dotnet format"
             
             // steps
-            | PristineCheck  
+            | CheckFormat
+            | PristineCheck
             | GeneratePackages
             | ValidateLicenses
-            | ValidatePackages 
+            | ValidatePackages
             | GenerateReleaseNotes
             | GenerateApiChanges -> "Undocumented, dependent target"
             
diff --git a/build/scripts/Targets.fs b/build/scripts/Targets.fs
index 15ef531..1f9387b 100644
--- a/build/scripts/Targets.fs
+++ b/build/scripts/Targets.fs
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ let private clean _ =
 let private build _ = exec { run "dotnet" "build" "-c" "release" }
 
 let private release _ = printfn "release"
-    
-let private publish _ = printfn "publish"
 
 let private version _ =
     let version = Software.Version
@@ -32,7 +30,14 @@ let private version _ =
     printfn $"Semantic version: %s{version.NormalizeToShorter()}"
     
 let private generatePackages _ = exec { run "dotnet" "pack" }
-    
+
+let private format _ = exec { run "dotnet" "format" "--verbosity" "quiet" }
+
+let private checkFormat _ =
+    match exec { exit_code_of "dotnet" "format" "--verify-no-changes" } with
+    | 0 -> printfn "There are no dotnet formatting violations, continuing the build."
+    | _ -> failwithf "There are dotnet formatting violations. Call `dotnet format` to fix or specify -c to ./build.sh to skip this check"
+
 let private pristineCheck (arguments:ParseResults<Build>) =
     let skipCheck = arguments.TryGetResult Skip_Dirty_Check |> Option.isSome
     match skipCheck, Information.isCleanWorkingCopy "." with
@@ -157,7 +162,7 @@ let Setup (parsed:ParseResults<Build>) =
         // commands
         | Version -> Build.Step version
         | Clean -> Build.Cmd [Version] [] clean
-        | Build -> Build.Cmd [Clean] [] build
+        | Build -> Build.Cmd [Clean; CheckFormat] [] build
         
         | End_To_End -> Build.Cmd [] [Build] <| runTests E2E
         | Unit_Test -> Build.Cmd [] [Build] <| runTests Unit
@@ -168,9 +173,12 @@ let Setup (parsed:ParseResults<Build>) =
                 [PristineCheck; Test]
                 [ValidateLicenses; GeneratePackages; ValidatePackages; GenerateReleaseNotes; GenerateApiChanges]
                 release
-            
+
+        | Format -> Build.Step format
+
         // steps
-        | PristineCheck -> Build.Step pristineCheck  
+        | CheckFormat -> Build.Step checkFormat
+        | PristineCheck -> Build.Step pristineCheck
         | GeneratePackages -> Build.Step generatePackages
         | ValidateLicenses -> Build.Step validateLicenses
         | ValidatePackages -> Build.Step validatePackages
diff --git a/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Diagnostics/Logging/AgentLoggingHelpers.cs b/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Diagnostics/Logging/AgentLoggingHelpers.cs
index 376e5c3..ea42bd4 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Diagnostics/Logging/AgentLoggingHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Diagnostics/Logging/AgentLoggingHelpers.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public static LogLevel GetElasticOtelLogLevelFromEnvironmentVariables()
 
 		if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(logLevelEnvironmentVariable))
 			return defaultLogLevel;
-		
+
 		var parsedLogLevel = LogLevelHelpers.ToLogLevel(logLevelEnvironmentVariable);
 		return parsedLogLevel != LogLevel.None ? parsedLogLevel : defaultLogLevel;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Diagnostics/LoggingEventListener.cs b/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Diagnostics/LoggingEventListener.cs
index 6dff1b8..d6a5a56 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Diagnostics/LoggingEventListener.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Diagnostics/LoggingEventListener.cs
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Elastic.OpenTelemetry.Configuration;
 using Elastic.OpenTelemetry.Diagnostics.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-using Elastic.OpenTelemetry.Configuration;
 
 namespace Elastic.OpenTelemetry.Diagnostics;