diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 794d0f132..4975f90d7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix]
+        exclude: ^experiments/
       - id: ruff-format
+        exclude: ^experiments/
diff --git a/headroom/prediction/feature_extractor.py b/headroom/prediction/feature_extractor.py
index 3bca40f88..a3556e787 100644
--- a/headroom/prediction/feature_extractor.py
+++ b/headroom/prediction/feature_extractor.py
@@ -1155,7 +1155,9 @@ class StructuralExtractor(BaseFeatureExtractor):
         delimiters = self.DELIMITER.findall(text)
         features.delimiter_types = list({d[0] for d in delimiters if d})
         features.has_structured_template = (
-            features.xml_tag_count > 2 or bool(features.delimiter_types) or features.json_object_count > 0
+            features.xml_tag_count > 2
+            or bool(features.delimiter_types)
+            or features.json_object_count > 0
         )
 
         # Conversation structure
diff --git a/tests/test_proxy_scalability.py b/tests/test_proxy_scalability.py
index 1161f7ac8..6498fb5bf 100644
--- a/tests/test_proxy_scalability.py
+++ b/tests/test_proxy_scalability.py
@@ -224,8 +224,7 @@ class TestWorkerConfiguration:
 
     def test_uvicorn_workers_parameter(self):
         """Test that uvicorn accepts workers parameter."""
-        # uvicorn.run accepts workers=N for multi-process
-        import uvicorn
+        uvicorn = pytest.importorskip("uvicorn")
 
         # Verify the Config class accepts workers
         config = uvicorn.Config(
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ class TestWorkerConfiguration:
 
     def test_single_worker_default(self):
         """Test that default is single worker (None)."""
-        import uvicorn
+        uvicorn = pytest.importorskip("uvicorn")
 
         config = uvicorn.Config(app="app:app")
         # Default should be None (single process)