diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87ea188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module.exports = {
+  env: {
+    browser: true,
+    commonjs: true,
+    es6: true,
+    node: true,
+  },
+  extends: "eslint:recommended",
+  ignorePatterns: ["dist/"],
+  globals: {
+    Atomics: "readonly",
+    SharedArrayBuffer: "readonly",
+  },
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 2018,
+  },
+  rules: {},
+};
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index ecf3031..256291e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,37 @@ on:
     types: [opened, synchronize]
   push:
     branches:
-      - master
       - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
+  linting:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [22.16]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+
+      - name: Run npm ci
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Run npm prettier
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          ./node_modules/.bin/prettier --check . || echo "::warning::Prettier found formatting issues. Fix it locally by running './node_modules/.bin/prettier --write .'"
+
+      - name: Run ESLint
+        run: ./node_modules/.bin/eslint --ext .js .
+
   unit-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -38,7 +65,8 @@ jobs:
 
   browserstack:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: unit-tests
+    needs: [unit-tests, linting]
+    if: (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -60,16 +88,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Prettier Action on PR
-        uses: creyD/prettier_action@v4.5
-        with:
-          dry: true
-          prettier_options: "--write {**/*,*}.{js,hbs,html,json,md,yml,css,scss} !.github/workflows/**/* !dist/**/*"
-          commit_message: "Run prettier via GitHub Action"
-          file_pattern: "."
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2809e6a..d2b3294 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "playground": "./playground.sh",
     "watch": "node_modules/.bin/nodemon compile.js --ignore dist",
     "build": "node compile.js",
+    "lint": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint --ext .js .",
     "pretest": "npm run build -- testing",
     "test": "node -r dotenv/config ./test/index.js",
     "posttest": "npm run build",
diff --git a/src/auto-events.js b/src/auto-events.js
index af554a9..a61a614 100644
--- a/src/auto-events.js
+++ b/src/auto-events.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
   if (typeof optionsLink === "undefined")
     log("options object not found, please specify", "warn");
 
-  window.saAutomatedLink = function saAutomatedLink(element, type) {
+  var saAutomatedLink = function saAutomatedLink(element, type) {
     try {
       if (!element) return log("no element found");
       var sent = false;
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@
     }
   };
 
+  window.saAutomatedLink = saAutomatedLink;
+
   function collectLink(link, onclick) {
     var collect = false;