diff --git a/modules/hooks.nix b/modules/hooks.nix
index 47dbaae3..c08f0059 100644
--- a/modules/hooks.nix
+++ b/modules/hooks.nix
@@ -631,12 +631,24 @@ in
         type = types.submodule {
           imports = [ hookModule ];
           options.settings = {
-            flags =
-              mkOption {
-                type = types.str;
-                description = "Flags passed to latexindent. See available flags [here](https://latexindentpl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sec-how-to-use.html#from-the-command-line)";
-                default = "--local --silent --overwriteIfDifferent";
-              };
+            disableExtraFiles = mkOption {
+              default = true;
+              example = false;
+              description = "Whether to disable the creation of backup and log files.";
+              type = types.bool;
+            };
+
+            extraConfig = mkOption {
+              type = types.attrs;
+              description = "[latexindent command-line options](https://latexindentpl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sec-how-to-use.html#from-the-command-line) converted through `lib.cli.toGNUCommandLine`.";
+              default = { };
+
+              example = lib.literalExpression ''
+                {
+                  yaml = "defaultIndent: '    '";
+                }
+              '';
+            };
           };
         };
       };
@@ -2763,12 +2775,46 @@ lib.escapeShellArgs (lib.concatMap (ext: [ "--ghc-opt" "-X${ext}" ]) hooks.ormol
           '';
         };
       latexindent =
+        let
+          hook = hooks.latexindent;
+        in
         {
           name = "latexindent";
           description = "Perl script to add indentation to LaTeX files.";
           types = [ "file" "tex" ];
           package = tools.latexindent;
-          entry = "${hooks.latexindent.package}/bin/latexindent ${hooks.latexindent.settings.flags}";
+
+          entry = lib.getExe (
+            pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+              name = "git-hooks-nix-hooks-latexindent-entry";
+
+              text = ''
+                ${hook.package}/bin/latexindent ${
+                  lib.optionalString
+                  hook.settings.disableExtraFiles
+                  ''--cruft "$(mktemp --directory)"''
+                } ${
+                  lib.cli.toGNUCommandLineShell {} (
+                    lib.mergeAttrsList [
+                      {
+                        local = true;
+                        silent = true;
+                      }
+
+                      (
+                        lib.optionalAttrs hook.settings.disableExtraFiles {
+                          logfile = toString /dev/null;
+                          overwriteIfDifferent = true;
+                        }
+                      )
+
+                      hook.settings.extraConfig
+                    ]
+                  )
+                } "$@"
+              '';
+            }
+          );
         };
       lacheck =
         let