diff --git a/.github/workflows/syntax.yml b/.github/workflows/syntax.yml
index f75369fe..2480e963 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/syntax.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/syntax.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check for Syntax Error on Tests
         run: flake8 tests --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
       - name: Check for Code Style on novelWriter
-        run: flake8 nw --count --max-line-length=99 --select E1,E231,E27,E4,E5,E7,E9,W,F --show-source --statistics
+        run: flake8 nw --count --max-line-length=99 --ignore E203,E221,E226,E241,E251,E261,E266,E302,E305 --show-source --statistics
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 065ab174..d9410a61 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ license_files = LICENSE.md
 
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal = 0
+
+[flake8]
+ignore = E203,E221,E226,E241,E251,E261,E266,E302,E305
+max-line-length = 99
+exclude = docs/*