diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 18fba2c15..608eb8eed 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 125
-ignore = W503
+ignore = E203,E211,E221,E225,E231,E241,E251,E261,E266,E501,E701,E704,W503
+exclude = examples/*,examples/*/**,*/**/__init__.py