diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 9de8d23bb2..67ed2d77a3 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 [flake8]
 # ignore = D203
+ignore = BLK100
+max-line-length = 79
 exclude =
   .git,
   __pycache__,
diff --git a/.hound.yml b/.hound.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2