diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42f4a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+target/
+*~
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fcrepo-checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/src/main/resources/fcrepo-checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index b02c72d..040a1c9 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fcrepo-checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fcrepo-checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
     <!-- Checks for long lines. -->
     <module name="LineLength">
-      <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+      <property name="max" value="120"/>
     </module>
     <!-- Write Javadocs for public methods and classes. Keep it short and to the point
 				/**