diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..791f075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 119
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 2e86652..369468f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --statistics
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         pytest -vv --cov-report term-missing --cov tableone | tee coverage-report-${{ matrix.python-version }}.txt