diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a9b2cc982e715d8012b642b69071d67b1dc8123b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[flake8]
+# E501: let black handle line length
+# W503 is incompatible with PEP 8
+ignore = E501,W503
diff --git a/migrations/env.py b/migrations/env.py
index e956c4b9aa8eee05990c58b4ccf2d7eefbc16ecf..6b4933f4fdb0e3cc69b97f6013a465a63799b37b 100755
--- a/migrations/env.py
+++ b/migrations/env.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from alembic import context
 from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config, pool
 from logging.config import fileConfig
 import logging
+from flask import current_app
 
 # this is the Alembic Config object, which provides
 # access to the values within the .ini file in use.
@@ -13,12 +14,6 @@ config = context.config
 fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
 logger = logging.getLogger("alembic.env")
 
-# add your model's MetaData object here
-# for 'autogenerate' support
-# from myapp import mymodel
-# target_metadata = mymodel.Base.metadata
-from flask import current_app
-
 config.set_main_option(
     "sqlalchemy.url", current_app.config.get("SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI")
 )