diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index d37c285..be6bec2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -21,5 +21,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: run tests
         run: python -mpytest
 
+      - name: lint
+        run: python -mflake8
+
 ...
-      
\ No newline at end of file
+ 
diff --git a/oai_status/__init__.py b/oai_status/__init__.py
index a12936d..5eb8832 100644
--- a/oai_status/__init__.py
+++ b/oai_status/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def list_sets(base_url: str = 'https://oai.sbb.berlin/') -> bool:
     """
     try:
         assert Document(f'{base_url}?verb=ListSets').xpath('//ListSets/set/setSpec')
-    except:
+    except BaseException:
         return False
     return True
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 85b78b2..7415c8d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-  'pytest-cov'
+  'pytest-cov',
+  'flake8-multiline-containers',
+  'flake8-pyproject',
+  'flake8-simplify',
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]
@@ -23,7 +26,20 @@ packages = [
 oai-status = 'oai_status:main'
 oai-list-records = 'oai_status.list_records:main'
 
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = '''
   --doctest-modules --cov-report=term-missing --cov=oai_status/
 '''
+
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+fail_under = 96
+precision = 2
+
+
+[tool.flake8]
+max-line-length = 100
+exclude = [
+  'build', '.venv'
+]