diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index df959dd..a6db1df 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+[MAIN]
+ignore=.git,
+	__pycache__,
+	venv,
+	.venv,
+
+
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 disable=
 	redefined-argument-from-local,
@@ -6,4 +13,4 @@ disable=
 	duplicate-code,
 	too-many-locals,
 	too-many-branches,
-	line-too-long,
\ No newline at end of file
+	line-too-long,
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1a51df..0437bed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ clean:
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:
 	# stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-	flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+	flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics --exclude=venv,.venv,.git,__pycache__
 	# exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-	flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=15 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
-	pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc --fail-under=9.0 *.py
\ No newline at end of file
+	flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=15 --max-line-length=127 --statistics --exclude=venv,.venv,.git,__pycache__
+	pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc --fail-under=9.0 *.py