diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fc73459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 150
+exclude = lnbits/wallets/lnd_grpc_files/, lnbits/extensions/
+ignore =
+    # E203 whitespace before ':' black does not like it
+    E203
+    # E402: module level import not at top of file
+    E402,
+    # W503: line break before binary operator
+    W503,
+    # F821: undefined name - should be addressed in future PR
+    F821,
+    # E722 do not use bare 'except' - should be addressed in future PR
+    E722,
+    # flake8-requirements import checks
+    I
diff --git a/lnbits/app.py b/lnbits/app.py
index 03dff297..f8bfd448 100644
--- a/lnbits/app.py
+++ b/lnbits/app.py
@@ -428,7 +428,10 @@ class Formatter:
         self.padding = 0
         self.minimal_fmt: str = "<green>{time:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SS}</green> | <level>{level}</level> | <level>{message}</level>\n"
         if settings.debug:
-            self.fmt: str = "<green>{time:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SS}</green> | <level>{level: <4}</level> | <cyan>{name}</cyan>:<cyan>{function}</cyan>:<cyan>{line}</cyan> | <level>{message}</level>\n"
+            self.fmt: str = (
+                "<green>{time:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SS}</green> | <level>{level: <4}</level> | "
+                "<cyan>{name}</cyan>:<cyan>{function}</cyan>:<cyan>{line}</cyan> | <level>{message}</level>\n"
+            )
         else:
             self.fmt: str = self.minimal_fmt
 
diff --git a/lnbits/bolt11.py b/lnbits/bolt11.py
index 84bf61e7..c2e750f1 100644
--- a/lnbits/bolt11.py
+++ b/lnbits/bolt11.py
@@ -316,23 +316,23 @@ def _pull_tagged(stream):
 
 
 # Tagged field containing BitArray
-def tagged(char, l):
+def tagged(char, bits):
     # Tagged fields need to be zero-padded to 5 bits.
-    while l.len % 5 != 0:
-        l.append("0b0")
+    while bits.len % 5 != 0:
+        bits.append("0b0")
     return (
         bitstring.pack(
             "uint:5, uint:5, uint:5",
             CHARSET.find(char),
-            (l.len / 5) / 32,
-            (l.len / 5) % 32,
+            (bits.len / 5) / 32,
+            (bits.len / 5) % 32,
         )
-        + l
+        + bits
     )
 
 
-def tagged_bytes(char, l):
-    return tagged(char, bitstring.BitArray(l))
+def tagged_bytes(char, bits):
+    return tagged(char, bitstring.BitArray(bits))
 
 
 def _trim_to_bytes(barr):
diff --git a/lnbits/core/migrations.py b/lnbits/core/migrations.py
index c19f40af..435e30b0 100644
--- a/lnbits/core/migrations.py
+++ b/lnbits/core/migrations.py
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ async def m004_ensure_fees_are_always_negative(db):
 
 async def m005_balance_check_balance_notify(db):
     """
-    Keep track of balanceCheck-enabled lnurl-withdrawals to be consumed by an LNbits wallet and of balanceNotify URLs supplied by users to empty their wallets.
+    Keep track of balanceCheck-enabled lnurl-withdrawals to be consumed by an
+    LNbits wallet and of balanceNotify URLs supplied by users to empty their wallets.
     """
 
     await db.execute(
diff --git a/lnbits/core/services.py b/lnbits/core/services.py
index 9b699571..49ae4ef5 100644
--- a/lnbits/core/services.py
+++ b/lnbits/core/services.py
@@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ async def perform_lnurlauth(
 
     def encode_strict_der(r: int, s: int, order: int):
         # if s > order/2 verification will fail sometimes
-        # so we must fix it here (see https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/blob/e71b2d9359c5fe9437fbf46f1f05096de447de57/lib/elliptic/ec/index.js#L146-L147)
+        # so we must fix it here see:
+        # https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/blob/e71b2d9359c5fe9437fbf46f1f05096de447de57/lib/elliptic/ec/index.js#L146-L147
         if s > order // 2:
             s = order - s
 
diff --git a/lnbits/core/views/api.py b/lnbits/core/views/api.py
index e0555b37..6421706f 100644
--- a/lnbits/core/views/api.py
+++ b/lnbits/core/views/api.py
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ async def api_auditor():
     }
 
 
-##################UNIVERSAL WEBSOCKET MANAGER########################
+# UNIVERSAL WEBSOCKET MANAGER
 
 
 @core_app.websocket("/api/v1/ws/{item_id}")
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ async def get_extension_releases(ext_id: str):
         )
 
 
-############################TINYURL##################################
+# TINYURL
 
 
 @core_app.post("/api/v1/tinyurl")
diff --git a/lnbits/db.py b/lnbits/db.py
index 4a6673a7..6c9002a3 100644
--- a/lnbits/db.py
+++ b/lnbits/db.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class Connection(Compat):
 
         # tuple to list and back to tuple
         value_list = [values] if isinstance(values, str) else list(values)
-        values = tuple([cleanhtml(l) for l in value_list])
+        values = tuple([cleanhtml(val) for val in value_list])
         return values
 
     async def fetchall(self, query: str, values: tuple = ()) -> list:
diff --git a/lnbits/settings.py b/lnbits/settings.py
index c5bdc43d..e4df2772 100644
--- a/lnbits/settings.py
+++ b/lnbits/settings.py
@@ -355,8 +355,6 @@ def send_admin_user_to_saas():
                 )
 
 
-############### INIT #################
-
 readonly_variables = ReadOnlySettings.readonly_fields()
 transient_variables = TransientSettings.readonly_fields()
 
diff --git a/lnbits/wallets/lndrest.py b/lnbits/wallets/lndrest.py
index f1921192..a8a94dab 100644
--- a/lnbits/wallets/lndrest.py
+++ b/lnbits/wallets/lndrest.py
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ class LndRestWallet(Wallet):
             timeout=None, headers=self.auth, verify=self.cert
         ) as client:
             async with client.stream("GET", url) as r:
-                async for l in r.aiter_lines():
+                async for json_line in r.aiter_lines():
                     try:
-                        line = json.loads(l)
+                        line = json.loads(json_line)
                         if line.get("error"):
                             logger.error(
                                 line["error"]["message"]
diff --git a/lnbits/wallets/void.py b/lnbits/wallets/void.py
index b74eb245..60f981ea 100644
--- a/lnbits/wallets/void.py
+++ b/lnbits/wallets/void.py
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ class VoidWallet(Wallet):
 
     async def status(self) -> StatusResponse:
         logger.warning(
-            "This backend does nothing, it is here just as a placeholder, you must configure an actual backend before being able to do anything useful with LNbits."
+            (
+                "This backend does nothing, it is here just as a placeholder, you must configure an "
+                "actual backend before being able to do anything useful with LNbits."
+            )
         )
         return StatusResponse(None, 0)
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index fada0c12..00000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-[flake8]
-max-line-length = 300
-exclude = lnbits/wallets/lnd_grpc_files/, lnbits/extensions/
-ignore =
-    # E203 whitespace before ':'
-    E203,
-    # E221: multiple spaces before operator
-    E221,
-    # E241: multiple spaces after ':'
-    E241,
-    # E402: module level import not at top of file
-    E402,
-    # E501: line too long
-    E501,
-    # E741 ambiguous variable name
-    E741,
-    # W503: line break before binary operator
-    W503,
-    # F821: undefined name - should be addressed in future PR
-    F821,
-    # E265 block comment should start with '# ' - should be addressed in future PR
-    E265,
-    # E266 too many leading '#' for block comment - should be addressed in future PR
-    E266,
-    # E722 do not use bare 'except' - should be addressed in future PR
-    E722,
-    # flake8-requirements import checks
-    I