diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b0d3a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[flake8]
+extend-ignore = B902,C816,D100,D101,D102,D103,D104,D105,D106,D107,D203,D212,D404,I202,Q000
+import-order-style = google
+max-line-length = 125
+show-source = true
+statistics = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index cb7daeb..8bea564 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: humble
           linter: flake8
           package-name: "*"
-          arguments: '--config=${{ github.workspace }}/object_detection/setup.cfg'
+          arguments: '--config=${{ github.workspace }}/.flake8'
       - name: Ament PEP257 Lint
         uses: ros-tooling/action-ros-lint@master
         with:
diff --git a/object_detection/object_detection/DetectorBase.py b/object_detection/object_detection/DetectorBase.py
index 8521a93..d0b11f5 100644
--- a/object_detection/object_detection/DetectorBase.py
+++ b/object_detection/object_detection/DetectorBase.py
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import numpy as np
-
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
+import numpy as np
+
 
 class DetectorBase(ABC):
 
diff --git a/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/YOLOv8.py b/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/YOLOv8.py
index 70fc715..9bb1918 100755
--- a/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/YOLOv8.py
+++ b/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/YOLOv8.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import os
 
 from ultralytics import YOLO
+
 from ..DetectorBase import DetectorBase
 
 
diff --git a/object_detection/setup.py b/object_detection/setup.py
index c1ea485..c1fcbea 100644
--- a/object_detection/setup.py
+++ b/object_detection/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import os
-
 from glob import glob
+import os
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
diff --git a/object_detection/test/test_flake8.py b/object_detection/test/test_flake8.py
index 602db20..7932fbd 100644
--- a/object_detection/test/test_flake8.py
+++ b/object_detection/test/test_flake8.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 @pytest.mark.flake8
 @pytest.mark.linter
 def test_flake8():
-    config_file = join(dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__))), "setup.cfg")
+    config_file = join(dirname(dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__)))), ".flake8")
     args = [
         "--config={}".format(config_file)
     ]