diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index dd7f3bf77b5b4191f198f1a481558dd4f430b006..7c359f55e8b355cc5cb6c9ae06392f46f47d71e5 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# [flake8]
+
+[flake8]
 # Enricher and patches in ./patches directory are
 # dealing with text, and it is actually difficult 
 # to reduce line length due 
-# max-line-length: 270
+max-line-length: 270