diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cc9e264bbb4e5164c2a700a2f216c539fbac4afa..828d354b6c86da53db57d73fb474c03135ff8068 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ lint:
     - source ./venv/bin/activate
     - pip install pycodestyle
   script:
-    - pycodestyle --config=./backend ./backend
+    - pycodestyle --config=./backend/setup.cnf ./backend
 
 
 test: