diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 63a6cd37..6a1ab459 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ indent_size = 4
 end_of_line = lf
 insert_final_newline = true
 trim_trailing_whitespace = true
-
+max_line_length = 79 
diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index f45c59d3..ba297ee6 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 [flake8]
-max-line-length=120