diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 6478da8e..4bfb935e 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 [flake8]
 ignore = 
     E501,
-    # W503 is incompatible with PEP 8
-    W503
+    # W503 & E203 are not PEP 8 compliant and conflicts with black
+    W503,
+    E203
 exclude = 
     .git,
     __pycache__,