diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-push-docker-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-push-docker-image.yaml
index 29d96fe..5348d79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-push-docker-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-push-docker-image.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
       
+      - name: flake8 Lint
+        uses: py-actions/flake8@v2
+      
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/dfe_threagile.py b/dfe_threagile.py
index 389130d..aca6692 100644
--- a/dfe_threagile.py
+++ b/dfe_threagile.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def temp_file_read() -> list:
     # temp: I want to prove we can run threagile in multiple ways in GitHub Actions before the feature is built
     try:
         file = open("/app/work/test-data.json", "r")
-    except FileNotFoundError as e:
+    except FileNotFoundError:
         print(
             "test-data.json file not found, this file is for testing purposes - automated Azure resource collection feature not yet implemented."
         )
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2fdf660..271ead0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [flake8]
 extend-ignore = E501
-exclude = .git,__pycache__,venv/
\ No newline at end of file
+exclude = .git,__pycache__,venv/
+plugins = "flake8-black"
\ No newline at end of file