diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/Makefile b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/Makefile
index 1c0869f..6f9d261 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/Makefile	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/Makefile	
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BUCKET = {{ cookiecutter.s3_bucket }}
 #################################################################################
 
 requirements:
-	pip install -r requirements.txt
+	pip install -q -r requirements.txt
 
 data: requirements
 	python src/make_dataset.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ clean:
 	find . -name "*.pyc" -exec rm {} \;
 
 lint:
-	flake8 .
+	flake8 --exclude=lib/,bin/ .
 
 sync_data_to_s3:
 	s3cmd sync --recursive data/ s3://$(BUCKET)/data/