diff --git a/.config/bash/path.sh b/.config/bash/path.sh
index 34ab4bf..ed50b2b 100644
--- a/.config/bash/path.sh
+++ b/.config/bash/path.sh
@@ -127,3 +127,6 @@ export W3M_DIR="~/.local/state/w3m"
 
 # add gcloud to path on macOS because they don't have a homebrew package
 export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin/google-cloud-sdk/bin
+
+# make sure we make all yamllint changes for safer linting
+export YAMLLINT_CONFIG_FILE="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/yamllint/config.yml"
diff --git a/.config/yamllint/config.yml b/.config/yamllint/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..addf0aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/yamllint/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+extends: default
+
+rules:
+  # 80 chars should be enough, but don't fail if a line is longer
+  line-length:
+    max: 80
+    level: warning