diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 469e681..56124f5 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length=100
 ignore=W503,D104,D100,D401
-docstring-convention=google
\ No newline at end of file
+docstring-convention=google
+exclude= .venv
diff --git a/hooks/pre-commit b/hooks/pre-commit
index 96715b2..b930ae1 100755
--- a/hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e
 
 # linting
 flake8 --ignore D .  # Check everything but docstrings
-flake8 --select D --exclude tests/  # Check only the docstrings
+flake8 --select D . --exclude tests/,.venv # Check only the docstrings
 isort --check .  # Check imports
 
 # Raise error if any staged notebooks contain outputs