diff --git a/.github/workflows/workspace.yml b/.github/workflows/workspace.yml
index 9266f268..9acd2f1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workspace.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workspace.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ferveo-python
 
       - name: Run ruff
-        run: ruff check .
+        run: ruff check ferveo
         working-directory: ferveo-python
 
   codecov:
diff --git a/ferveo-python/pyproject.toml b/ferveo-python/pyproject.toml
index 610492e4..2532c800 100644
--- a/ferveo-python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ferveo-python/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "setuptools-rust"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
-exclude = ["ferveo/__init__.py"]
-
+exclude = ["ferveo/__init__.py"] # false-positive unused-import
+select = ["E", "F", "I"]