diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90392da16a7316df546dc4d16157320679e4943f..916beed65b4b394a5a494b7612e9d7226bc00be0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@ line-length=80
 # run arbitrary code
 extension-pkg-allow-list='ujson'
 
+[tool.pylint.FORMAT]
+max-line-length=80
+
 [tool.pylint.REPORTS]
 reports='no'