diff --git a/backend/.flake8 b/backend/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1bb3d2179e7e157b201882af52fb3355ced01f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[flake8]
+exclude =
+    */migrations/*