diff --git a/backend/.flake8 b/backend/.flake8
index 1bb3d2179e7e157b201882af52fb3355ced01f73..b4a8fe8e7d75e5898b049250ff76bbf7cdd5103d 100644
--- a/backend/.flake8
+++ b/backend/.flake8
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [flake8]
 exclude =
     */migrations/*
+    */src/bioapi/*