diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3a63d543..ff3677fb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ install:
 
 before_script:
   - rethinkdb --daemon
-  - flake8 .
+  - flake8 --max-line-length 119 bigchaindb/
 
 script: py.test -n auto -s -v --cov=bigchaindb
 
diff --git a/bigchaindb/__init__.py b/bigchaindb/__init__.py
index 1276f9a5..dc31b148 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/__init__.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/__init__.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ config = {
         # Note: this section supports all the Gunicorn settings:
         #       - http://docs.gunicorn.org/en/stable/settings.html
         'bind': os.environ.get('BIGCHAINDB_SERVER_BIND') or 'localhost:9984',
-        'workers': None, # if none, the value will be cpu_count * 2 + 1
-        'threads': None, # if none, the value will be cpu_count * 2 + 1
+        'workers': None,  # if none, the value will be cpu_count * 2 + 1
+        'threads': None,  # if none, the value will be cpu_count * 2 + 1
     },
     'database': {
         'host': os.environ.get('BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_HOST', 'localhost'),
diff --git a/bigchaindb/commands/bigchain.py b/bigchaindb/commands/bigchain.py
index 40891416..d52131ab 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/commands/bigchain.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/commands/bigchain.py
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ def run_configure(args, skip_if_exists=False):
             conf,
             bigchaindb.config_utils.env_config(bigchaindb.config))
 
-
     print('Generating keypair', file=sys.stderr)
     conf['keypair']['private'], conf['keypair']['public'] = \
         crypto.generate_key_pair()
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ def run_start(args):
 
     if args.allow_temp_keypair:
         if not (bigchaindb.config['keypair']['private'] or
-                                  bigchaindb.config['keypair']['public']):
+                bigchaindb.config['keypair']['public']):
 
             private_key, public_key = crypto.generate_key_pair()
             bigchaindb.config['keypair']['private'] = private_key
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ def run_start(args):
         else:
             logger.warning('Keypair found, no need to create one on the fly.')
 
-
     if args.start_rethinkdb:
         try:
             proc = utils.start_rethinkdb()
diff --git a/bigchaindb/commands/utils.py b/bigchaindb/commands/utils.py
index 6619da6d..573ba785 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/commands/utils.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/commands/utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from bigchaindb import db
 from bigchaindb.version import __version__
 
 
-
 def start_rethinkdb():
     """Start RethinkDB as a child process and wait for it to be
     available.
diff --git a/bigchaindb/config_utils.py b/bigchaindb/config_utils.py
index 3b571835..e678f4e9 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/config_utils.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/config_utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ determined according to the following rules:
 * If it's set by an environment variable, then use that value
 * Otherwise, if it's set in a local config file, then use that
   value
-* Otherwise, use the default value (contained in 
+* Otherwise, use the default value (contained in
   ``bigchaindb.__init__``)
 """
 
diff --git a/bigchaindb/core.py b/bigchaindb/core.py
index fed4eded..759e383a 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/core.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/core.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from time import time
 from itertools import compress
 from bigchaindb.common import crypto, exceptions
 from bigchaindb.common.util import gen_timestamp, serialize
-from bigchaindb.common.transaction import TransactionLink, Metadata
+from bigchaindb.common.transaction import TransactionLink
 
 import rethinkdb as r
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class Bigchain(object):
         if validity:
             # Disregard invalid blocks, and return if there are no valid or undecided blocks
             validity = {_id: status for _id, status in validity.items()
-                                    if status != Bigchain.BLOCK_INVALID}
+                        if status != Bigchain.BLOCK_INVALID}
             if validity:
 
                 tx_status = self.TX_UNDECIDED
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class Bigchain(object):
             }
 
             # NOTE: If there are multiple valid blocks with this transaction,
-            #       something has gone wrong
+            # something has gone wrong
             if list(validity.values()).count(Bigchain.BLOCK_VALID) > 1:
                 block_ids = str([block for block in validity
                                  if validity[block] == Bigchain.BLOCK_VALID])
@@ -366,8 +366,9 @@ class Bigchain(object):
                 if self.get_transaction(transaction['id']):
                     num_valid_transactions += 1
                 if num_valid_transactions > 1:
-                    raise exceptions.DoubleSpend('`{}` was spent more then once. There is a problem with the chain'.format(
-                        txid))
+                    raise exceptions.DoubleSpend(
+                        '`{}` was spent more then once. There is a problem with the chain'.format(
+                            txid))
 
             if num_valid_transactions:
                 return Transaction.from_dict(transactions[0])
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ class Bigchain(object):
                     continue
 
             # NOTE: It's OK to not serialize the transaction here, as we do not
-            #       use it after the execution of this function.
+            # use it after the execution of this function.
             # a transaction can contain multiple outputs (conditions) so we need to iterate over all of them
             # to get a list of outputs available to spend
             for index, cond in enumerate(tx['transaction']['conditions']):
@@ -540,7 +541,7 @@ class Bigchain(object):
 
     def vote(self, block_id, previous_block_id, decision, invalid_reason=None):
         """Create a signed vote for a block given the
-		:attr:`previous_block_id` and the :attr:`decision` (valid/invalid).
+        :attr:`previous_block_id` and the :attr:`decision` (valid/invalid).
 
         Args:
             block_id (str): The id of the block to vote on.
@@ -599,12 +600,14 @@ class Bigchain(object):
         voter_counts = collections.Counter([vote['node_pubkey'] for vote in votes])
         for node in voter_counts:
             if voter_counts[node] > 1:
-                raise exceptions.MultipleVotesError('Block {block_id} has multiple votes ({n_votes}) from voting node {node_id}'
-                                                    .format(block_id=block_id, n_votes=str(voter_counts[node]), node_id=node))
+                raise exceptions.MultipleVotesError(
+                    'Block {block_id} has multiple votes ({n_votes}) from voting node {node_id}'
+                    .format(block_id=block_id, n_votes=str(voter_counts[node]), node_id=node))
 
         if len(votes) > n_voters:
             raise exceptions.MultipleVotesError('Block {block_id} has {n_votes} votes cast, but only {n_voters} voters'
-                                                .format(block_id=block_id, n_votes=str(len(votes)), n_voters=str(n_voters)))
+                                                .format(block_id=block_id, n_votes=str(len(votes)),
+                                                        n_voters=str(n_voters)))
 
         # vote_cast is the list of votes e.g. [True, True, False]
         vote_cast = [vote['vote']['is_block_valid'] for vote in votes]
diff --git a/bigchaindb/db/__init__.py b/bigchaindb/db/__init__.py
index 9c299f48..28ebfc3a 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/db/__init__.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/db/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # TODO can we use explicit imports?
-from bigchaindb.db.utils import *
+from bigchaindb.db.utils import *  # noqa: F401,F403
diff --git a/bigchaindb/models.py b/bigchaindb/models.py
index 1334b2de..6471b075 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/models.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/models.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class Block(object):
 
     def is_signature_valid(self):
         block = self.to_dict()['block']
-        # cc only accepts bytesting messages 
+        # cc only accepts bytesting messages
         block_serialized = serialize(block).encode()
         verifying_key = VerifyingKey(block['node_pubkey'])
         try:
diff --git a/bigchaindb/pipelines/utils.py b/bigchaindb/pipelines/utils.py
index 26984500..71f740ee 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/pipelines/utils.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/pipelines/utils.py
@@ -73,4 +73,3 @@ class ChangeFeed(Node):
                 self.outqueue.put(change['old_val'])
             elif is_update and (self.operation & ChangeFeed.UPDATE):
                 self.outqueue.put(change['new_val'])
-
diff --git a/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py b/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py
index 82fdc418..9282b5b9 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py
@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ def make_error(status_code, message=None):
     })
     response.status_code = status_code
     return response
-