diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44e064a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.luacheckrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+globals = { 'ngx' }
+max_line_length = false
+include_files = { '*.lua' }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d97b42..644fc76 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ If the Nginx worker elected (on Nginx startup) to run the submission loop is kil
 apt-get install luarocks # on Debian
 
 luarocks --local install luacheck
-luacheck --globals ngx --no-max-line-length -- metrics_graphite.lua
+luacheck .
 ```
 
 ## License