diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 4ed214e..a7d3b01 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 88
 extend-ignore = E203, W503
-exclude = reference/, .git, __pycache__, web/, venv/, htmlcov/, build/, dist/, .claude/, docs/
+exclude = reference/, .git, __pycache__, web/, venv/, htmlcov/, build/, dist/, .claude/, docs/, standalone_tagger.py
 per-file-ignores =
     tests/*:E402