diff --git a/.landscape.yml b/.landscape.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3799b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.landscape.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+python-targets:
+  - 2
+  - 3
+ignore-paths:
+  - setup.py
+strictness: veryhigh
+pep8:
+  full: true
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8547b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[DESIGN]
+max-args = 10
+max-attributes = 10
+
+[FORMAT]
+max-line-length=120
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+disable =
+    # Missing docstring
+    C0111,
+    # Too few public methods
+    R0903
diff --git a/apns2/__init__.py b/apns2/__init__.py
index 8b13789..e69de29 100644
--- a/apns2/__init__.py
+++ b/apns2/__init__.py
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/apns2/client.py b/apns2/client.py
index 98f8961..a1e3bc5 100644
--- a/apns2/client.py
+++ b/apns2/client.py
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ class APNsClient(object):
         self.__connection = HTTP20Connection(server, port, ssl_context=ssl_context, force_proto=proto or 'h2')
         self.__json_encoder = json_encoder
 
-    def send_notification(self, token_hex, notification, priority=NotificationPriority.Immediate, topic=None, expiration=None):
-        json_payload = dumps(notification.dict(), cls=self.__json_encoder, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(',', ':')).encode('utf-8')
+    def send_notification(self, token_hex, notification, priority=NotificationPriority.Immediate, topic=None,
+                          expiration=None):
+        json_str = dumps(notification.dict(), cls=self.__json_encoder, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(',', ':'))
+        json_payload = json_str.encode('utf-8')
 
         headers = {
             'apns-priority': priority.value
diff --git a/apns2/payload.py b/apns2/payload.py
index 052e5f0..6c92105 100644
--- a/apns2/payload.py
+++ b/apns2/payload.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ class PayloadAlert(object):
     def __init__(self, title=None, title_localized_key=None, title_localized_args=None,
                  body=None, body_localized_key=None, body_localized_args=None,
                  action_localized_key=None,
-                 launch_image=None
-                 ):
+                 launch_image=None):
         self.title = title
         self.title_localized_key = title_localized_key
         self.title_localized_args = title_localized_args
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4879cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[pep8]
+max-line-length = 160