diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 10ad38c56..d2d6e997b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ workflows:
   version: 2
   ci:
     jobs:
-      - go/lint
+      - go/lint:
+          executor: go/circleci-golang
       - go/test:
           executor: go/circleci-golang
           codecov-upload: true
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index d40bbb3a1..6ffacd4b2 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -7,14 +7,23 @@ linters:
     - goconst
     - golint
     - errcheck
+    - gosec
     - unconvert
     - staticcheck
     - varcheck
     - structcheck
     - deadcode
 
+
 issues:
+  exclude:
+    - "func name will be used as test\\.Test.* by other packages, and that stutters; consider calling this"
+
   exclude-use-default: false
+  exclude-rules:
+    - path: node/modules/lp2p
+      linters:
+        - golint
 
 linters-settings:
   goconst: