diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2b9cdf9fd..82e0ff9bd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[metadata]
+[metadata]'),
 name = dosage
 description = a comic strip downloader and archiver
 long_description = file: README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ dev =
     flake8-comprehensions
     flake8-eradicate
     flake8-fixme
-    flake8-functions
+    flake8-functions==0.0.4
     flake8-future-import
     flake8-logging-format
     flake8-no-fstring;python_version>'3.5'