diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9470778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules/
+dist/
diff --git a/bids-validator/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
similarity index 100%
rename from bids-validator/.eslintrc.json
rename to .eslintrc.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 68efc9d2..892d0a9d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
     "bids-validator-web"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "lint": "./node_modules/eslint/bin/eslint.js ./bids-validator/**/*.js",
-    "coverage": "./node_modules/.bin/jest --coverage",
-    "codecov": "./node_modules/.bin/codecov",
+    "lint": "eslint \"./bids-validator/**/*.js\"",
+    "coverage": "jest --coverage",
+    "codecov": "codecov",
     "test": "node bids-validator/bin/test-submodule-exists && jest",
     "postversion": "lerna version prerelease --preid dev --ignore-scripts --yes --force-publish=*",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run prepublishOnly -w bids-validator",