diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 65b80ac3..22e00721 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ jobs:
         run: mh_lint src/ --brief
       - name: Check style against standards
         run: mh_style src/ --brief
+      - name: Check global and persistent variables
+        run: mh_metric src/ --brief --ci
diff --git a/miss_hit.cfg b/miss_hit.cfg
index 01f5bbe0..a8948532 100644
--- a/miss_hit.cfg
+++ b/miss_hit.cfg
@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@ suppress_rule: "naming_functions"
 suppress_rule: "naming_parameters"
 suppress_rule: "naming_scripts"
 suppress_rule: "operator_after_continuation"
+metric "globals": limit 0
+metric "persistent": limit 0
+metric "file_length": disable
+metric "function_length": disable
+metric "npath": disable
+metric "cnest": disable
+metric "parameters": disable
+metric "cyc": disable