diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3f555df..c1c8cf4 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
 # Check https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/language-go/ for more details
 version: 2.1
 jobs:
+  lint:
+    docker:
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.14.1
+
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+
+      - run:
+          name: Run golangci-lint
+          command: |
+              go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.31.0
+              golangci-lint run
+
   build-linux:
     docker:
       - image: circleci/golang:1.14.1
@@ -201,9 +214,16 @@ workflows:
   version: 2.1
   build:
     jobs:
-      - build-linux
-      - build-macos
-      - build-other
+      - lint
+      - build-linux:
+          requires:
+            - lint
+      - build-macos:
+          requires:
+            - lint
+      - build-other:
+          requires:
+            - lint
       - upload:
           requires:
             - build-linux
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c35edee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+run:
+  build-tags:
+    - lint
+  issues-exit-code: 0 # TODO: change this to 1 when we want it to fail builds
+  skip-dirs:
+    - contrib/
+    - misc/
+linters:
+  disable:
+    - gocyclo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/config/yggdrasilconf.go b/contrib/config/yggdrasilconf.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ad55e16..0000000
--- a/contrib/config/yggdrasilconf.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-/*
-This is a small utility that is designed to accompany the vyatta-yggdrasil
-package. It takes a HJSON configuration file, makes changes to it based on
-the command line arguments, and then spits out an updated file.
-*/
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"strconv"
-
-	"github.com/hjson/hjson-go"
-	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode"
-
-	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/config"
-)
-
-type nodeConfig = config.NodeConfig
-
-func main() {
-	useconffile := flag.String("useconffile", "/etc/yggdrasil.conf", "update config at specified file path")
-	flag.Parse()
-	cfg := nodeConfig{}
-	var config []byte
-	var err error
-	config, err = ioutil.ReadFile(*useconffile)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	if bytes.Compare(config[0:2], []byte{0xFF, 0xFE}) == 0 ||
-		bytes.Compare(config[0:2], []byte{0xFE, 0xFF}) == 0 {
-		utf := unicode.UTF16(unicode.BigEndian, unicode.UseBOM)
-		decoder := utf.NewDecoder()
-		config, err = decoder.Bytes(config)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-	}
-	var dat map[string]interface{}
-	if err := hjson.Unmarshal(config, &dat); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	confJson, err := json.Marshal(dat)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	json.Unmarshal(confJson, &cfg)
-	switch flag.Arg(0) {
-	case "setMTU":
-		cfg.IfMTU, err = strconv.Atoi(flag.Arg(1))
-		if err != nil {
-			cfg.IfMTU = 1280
-		}
-		if mtu, _ := strconv.Atoi(flag.Arg(1)); mtu < 1280 {
-			cfg.IfMTU = 1280
-		}
-	case "setIfName":
-		cfg.IfName = flag.Arg(1)
-	case "setListen":
-		cfg.Listen = flag.Arg(1)
-	case "setAdminListen":
-		cfg.AdminListen = flag.Arg(1)
-	case "setIfTapMode":
-		if flag.Arg(1) == "true" {
-			cfg.IfTAPMode = true
-		} else {
-			cfg.IfTAPMode = false
-		}
-	case "addPeer":
-		found := false
-		for _, v := range cfg.Peers {
-			if v == flag.Arg(1) {
-				found = true
-			}
-		}
-		if !found {
-			cfg.Peers = append(cfg.Peers, flag.Arg(1))
-		}
-	case "removePeer":
-		for k, v := range cfg.Peers {
-			if v == flag.Arg(1) {
-				cfg.Peers = append(cfg.Peers[:k], cfg.Peers[k+1:]...)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	bs, err := hjson.Marshal(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	fmt.Println(string(bs))
-	return
-}
diff --git a/misc/sim/treesim.go b/misc/sim/treesim.go
index 2b15515..22cf881 100644
--- a/misc/sim/treesim.go
+++ b/misc/sim/treesim.go
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
+// +build !lint
+
 package main
 
-import "fmt"
-import "bufio"
-import "os"
-import "strings"
-import "strconv"
-import "time"
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"runtime/pprof"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
 
-import "runtime"
-import "runtime/pprof"
-import "flag"
+	"github.com/gologme/log"
 
-import "github.com/gologme/log"
+	. "github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/yggdrasil"
 
-import . "github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/yggdrasil"
-import . "github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/crypto"
+	. "github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/crypto"
+)
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////