diff --git a/users/sterni/emacs/default.nix b/users/sterni/emacs/default.nix
index 9ff7da381..cd682fa2e 100644
--- a/users/sterni/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/users/sterni/emacs/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 let
   inherit (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform) is64bit;
 
+  # Wrap chktex(1) with the flags we want because the chktex flycheck checker
+  # ignores tex-chktex-extra-flags and has no other way to set flags. I did
+  # not want to mess around with chktexrc because that seems to involve copying
+  # around a lot of rules (that would need to be updated?).
+  #
+  # Warning 8 is about correct dash length. This is really annoying because it'll
+  # light up everywhere if you use typographically correct dashes in German text.
+  chktexLessWarnings = pkgs.writeShellScript "chktex-less-warnings" ''
+    exec chktex -n8 "$@"
+  '';
+
   # emacsPgtk is defined in emacs-overlay
   emacs = (pkgs.emacsPackagesFor pkgs.emacsPgtk).withPackages (epkgs: [
     epkgs.bqn-mode
@@ -69,6 +80,10 @@ let
             (setq shell-file-name "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash"
                   explicit-bash-args '("-l"))
 
+            ;; chktex wrapper that disables warnings I don't want
+            (setq flycheck-tex-chktex-executable "${chktexLessWarnings}")
+            (setq tex-chktex-program "${chktexLessWarnings}")
+
             (provide 'nix-inject)
         '';
       })
diff --git a/users/sterni/emacs/init.el b/users/sterni/emacs/init.el
index d1ccc162d..ea7bac1a2 100644
--- a/users/sterni/emacs/init.el
+++ b/users/sterni/emacs/init.el
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
       (message (string-trim-right word-count))))
 
 ;; ediff
-; doesn't create new window for ediff controls which I always open accidentally
+;; doesn't create new window for ediff controls which I always open accidentally
 (setq ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain)
 
 ;; man