diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f307165c7da6d6c23827dceb245f3f520997eb28..77ee1a8a34630e58a3397e95ad149e42b8ca76a6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ check:quality_cppcheck:
   stage: check
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/scouting-demonstrator/scouting-docker-images/scouting-devtools:1.2.2
   script:
-    - cppcheck --xml --enable=all --suppress=missingIncludeSystem --inline-suppr --check-level=exhaustive --std=c++14 ./src 2> cppcheck_out.xml
+    - cppcheck --xml --enable=all --suppress=missingIncludeSystem --inline-suppr --check-level=exhaustive --std=c++17 ./src 2> cppcheck_out.xml
     - cppcheck-codequality --input-file cppcheck_out.xml --output-file cppcheck.json
   artifacts:
     reports:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ check:quality_lizard:
   stage: check
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/scouting-demonstrator/scouting-docker-images/scouting-devtools:1.2.2
   script:
-    - statick --config=/tmp/statick.yaml --level=gitlab src/
+    - statick --config=/builds/scouting-demonstrator/scdaq/statick.yml --log=DEBUG --level=gitlab src/
     - sed -i 's#/builds/scouting-demonstrator/scdaq/##g' src-gitlab.code-climate.json
   artifacts:
     reports:
diff --git a/exceptions.yaml b/exceptions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d7bd9bd9afa2116e4deb563ee65385e0fe9cb7da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exceptions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Statick will look for this file to exclude certain files from static code analysis tools
+global:
+  exceptions:
+    file:
+      - tools: all
+      - globs: ["/builds/scouting-demonstrator/scdaq/src/json/json5cpp.h"]
diff --git a/statick.yml b/statick.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..57e04ba2657ea8cfcefc5a3d2ad46f34ba4c2465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/statick.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+levels:
+  gitlab:
+    reporting:
+      code_climate:
+        gitlab: "True"
+        files: "True"
+    tool:
+      lizard:
+        flags: "--verbose"