diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ee01200..e248c8a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ resolver = "2"
 [workspace.dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4", features = [ "derive" ] }
 
+# to enable all the lints below, this must be present in a workspace member's Cargo.toml:
+# [lints]
+# workspace = true
+
 [workspace.lints.rust]
 unsafe_code = "deny"
 variant_size_differences = "warn"
diff --git a/crates/executor/Cargo.toml b/crates/executor/Cargo.toml
index fc01c27..49d9685 100644
--- a/crates/executor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/executor/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 clap = { workspace = true, features = [ "derive" ] }
 image = "0.24"
 rpl = { path = "../rpl" }
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/executor/src/debug/instructions/mod.rs b/crates/executor/src/debug/instructions/mod.rs
index 0bbbfaa..7fa5531 100644
--- a/crates/executor/src/debug/instructions/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/executor/src/debug/instructions/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pub mod read {
     use image::{io::Reader as ImageReader, DynamicImage};
     use rpl::instructions::read::{Read, SourceType};
 
-    pub fn read(Read { source, format: _ }: Read) -> DynamicImage {
+    pub fn read(Read { source, .. }: Read) -> DynamicImage {
         // TODO: actual error handling
         let img = ImageReader::open(match source {
             SourceType::File(path) => path,
diff --git a/crates/pl-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/pl-cli/Cargo.toml
index e6f8cc8..4dc900e 100644
--- a/crates/pl-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/pl-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 clap = { workspace = true, features = [ "derive" ] }
 rpl = { path = "../rpl" }
 executor = { path = "../executor" }
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/pl-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/pl-cli/src/main.rs
index 9e84d33..4c82336 100644
--- a/crates/pl-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/pl-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ pub struct Args {
 fn main() {
     let args = dbg!(Args::parse());
 
-    let f = fs::read_to_string(args.file).unwrap();
+    let f = fs::read_to_string(args.file)
+        .expect("reading IR failed — come back to this later handle errors properly");
     let pl = rpl::from_ron(&f);
 
     execute_all(pl.0);
diff --git a/crates/rpl/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpl/Cargo.toml
index e406f11..9fb8505 100644
--- a/crates/rpl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpl/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0.193", features = [ "derive" ] }
 ron = "0.8"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true