diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dc3c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+inherit_from: .rubocop_todo.yml
+
+AllCops:
+  DisplayCopNames: true
+  TargetRubyVersion: 2.2
+  Exclude:
+    - 'features/**/*'
+Metrics/LineLength:
+  Max: 120
+Metrics/BlockLength:
+  Exclude:
+    - 'spec/**/*'
+Style/Documentation:
+  Enabled: false
+Style/FrozenStringLiteralComment:
+  Enabled: false
+# Use double quotes everywhere by default.
+Style/StringLiterals:
+  EnforcedStyle: double_quotes
+
+
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08866cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# This configuration was generated by
+# `rubocop --auto-gen-config`
+# on 2017-08-16 10:25:30 +0200 using RuboCop version 0.47.1.
+# The point is for the user to remove these configuration records
+# one by one as the offenses are removed from the code base.
+# Note that changes in the inspected code, or installation of new
+# versions of RuboCop, may require this file to be generated again.
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Configuration parameters: AllowSafeAssignment.
+Lint/AssignmentInCondition:
+  Exclude:
+    - 'lib/mixlib/log.rb'
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Configuration parameters: AllowHeredoc, AllowURI, URISchemes, IgnoreCopDirectives, IgnoredPatterns.
+# URISchemes: http, https
+Metrics/LineLength:
+  Max: 129
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Configuration parameters: CountComments.
+Metrics/MethodLength:
+  Max: 12
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Configuration parameters: CountComments.
+Metrics/ModuleLength:
+  Max: 109
+
+# Offense count: 2
+Style/ClassVars:
+  Exclude:
+    - 'lib/mixlib/log/formatter.rb'
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+# SupportedStyles: format, sprintf, percent
+Style/FormatString:
+  Exclude:
+    - 'lib/mixlib/log/formatter.rb'
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Configuration parameters: AllowedVariables.
+Style/GlobalVars:
+  Exclude:
+    - 'spec/spec_helper.rb'
+
+# Offense count: 1
+Style/MethodMissing:
+  Exclude:
+    - 'lib/mixlib/log.rb'
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 13ce910..a8fa97f 100755
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec
 
 group :development do
-  gem "rdoc"
   gem "bundler"
+  gem "rdoc"
 end
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 9b15524..4507bdd 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ end
 task default: [:style, :spec, :features]
 
 # For rubygems-test
-task :test => :spec
+task test: :spec
 
 RDoc::Task.new do |rdoc|
   rdoc.rdoc_dir = "rdoc"
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ GitHubChangelogGenerator::RakeTask.new :changelog do |config|
   config.future_release = Mixlib::Log::VERSION
   config.enhancement_labels = "enhancement,Enhancement,New Feature,Feature".split(",")
   config.bug_labels = "bug,Bug,Improvement,Upstream Bug".split(",")
-  config.exclude_labels = "duplicate,question,invalid,wontfix,no_changelog,Exclude From Changelog,Question,Discussion".split(",")
+  config.exclude_labels = ["duplicate", "question", "invalid", "wontfix",
+                           "no_changelog", "Exclude From Changelog", "Question", "Discussion"]
 end
diff --git a/lib/mixlib/log.rb b/lib/mixlib/log.rb
index 7152a90..ccbeded 100644
--- a/lib/mixlib/log.rb
+++ b/lib/mixlib/log.rb
@@ -22,15 +22,16 @@
 
 module Mixlib
   module Log
-
     @logger, @loggers = nil
 
-    LEVELS = { :debug => Logger::DEBUG, :info => Logger::INFO, :warn => Logger::WARN, :error => Logger::ERROR, :fatal => Logger::FATAL }.freeze
+    LEVELS = { debug: Logger::DEBUG, info: Logger::INFO,
+               warn: Logger::WARN, error: Logger::ERROR, fatal: Logger::FATAL }.freeze
     LEVEL_NAMES = LEVELS.invert.freeze
 
     def reset!
       close!
-      @logger, @loggers = nil, nil
+      @logger = nil
+      @loggers = nil
     end
 
     # An Array of log devices that will be logged to. Defaults to just the default
@@ -58,13 +59,12 @@ def use_log_devices(other)
       if other.respond_to?(:loggers) && other.respond_to?(:logger)
         @loggers = other.loggers
         @logger = other.logger
-      elsif other.kind_of?(Array)
+      elsif other.is_a?(Array)
         @loggers = other
         @logger = other.first
       else
-        msg = "#use_log_devices takes a Mixlib::Log object or array of log devices. " <<
-          "You gave: #{other.inspect}"
-        raise ArgumentError, msg
+        raise ArgumentError, "#use_log_devices takes a Mixlib::Log object or array of log devices. " \
+              "You gave: #{other.inspect}"
       end
       @configured = true
     end
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def use_log_devices(other)
     def init(*opts)
       reset!
       @logger = logger_for(*opts)
-      @logger.formatter = Mixlib::Log::Formatter.new() if @logger.respond_to?(:formatter=)
+      @logger.formatter = Mixlib::Log::Formatter.new if @logger.respond_to?(:formatter=)
       @logger.level = Logger::WARN
       @configured = true
       @logger
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def level(new_level = nil)
       if new_level.nil?
         LEVEL_NAMES[logger.level]
       else
-        self.level = (new_level)
+        self.level = new_level
       end
     end
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def add(severity, message = nil, progname = nil, &block)
       loggers.each { |l| l.add(severity, message, progname, &block) }
     end
 
-    alias :log :add
+    alias log add
 
     # Passes any other method calls on directly to the underlying Logger object created with init. If
     # this method gets hit before a call to Mixlib::Logger.init has been made, it will call
@@ -185,9 +185,12 @@ def loggers_to_close
     def close!
       # try to close all file loggers
       loggers_to_close.each do |l|
-        l.close rescue nil
+        begin
+          l.close
+        rescue
+          nil
+        end
       end
     end
-
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/mixlib/log/formatter.rb b/lib/mixlib/log/formatter.rb
index c8f1efa..e02b65d 100644
--- a/lib/mixlib/log/formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/mixlib/log/formatter.rb
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ def self.show_time=(show = false)
 
       # Prints a log message as '[time] severity: message' if Chef::Log::Formatter.show_time == true.
       # Otherwise, doesn't print the time.
-      def call(severity, time, progname, msg)
+      def call(severity, time, _progname, msg)
         if @@show_time
-          sprintf("[%s] %s: %s\n", time.iso8601(), severity, msg2str(msg))
+          sprintf("[%s] %s: %s\n", time.iso8601, severity, msg2str(msg))
         else
           sprintf("%s: %s\n", severity, msg2str(msg))
         end
diff --git a/lib/mixlib/log/version.rb b/lib/mixlib/log/version.rb
index 814320f..f7ea573 100644
--- a/lib/mixlib/log/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mixlib/log/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Mixlib
   module Log
-    VERSION = "1.7.1"
+    VERSION = "1.7.1".freeze
   end
 end
diff --git a/mixlib-log.gemspec b/mixlib-log.gemspec
index 82ea5b3..035ad54 100644
--- a/mixlib-log.gemspec
+++ b/mixlib-log.gemspec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$:.unshift File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
 require "mixlib/log/version"
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
diff --git a/spec/mixlib/log/formatter_spec.rb b/spec/mixlib/log/formatter_spec.rb
index f4d664b..f15e03e 100644
--- a/spec/mixlib/log/formatter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mixlib/log/formatter_spec.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   end
 
   it "should format random objects via inspect with msg2str(Object)" do
-    expect(@formatter.msg2str([ "black thought", "?uestlove" ])).to eq('["black thought", "?uestlove"]')
+    expect(@formatter.msg2str(["black thought", "?uestlove"])).to eq('["black thought", "?uestlove"]')
   end
 
   it "should return a formatted string with call" do
@@ -47,5 +47,4 @@
     Mixlib::Log::Formatter.show_time = false
     expect(@formatter.call("monkey", Time.new, "test", "mos def")).to eq("monkey: mos def\n")
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/spec/mixlib/log_spec.rb b/spec/mixlib/log_spec.rb
index d780b0d..8ff231a 100644
--- a/spec/mixlib/log_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mixlib/log_spec.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ def #{method_name}(message)
 end
 
 describe Mixlib::Log do
-
   # Since we are testing class behaviour for an instance variable
   # that gets set once, we need to reset it prior to each example [cb]
   before(:each) do
@@ -69,7 +68,8 @@ def #{method_name}(message)
   end
 
   it "should re-initialize the logger if init is called again" do
-    first_logdev, second_logdev = StringIO.new, StringIO.new
+    first_logdev = StringIO.new
+    second_logdev = StringIO.new
     Logit.init(first_logdev)
     Logit.fatal "FIRST"
     expect(first_logdev.string).to match(/FIRST/)
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ def #{method_name}(message)
 
   it "should set the log level using the binding form,  with :debug, :info, :warn, :error, or :fatal" do
     levels = {
-      :debug => Logger::DEBUG,
-      :info  => Logger::INFO,
-      :warn  => Logger::WARN,
-      :error => Logger::ERROR,
-      :fatal => Logger::FATAL,
+      debug: Logger::DEBUG,
+      info: Logger::INFO,
+      warn: Logger::WARN,
+      error: Logger::ERROR,
+      fatal: Logger::FATAL
     }
     levels.each do |symbol, constant|
       Logit.level = symbol
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ def #{method_name}(message)
 
   it "should set the log level using the method form, with :debug, :info, :warn, :error, or :fatal" do
     levels = {
-      :debug => Logger::DEBUG,
-      :info  => Logger::INFO,
-      :warn  => Logger::WARN,
-      :error => Logger::ERROR,
-      :fatal => Logger::FATAL,
+      debug: Logger::DEBUG,
+      info: Logger::INFO,
+      warn: Logger::WARN,
+      error: Logger::ERROR,
+      fatal: Logger::FATAL
     }
     levels.each do |symbol, constant|
       Logit.level(symbol)
@@ -121,17 +121,17 @@ def #{method_name}(message)
   end
 
   it "should raise an ArgumentError if you try and set the level to something strange using the binding form" do
-    expect(lambda { Logit.level = :the_roots }).to raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    expect(-> { Logit.level = :the_roots }).to raise_error(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "should raise an ArgumentError if you try and set the level to something strange using the method form" do
-    expect(lambda { Logit.level(:the_roots) }).to raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    expect(-> { Logit.level(:the_roots) }).to raise_error(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "should pass other method calls directly to logger" do
     Logit.level = :debug
     expect(Logit).to be_debug
-    expect(lambda { Logit.debug("Gimme some sugar!") }).to_not raise_error
+    expect(-> { Logit.debug("Gimme some sugar!") }).to_not raise_error
   end
 
   it "should pass add method calls directly to logger" do
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def #{method_name}(message)
     Logit.init(logdev)
     Logit.level = :debug
     expect(Logit).to be_debug
-    expect(lambda { Logit.add(Logger::DEBUG, "Gimme some sugar!") }).to_not raise_error
+    expect(-> { Logit.add(Logger::DEBUG, "Gimme some sugar!") }).to_not raise_error
     expect(logdev.string).to match(/Gimme some sugar/)
   end
 
@@ -186,5 +186,4 @@ def #{method_name}(message)
     end
     expect(opened_files_count_after).to eq(opened_files_count_before + 1)
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 3461464..1cb45b1 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 $TESTING = true
-$:.push File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "lib")
+$LOAD_PATH.push File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "lib")
 
 require "rspec"
 require "mixlib/log"