diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle-best-practice.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle-best-practice.xml
index 410251d6c..154d2a896 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle-best-practice.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle-best-practice.xml
@@ -2,24 +2,20 @@
 <!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
           "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
           "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
-
 <!--
     Checkstyle configuration that checks the Google coding conventions from Google Java Style
     that can be found at https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html.
-    Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
-    http://checkstyle.sf.net (or in your downloaded distribution).
-    To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
     Authors: Max Vetrenko, Ruslan Diachenko, Roman Ivanov.
  -->
-
 <module name = "Checker">
     <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
-
     <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
-
     <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
-    <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
+
+    <module name="SuppressionFilter">
+        <property name="file" value="${config_loc}/suppressions.xml" />
+    </module>
+
     <module name="FileTabCharacter">
         <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
     </module>
diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 18978ec49..04c841b3b 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
           "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
 <module name = "Checker">
     <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
-    <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+    <property name="severity" value="error"/>
     <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
 
     <module name="SuppressionFilter">
-        <property name="file" value="suppressions.xml" />
+        <property name="file" value="${config_loc}/suppressions.xml" />
     </module>
 
     <module name="TreeWalker">