diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index f122d83..e5a295c 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-Checks:          'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,*'
+Checks:          '-*,clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,google-*,bugprone-*'
 WarningsAsErrors: ''
 HeaderFilterRegex: '.*'
 AnalyzeTemporaryDtors: false
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e8b5d66..ab34fdf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ add_subdirectory(lib/fmt EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
   if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")
 
     if($ENV{TIDY} MATCHES "1")
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY clang-tidy -p ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} --checks=-*,clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,google-*,bugprone-* --header-filter= --use-color=true)
+      message(STATUS "TIDY=1, running clang-tidy")
+      set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY clang-tidy -p ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} --checks=-*,clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,google-*,bugprone-* --header-filter= --use-color=true)
+      message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY: ${CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY}")
     endif()