diff --git a/.mdl_config.json b/.mdl_config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a6f3f8..0000000
--- a/.mdl_config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "MD013": {
-    "code_blocks": false,
-    "tables": false
-  },
-  "MD024": {
-    "allow_different_nesting": true
-  },
-  "default": true
-}
diff --git a/.mdl_config.yaml b/.mdl_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2f08f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mdl_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+
+# Default state for all rules
+default: true
+
+# MD003/heading-style/header-style - Heading style
+MD003:
+  # Enforce the ATX-closed style of header
+  style: "atx_closed"
+
+# MD004/ul-style - Unordered list style
+MD004:
+  # Enforce dashes for unordered lists
+  style: "dash"
+
+# MD013/line-length - Line length
+MD013:
+  # Do not enforce for code blocks
+  code_blocks: false
+  # Do not enforce for tables
+  tables: false
+
+# MD024/no-duplicate-heading/no-duplicate-header - Multiple headings with the
+# same content
+MD024:
+  # Allow headers with the same content as long as they are not in the same
+  # parent heading
+  allow_different_nesting: true
+
+# MD029/ol-prefix - Ordered list item prefix
+MD029:
+  # Enforce the `1.` style for ordered lists
+  style: "one"
+
+# MD033/no-inline-html - Inline HTML
+MD033:
+  # The h1 and img elements are allowed to permit header images
+  allowed_elements:
+    - h1
+    - img
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ecbf928..41bf743 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: markdownlint
         args:
-          - --config=.mdl_config.json
+          - --config=.mdl_config.yaml
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
     rev: v2.3.2
     hooks: