diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 231bfe69f..e40805deb 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -1,49 +1,39 @@
-# vim: ft=yaml
-
 env:
-   browser: true
+    browser: true
+
+parserOptions:
+    ecmaVersion: 3
+
+extends:
+    "eslint:all"
 
 rules:
-    block-scoped-var: 2
-    dot-location: 2
-    default-case: 2
-    guard-for-in: 2
-    no-div-regex: 2
-    no-param-reassign: 2
-    no-eq-null: 2
-    no-floating-decimal: 2
-    no-self-compare: 2
-    no-throw-literal: 2
-    no-void: 2
-    radix: 2
-    wrap-iife: [2, "inside"]
-    brace-style: [2, "1tbs", {"allowSingleLine": true}]
-    comma-style: [2, "last"]
-    consistent-this: [2, "self"]
-    func-style: [2, "declaration"]
-    indent: [2, 4, {"SwitchCase": 1}]
-    linebreak-style: [2, "unix"]
-    max-nested-callbacks: [2, 3]
-    no-lonely-if: 2
-    no-multiple-empty-lines: [2, {"max": 2}]
-    no-nested-ternary: 2
-    no-unneeded-ternary: 2
-    operator-assignment: [2, "always"]
-    operator-linebreak: [2, "after"]
-    keyword-spacing: 2
-    space-before-blocks: [2, "always"]
-    space-before-function-paren: [2, {"anonymous": "never", "named": "never"}]
-    object-curly-spacing: [2, "never"]
-    array-bracket-spacing: [2, "never"]
-    computed-property-spacing: [2, "never"]
-    space-in-parens: [2, "never"]
-    space-unary-ops: [2, {"words": true, "nonwords": false}]
-    spaced-comment: [2, "always"]
-    max-depth: [2, 5]
-    max-len: [2, 79, 4]
-    max-params: [2, 5]
-    max-statements: [2, 30]
-    no-bitwise: 2
-    quote-props: [2, "always"]
-    strict: ["error", "global"]
-    quotes: 0
+     strict: ["error", "global"]
+     one-var: "off"
+     padded-blocks: ["error", "never"]
+     space-before-function-paren: ["error", "never"]
+     no-underscore-dangle: "off"
+     no-var: "off"
+     vars-on-top: "off"
+     newline-after-var: "off"
+     camelcase: "off"
+     require-jsdoc: "off"
+     func-style: ["error", "declaration"]
+     newline-before-return: "off"
+     init-declarations: "off"
+     no-plusplus: "off"
+     no-extra-parens: off
+     id-length: ["error", {"exceptions": ["i", "x", "y"]}]
+     object-shorthand: "off"
+     max-statements: ["error", {"max": 30}]
+     quotes: ["error", "double", {"avoidEscape": true}]
+     object-property-newline: ["error", {"allowMultiplePropertiesPerLine": true}]
+     comma-dangle: ["error", "always-multiline"]
+     no-magic-numbers: "off"
+     no-undefined: "off"
+     wrap-iife: ["error", "inside"]
+     func-names: "off"
+
+     # FIXME turn these on again after using a _qutebrowser object
+     no-unused-vars: "off"
+     no-implicit-globals: "off"
diff --git a/qutebrowser/javascript/position_caret.js b/qutebrowser/javascript/position_caret.js
index 5ffd882de..9213df49d 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/javascript/position_caret.js
+++ b/qutebrowser/javascript/position_caret.js
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@
 
 "use strict";
 
-function isElementInViewport(node) {
+function isElementInViewport(node) {  // eslint-disable-line complexity
     var i;
     var boundingRect = (node.getClientRects()[0] ||
-            node.getBoundingClientRect());
+                        node.getBoundingClientRect());
+
     if (boundingRect.width <= 1 && boundingRect.height <= 1) {
         var rects = node.getClientRects();
         for (i = 0; i < rects.length; i++) {
@@ -54,8 +55,7 @@ function isElementInViewport(node) {
     if (boundingRect.width <= 1 || boundingRect.height <= 1) {
         var children = node.children;
         var visibleChildNode = false;
-        var l = children.length;
-        for (i = 0; i < l; ++i) {
+        for (i = 0; i < children.length; ++i) {
             boundingRect = (children[i].getClientRects()[0] ||
                             children[i].getBoundingClientRect());
             if (boundingRect.width > 1 && boundingRect.height > 1) {
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ function isElementInViewport(node) {
         return null;
     }
     var computedStyle = window.getComputedStyle(node, null);
-    if (computedStyle.visibility !== 'visible' ||
-            computedStyle.display === 'none' ||
-            node.hasAttribute('disabled') ||
+    if (computedStyle.visibility !== "visible" ||
+            computedStyle.display === "none" ||
+            node.hasAttribute("disabled") ||
             parseInt(computedStyle.width, 10) === 0 ||
             parseInt(computedStyle.height, 10) === 0) {
         return null;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function isElementInViewport(node) {
     var textNodes = [];
     var el;
     while ((node = walker.nextNode())) {
-        if (node.nodeType === 3 && node.data.trim() !== '') {
+        if (node.nodeType === 3 && node.data.trim() !== "") {
             textNodes.push(node);
         }
     }
diff --git a/qutebrowser/javascript/scroll.js b/qutebrowser/javascript/scroll.js
index 60bae2a89..df3a09e78 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/javascript/scroll.js
+++ b/qutebrowser/javascript/scroll.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function _qutebrowser_scroll_to_perc(x, y) {
     }
 
     if (y !== undefined) {
-        y_px  = (elem.scrollHeight - elem.clientHeight) / 100 * y;
+        y_px = (elem.scrollHeight - elem.clientHeight) / 100 * y;
     }
 
     window.scroll(x_px, y_px);
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ function _qutebrowser_scroll_delta_page(x, y) {
 
 function _qutebrowser_scroll_pos() {
     var elem = document.documentElement;
-    var dx = (elem.scrollWidth - elem.clientWidth);
-    var dy = (elem.scrollHeight - elem.clientHeight);
-
+    var dx = elem.scrollWidth - elem.clientWidth;
+    var dy = elem.scrollHeight - elem.clientHeight;
     var perc_x, perc_y;
 
     if (dx === 0) {
@@ -60,9 +59,10 @@ function _qutebrowser_scroll_pos() {
         perc_y = 100 / dy * window.scrollY;
     }
 
-    var pos_perc = {'x': perc_x, 'y': perc_y};
-    var pos_px = {'x': window.scrollX, 'y': window.scrollY};
-    var pos = {'perc': pos_perc, 'px': pos_px};
+    var pos = {
+        "perc": {"x": perc_x, "y": perc_y},
+        "px": {"x": window.scrollX, "y": window.scrollY},
+    };
 
     // console.log(JSON.stringify(pos));
     return pos;
diff --git a/qutebrowser/javascript/webelem.js b/qutebrowser/javascript/webelem.js
index 152f4baec..0103cac00 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/javascript/webelem.js
+++ b/qutebrowser/javascript/webelem.js
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ function _qutebrowser_serialize_elem(elem, id) {
         "id": id,
         "text": elem.text,
         "tag_name": elem.tagName,
-        "outer_xml": elem.outerHTML
+        "outer_xml": elem.outerHTML,
     };
 
     var attributes = {};
     for (var i = 0; i < elem.attributes.length; ++i) {
-        attr = elem.attributes[i];
+        var attr = elem.attributes[i];
         attributes[attr.name] = attr.value;
     }
-    out["attributes"] = attributes;
+    out.attributes = attributes;
 
     // console.log(JSON.stringify(out));
 
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ function _qutebrowser_find_all_elements(selector) {
 
 function _qutebrowser_focus_element() {
     var elem = document.activeElement;
+
     if (!elem || elem === document.body) {
         // "When there is no selection, the active element is the page's <body>
         // or null."