diff --git a/.overcommit.yml b/.overcommit.yml
index 849a4d892..39a80d1fd 100644
--- a/.overcommit.yml
+++ b/.overcommit.yml
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ PreCommit:
     enabled: true
     on_warn: warn
   JsHint:
-    problem_on_unmodified_line: warn
     enabled: true
-    on_fail: warn
     exclude:
       - 'app/assets/**'
       - 'spec/javascripts/support/vendor/**'
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/graphs/bar_label_group.js b/app/assets/javascripts/graphs/bar_label_group.js
index ca8f82533..bfe2eee51 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/graphs/bar_label_group.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/graphs/bar_label_group.js
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ This file draws the labels to the left of each bar.
         var barLabelTopEdge = 17;
         return i * barHeight * (barLabelSpread) + barLabelTopEdge;
       })
-      .text(function(d){return d});
+      .text(function(d){return d;});
 
   };
 
   growstuff.BarLabelGroup = BarLabelGroup;
 
-}())
\ No newline at end of file
+}());
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/graphs/width_scale.js b/app/assets/javascripts/graphs/width_scale.js
index 8afd0ecd4..d8997c8c9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/graphs/width_scale.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/graphs/width_scale.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ to the display size of the svg
 
   WidthScale.prototype.getMaxValue = function(){
     return d3.max(this._data.bars.map(function(bar) { return bar.value; }));
-  }
+  };
 
   growstuff.WidthScale = WidthScale;
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/graphs/bar_group_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/graphs/bar_group_spec.js
index 2e624555e..6358d1d26 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/graphs/bar_group_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/graphs/bar_group_spec.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   });
 
     it('draws a group', function(){
-      expect($('g.bar')).toExist()
+      expect($('g.bar')).toExist();
     });
 
     it('draws 2 bars', function() {
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/graphs/bar_label_group_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/graphs/bar_label_group_spec.js
index a94606713..aaaf680c7 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/graphs/bar_label_group_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/graphs/bar_label_group_spec.js
@@ -20,22 +20,22 @@
       };
       subject = new BarLabelGroup(data);
       subject.render(d3.select('#jasmine_content').append('svg'));
-    })
+    });
 
     it('draws a group for labels', function(){
-      expect($('g.bar-label')).toExist()
+      expect($('g.bar-label')).toExist();
     });
 
     it('draws 2 bar labels', function(){
       expect($('g.bar-label text')).toHaveLength(2);
-    })
+    });
 
     it ('has text for 2 bar labels', function(){
       //jquery jasmine appends text from all text elements
       // into one string
       expect($('g.bar-label text')).toHaveText('ShadeHalf Shade');
 
-    })
+    });
 
   });