diff --git a/.phpcs.xml b/.phpcs.xml
index 77a35e5..a0785b8 100644
--- a/.phpcs.xml
+++ b/.phpcs.xml
@@ -41,4 +41,15 @@
     <rule ref="PSR2">
         <exclude name="PSR1.Classes.ClassDeclaration.MissingNamespace"/>
     </rule>
+
+    <!--
+        The PHP-FIG PSR-2 Coding Style doesn't fully apply to JavaScript files
+        Furthermore, some sniffs aren't able to handle JavaScript peculiarities
+    -->
+    <rule ref="Generic.ControlStructures.InlineControlStructure">
+        <exclude-pattern>*.js</exclude-pattern>
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="Squiz.Functions.MultiLineFunctionDeclaration">
+        <exclude-pattern>*.js</exclude-pattern>
+    </rule>
 </ruleset>
diff --git a/themes/default/js/pico.js b/themes/default/js/pico.js
index 06e8e26..90c1a4c 100644
--- a/themes/default/js/pico.js
+++ b/themes/default/js/pico.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
  * @version 1.1
  */
 
-function main() {
+function main()
+{
     // capability CSS classes
     document.documentElement.className = 'js';
 
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ function main() {
             if (menuToggle.getAttribute('aria-expanded') === 'false') {
                 menuToggle.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');
                 utils.slideDown(menu, null, function () {
-                    if (event.type === 'keydown') menu.focus();
+                    if (event.type === 'keydown') {
+                        menu.focus();
+                    }
                 });
             } else {
                 menuToggle.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
diff --git a/themes/default/js/utils.js b/themes/default/js/utils.js
index 7cbb50d..a67ea27 100644
--- a/themes/default/js/utils.js
+++ b/themes/default/js/utils.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ utils = {};
  *     to stop the iteration
  * @return void
  */
-utils.forEach = function (object, callback) {
+utils.forEach = function (object, callback)
+{
     var i = 0,
         keys = Object.keys(object),
         length = keys.length;
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ utils.forEach = function (object, callback) {
  *
  * @return boolean TRUE when the browser supports sliding, FALSE otherwise
  */
-utils.canSlide = function () {
+utils.canSlide = function ()
+{
     return (Modernizr.classlist && Modernizr.requestanimationframe && Modernizr.csstransitions);
 };
 
@@ -49,7 +51,8 @@ utils.canSlide = function () {
  * @param  function    startCallback  function to call when the animation starts
  * @return void
  */
-utils.slideUp = function (element, finishCallback, startCallback) {
+utils.slideUp = function (element, finishCallback, startCallback)
+{
     if (!utils.canSlide()) {
         if (startCallback) startCallback();
         element.className += (element.className !== '') ? ' hidden' : 'hidden';
@@ -96,7 +99,8 @@ utils.slideUp = function (element, finishCallback, startCallback) {
  * @param  function    startCallback  function to call when the animation starts
  * @return void
  */
-utils.slideDown = function (element, finishCallback, startCallback) {
+utils.slideDown = function (element, finishCallback, startCallback)
+{
     if (!utils.canSlide()) {
         if (startCallback) startCallback();
         element.className = element.className.replace(/\bhidden\b */g, '');
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@ utils.slideDown = function (element, finishCallback, startCallback) {
  * @param  HTMLElement element the element to check
  * @return boolean             TRUE when the element is visible, FALSE otherwise
  */
-utils.isElementVisible = function (element) {
+utils.isElementVisible = function (element)
+{
     return !!(element.offsetWidth || element.offsetHeight || element.getClientRects().length);
 };