diff --git a/.stylelintrc.yml b/.stylelintrc.yml
index 269f50a0..043c0c12 100644
--- a/.stylelintrc.yml
+++ b/.stylelintrc.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ rules:
       ignore:
         - after-comment
   selector-attribute-quotes: always
-  selector-class-pattern: null # when doing themes, you mostly do not decide on class names
+  selector-class-pattern:
+    - ^([a-z][a-z0-9]*)(-[a-z0-9]+)*$
+    - {}
   selector-id-pattern:
     - ^([a-z][a-z0-9]*)(-[a-z0-9]+)*$
     - {}
@@ -123,5 +125,6 @@ rules:
   color-no-hex: true
   declaration-no-important: true
   font-weight-notation: numeric
-  no-unknown-custom-properties: [true, {severity: error}] # equivalent to "no undeclared variables" in other linters
   max-nesting-depth: 3
+  no-unknown-custom-properties: [true, {severity: error}] # equivalent to "no undeclared variables" in other linters
+  selector-nested-pattern: ["&", {splitList: true, message: "Nested selectors should include a &."}]
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 51c3884f..36444dbe 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #   Style Settings tab is opened.
 # - bumps version number in css file and manifest
 # - updates download counts in badges of the README files
-# - copies the stylelint-config for documentation
 # - update changelog
 # - git add, commit, pull, and push to the remote repo
 
diff --git a/theme.css b/theme.css
index 201f394d..431cb238 100644
--- a/theme.css
+++ b/theme.css
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ https://github.com/chrisgrieser/shimmering-focus
 /* ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 /* < Globally Disabled Stylelint Rules
 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+/* Disabling these, since they make not sense within styling a theme */ 
 /* stylelint-disable no-descending-specificity */
+/* stylelint-disable selector-class-pattern */
 
 /* ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 /* < Fonts (base64 encoded)