diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 2a47b7cd..44bb7436 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ if [ "${VALIDATE_SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT}" == "true" ]; then
   # Lint the files with snakefmt #
   ################################
   # LintCodebase "FILE_TYPE" "LINTER_NAME" "LINTER_CMD" "FILE_TYPES_REGEX" "FILE_ARRAY" "FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE" "FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE"
-  LintCodebase "SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT" "snakefmt" "snakefmt --config ${SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT_LINTER_RULES} --diff" ".*\(Snakefile\|\.smk\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_SNAKEMAKE[@]}" "${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE}" "${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE}"
+  LintCodebase "SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT" "snakefmt" "snakefmt --config ${SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT_LINTER_RULES} --compact-diff" ".*\(Snakefile\|\.smk\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_SNAKEMAKE[@]}" "${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE}" "${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE}"
 fi
 
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