diff --git a/src/formatter.jl b/src/formatter.jl
index 750d47cb..dd558f27 100644
--- a/src/formatter.jl
+++ b/src/formatter.jl
@@ -1,39 +1,61 @@
 using JuliaFormatter
 
+@static if isdefined(JuliaFormatter, :CONFIG_FILE_NAME) &&
+           isdefined(JuliaFormatter, :kwargs) &&
+           isdefined(JuliaFormatter, :parse_config) &&
+           isdefined(JuliaFormatter, :overwrite_options)
+  using JuliaFormatter: CONFIG_FILE_NAME, kwargs, parse_config, overwrite_options
+else
+  const CONFIG_FILE_NAME = ".JuliaFormatter.toml"
+
+  function kwargs(dict)
+      ns = (Symbol.(keys(dict))...,)
+      vs = (collect(values(dict))...,)
+      return pairs(NamedTuple{ns}(vs))
+  end
+
+  function parse_config(tomlfile)
+    config_dict = Pkg.TOML.parsefile(tomlfile)
+    if (style = get(config_dict, "style", nothing)) !== nothing
+      @assert (style == "default" || style == "yas") "currently $(CONFIG_FILE_NAME) accepts only \"default\" or \"yas\" for the style configuration"
+      if style == "yas" && isdefined(JuliaFormatter, :YASStyle)
+        config_dict["style"] = JuliaFormatter.YASStyle()
+      end
+    end
+    return kwargs(config_dict)
+  end
+
+  overwrite_options(options, config) = kwargs(merge(options, config))
+end
+
 handle("format") do data
   @destruct [
     text,
+    dir,
     indent || 4,
     margin || 92,
-    always_for_in || false,
-    whitespace_typedefs || false,
-    whitespace_ops_in_indices || false,
-    remove_extra_newlines || false,
-    import_to_using || false,
-    pipe_to_function_call || false,
-    short_to_long_function_def || false,
-    always_use_return || false,
-    use_YAS_style || false
   ] = data
 
-  style = (use_YAS_style && isdefined(JuliaFormatter, :YASStyle)) ?
-    JuliaFormatter.YASStyle() :
-    JuliaFormatter.DefaultStyle()
-
-  return Dict(:formattedtext => format_text′(
-    text;
-    indent = indent,
-    margin = margin,
-    always_for_in = always_for_in,
-    whitespace_typedefs = whitespace_typedefs,
-    whitespace_ops_in_indices = whitespace_ops_in_indices,
-    remove_extra_newlines = remove_extra_newlines,
-    import_to_using = import_to_using,
-    pipe_to_function_call = pipe_to_function_call,
-    short_to_long_function_def = short_to_long_function_def,
-    always_use_return = always_use_return,
-    style = style
-  ))
+  options = if (config_path = search_up_file(CONFIG_FILE_NAME, dir)) === nothing
+    kwargs((indent = indent, margin = margin)) # fallback
+  else
+    kwargs(parse_config(config_path))
+  end
+
+  try
+    return (formattedtext = format_text′(text; options...),)
+  catch err
+    if err isa ErrorException && startswith(err.msg, "Parsing error")
+      return (error = """
+      Juno's formatter expects a text that can be parsed into a valid Julia expression.
+      The given text below couldn't be parsed correctly:
+      ```
+      $(replace(strip(text), "```" => "\`\`\`"))
+      ```
+      """,)
+    end
+    return (error = """\n$(string(err))\n""",)
+  end
 end
 
 # HACK: extract keyword arguments of `format_text`; `Base.kwarg_decl` isn't available as of v1.0
@@ -48,10 +70,5 @@ function format_text′(text; kwargs...)
   valid_kwargs_dict = filter(kwargs) do (k, _)
     @static isempty(FORMAT_TEXT_KWARGS) ? false : in(k,FORMAT_TEXT_KWARGS)
   end
-  ks = (collect(keys(valid_kwargs_dict))...,)
-  vs = (collect(values(valid_kwargs_dict))...,)
-  valid_kwargs_nt = NamedTuple{ks}(vs)
-  valid_kwargs = pairs(valid_kwargs_nt)
-
-  format_text(text; valid_kwargs...)
+  return format_text(text; kwargs(valid_kwargs_dict)...)
 end
diff --git a/src/misc.jl b/src/misc.jl
index 35521e64..db3110f2 100644
--- a/src/misc.jl
+++ b/src/misc.jl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ end
 
 handle("activateParentProject") do dir
   hideprompt() do
-    if (path = find_project_file(dir)) === nothing
+    if (path = search_up_file("Project.toml", dir)) === nothing
       @warn "No project file found for `$dir`"
       return
     end
@@ -37,19 +37,6 @@ handle("activateParentProject") do dir
   end
 end
 
-function find_project_file(dir)
-  while true
-    next_dir = dirname(dir)
-    (
-      next_dir == dir || # ensure to escape infinite recursion
-      isempty(dir)       # reached to the system root
-    ) && return nothing
-    path = joinpath(dir, "Project.toml")
-    isfile(path) && return path
-    dir = next_dir
-  end
-end
-
 handle("activateDefaultProject") do
   hideprompt() do
     Pkg.activate()
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index c01c6c70..4a653576 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ end
 iswritablefile(file) = Base.uperm(file) == 0x06
 nonwritablefiles(files) = filter(!iswritablefile, files)
 
+function search_up_file(basename, dir)
+  parent_dir = dirname(dir)
+  return if (parent_dir == dir || # ensure to escape infinite recursion
+      isempty(dir)) # reached to the system root
+    nothing
+  else
+    path = joinpath(dir, basename)
+    isfile(path) ? path : search_up_file(basename, parent_dir)
+  end
+end
+
 # path utilities
 # --------------