diff --git a/linelint.go b/linelint.go
index 30ea59e..5609810 100644
--- a/linelint.go
+++ b/linelint.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	configFile = "./linelint.yml"
+	configFile = "./.linelint.yml"
 	helpMsg    = `usage of %s [-a] [FILE_OR_DIR [FILE_OR_DIR ...]]
 
 Validates simple newline and whitespace rules in all sorts of files.
diff --git a/linter/config.go b/linter/config.go
index fa09b22..9e04f95 100644
--- a/linter/config.go
+++ b/linter/config.go
@@ -44,19 +44,20 @@ func NewConfigFromFile(path string) Config {
 
 	// check if config file exists
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("No configuration file found at %s (will use default configuration)\n", path)
 		return NewDefaultConfig()
 	}
 
 	// if config file does exist, read it
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Error reading YAML file %s: %s (will use default configuration)\n", path, err)
+		fmt.Printf("Error reading configuration file %s: %s (will use default configuration)\n", path, err)
 		return NewDefaultConfig()
 	}
 
 	var config Config
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Error parsing YAML file: %s (will use default configuration)\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("Error parsing configuration file: %s (will use default configuration)\n", err)
 		return NewDefaultConfig()
 	}
 
diff --git a/linter/ignore_test.go b/linter/ignore_test.go
index 1ed1de6..10710c6 100644
--- a/linter/ignore_test.go
+++ b/linter/ignore_test.go
@@ -6,55 +6,73 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-var ignoreTests = []struct {
-	file   string
-	ignore bool
-}{
-	{"README", false},
-	{".git/objects/04/9f2973ffc85f71da1fd5a", true},
-}
+func TestShouldIgnore_DefaultConf(t *testing.T) {
+	c := Config{}
 
-var yamlAutofixTestConfig = `
-autofix: true
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(`ignore: [ ".git/" ]`), &c)
 
-ignore:
-  - .git/
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("yaml.Unmarshal(Config): %v", err)
+	}
 
-rules:
-  end-of-file:
-    enable: true
-    disable-autofix: false
-    single-new-line: true
-`
+	ignoreTests := []struct {
+		file   string
+		ignore bool
+	}{
+		{".git/objects/04/9f2973ffc85f71da1fd5a", true},
+		{"README", false},
+		{"clusters/mycluster/applications/app.yml", false},
+		{"java/bin/myclass.class", false},
+	}
 
-func TestShouldIgnore_DefaultConf(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range ignoreTests {
 		t.Run(tt.file, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got := NewEndOfFileRule(autofixTestConf).ShouldIgnore(tt.file)
+			got := NewEndOfFileRule(c).ShouldIgnore(tt.file)
 			want := tt.ignore
 
 			if got != want {
-				t.Errorf("NewEndOfFileRule(defaultTestConf).ShouldIgnore(%q):\n\tExpected %v, got %v", tt.file, want, got)
+				t.Errorf(
+					"NewEndOfFileRule(c).ShouldIgnore(%q):\n\tExpected %v, got %v",
+					tt.file, want, got,
+				)
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 
-func TestShouldIgnore_YAMLParsedConf(t *testing.T) {
+func TestShouldIgnore_MoreComplexConf(t *testing.T) {
 	c := Config{}
 
-	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(yamlAutofixTestConfig), &c)
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(
+		[]byte(`ignore: [ ".git/", "**/bin/", "applications", "/projects/" ]`), &c,
+	)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("yaml.Unmarshal(Config): %v", err)
 	}
 
+	ignoreTests := []struct {
+		file   string
+		ignore bool
+	}{
+		{".git/objects/04/9f2973ffc85f71da1fd5a", true},
+		{"README", false},
+		{"clusters/mycluster/applications/app.yml", true},
+		{"home/projects/data.md", false},
+		{"projects/data.md", true},
+		{"java/bin/myclass.class", true},
+	}
+
 	for _, tt := range ignoreTests {
 		t.Run(tt.file, func(t *testing.T) {
 			got := NewEndOfFileRule(c).ShouldIgnore(tt.file)
 			want := tt.ignore
 
 			if got != want {
-				t.Errorf("NewEndOfFileRule(defaultTestConf).ShouldIgnore(%q):\n\tExpected %v, got %v", tt.file, want, got)
+				t.Errorf(
+					"NewEndOfFileRule(c).ShouldIgnore(%q):\n\tExpected %v, got %v",
+					tt.file, want, got,
+				)
 			}
 		})
 	}