diff --git a/.jsbeautifierrc b/.jsbeautifyrc
similarity index 100%
rename from .jsbeautifierrc
rename to .jsbeautifyrc
diff --git a/lib/atom-beautify.js b/lib/atom-beautify.js
index 155d5f2..c94ab59 100644
--- a/lib/atom-beautify.js
+++ b/lib/atom-beautify.js
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ var beautifyHTML = require('js-beautify').html;
 var beautifyCSS = require('js-beautify').css;
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
-var cc = require('config-chain');
 var nopt = require('nopt');
 var extend = require('extend');
+var _ = require('lodash');
 
 // TODO: Copied from jsbeautify, please update it from time to time
 var knownOpts = {
@@ -121,20 +121,43 @@ function beautify() {
     '', '.jsbeautifyrc'))) === editedFilePath) {
     rcInHomePath = null;
   }
-  var cfg = cc(
-    cleanOptions(cc.env('jsbeautify_'), knownOpts),
-    rcInRecursiveCwd,
-    rcInHomePath
-  ).list;
-  // cc(...).snapshot SHOULD contain the same what I construct below,
-  // however I have not the faintest idea why it doesn't work here.
-  // It works at js-beautify cli, but not here. Weird.
-  var collectedConfig = {};
-  for (var idx = cfg.length - 1; idx >= 0; idx--) {
-    collectedConfig = extend(cfg[idx], collectedConfig);
+
+  var externalOptions;
+
+  if (rcInRecursiveCwd) {
+    externalOptions = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(rcInRecursiveCwd, {
+      encoding: 'utf8'
+    }));
+  } else if (rcInHomePath) {
+    externalOptions = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(rcInHomePath, {
+      encoding: 'utf8'
+    }));
+  } else {
+    externalOptions = {};
   }
-  // Override the indenting options from the editor
+
+  var containsNested = false;
+  var collectedConfig = {};
+  var key;
+
+  // Check to see if config file uses nested object format to split up js/css/html options
+  for (key in externalOptions) {
+    if (typeof externalOptions[key] === 'object') {
+      containsNested = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Create a flat object of config options if nested format was used
+  if (!containsNested) {
+    collectedConfig = externalOptions;
+  } else {
+    for (key in externalOptions) {
+      _.merge(collectedConfig, externalOptions[key]);
+    }
+  }
+
   beautifyOptions = extend(collectedConfig, beautifyOptions);
+  beautifyOptions = cleanOptions(beautifyOptions, knownOpts);
 
   if (isSelection) {
     text = editor.getSelectedText();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ee42c61..880b4cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
     "atom": ">0.50.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "config-chain": "^1.1.8",
     "emissary": "^1.0.0",
     "extend": "^1.2.1",
     "js-beautify": "~1.4.2",
-    "nopt": "^2.2.1"
+    "nopt": "^2.2.1",
+    "lodash": "2.4.1"
   }
 }