diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index e3e78971b..9458140f8 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "env": {
-    "node": true
+    "node": true,
+    "mocha": true
   },
   "rules": {
     "brace-style": [2, "1tbs", { "allowSingleLine": true }],
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
     "no-use-before-define": 2,
     "radix": 2,
     "semi": 2,
+    "block-spacing": 2,
     "space-infix-ops": 2,
     "strict": 0
   },
diff --git a/bin/eslint.js b/bin/eslint.js
index cc90d110f..4cbda78b1 100755
--- a/bin/eslint.js
+++ b/bin/eslint.js
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ function buildIssueJson(message, path) {
   if(message.fatal) {
     checkName = "fatal";
   }
+  var line = message.line || 1;
+  var column = message.column || 1;
 
   var issue = {
     type: "issue",
@@ -57,12 +59,12 @@ function buildIssueJson(message, path) {
       path: path,
       positions: {
         begin: {
-          line: message.line || 1,
-          column: message.column || 1
+          line: line,
+          column: column
         },
         end: {
-          line: message.line || 1,
-          column: message.column || 1
+          line: line,
+          column: column
         }
       }
     },
@@ -166,6 +168,10 @@ runWithTiming("engineConfig", function () {
       options.extensions = userConfig.extensions;
     }
 
+    if (userConfig.ignore_path) {
+      options.ignorePath = userConfig.ignore_path;
+    }
+
     if (userConfig.debug) {
       debug = true;
     }
diff --git a/test/checks_test.js b/test/checks_test.js
index ed086a240..e51f959ae 100644
--- a/test/checks_test.js
+++ b/test/checks_test.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ describe("checks module", function() {
   });
 
   describe(".remediationPoints()", function() {
+    var eslintConfig = function(rulesConfig) {
+      return { rules: rulesConfig };
+    };
     it("returns the default of 50,000 for a non-complexity issue", function() {
       var issue = { ruleId: "eqeqeq", message: "always use ==="};
       expect(checks.remediationPoints(issue.ruleId, issue, null)).to.eq(50000);
@@ -41,9 +44,5 @@ describe("checks module", function() {
         , config = eslintConfig({ "complexity": [2, 10] });
       expect(checks.remediationPoints(issue.ruleId, issue, config)).to.eq(1000000);
     });
-
-    var eslintConfig = function(rulesConfig) {
-      return { rules: rulesConfig };
-    };
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/validate_config_test.js b/test/validate_config_test.js
index 1d7b5bc8f..6c1fa065f 100644
--- a/test/validate_config_test.js
+++ b/test/validate_config_test.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe("validateConfig", function() {
 
   it("returns false if no files exist", function(done) {
     temp.mkdir("no-config", function(err, directory) {
-      if (err) throw err;
+      if (err) { throw err; }
 
       process.chdir(directory);
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe("validateConfig", function() {
 
   it("returns true if an eslintrc exists", function(done) {
     temp.mkdir("config", function(err, directory) {
-      if (err) throw err;
+      if (err) { throw err; }
 
       process.chdir(directory);
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe("validateConfig", function() {
       };
 
       fs.writeFile(configPath, JSON.stringify(config), function(err) {
-        if (err) throw err;
+        if (err) { throw err; }
 
         expect(validateConfig(null)).to.eq(true);
         done();