diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2658d7..b509c88 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+coverage/
 node_modules/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5dec8eb..d4672a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ You can load options from json file like the following.
 Config file is searched in the following order.
 
 * the path specified by ```-c|--config```
+* ```.jflintrc``` from the current directory all the way up to the filesystem root
 * ```${HOME}/.jflintrc```
 
 If the same setting is specified in both option and config file, the option setting overrides the config setting.
diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 98f3663..7f91ff7 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class CommandLine {
         const jenkinsfile = this._program.args[0];
 
         let config = {};
-        const configPath = this._program.config || path.join(os.homedir(), '.jflintrc');
+        const configPath = this._program.config || this._findConfigPath(this._process.cwd());
         try {
             config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configPath));
         } catch (e) {
@@ -71,10 +71,34 @@ class CommandLine {
                 this._process.exit(1);
             }
         }).catch(e => {
-            console.error(e.message);
+            this._process.stderr.write(`${e.message}\n`);
             this._process.exit(1);
         });
     }
+
+    _findConfigPath(dir) {
+        const name = '.jflintrc';
+        const filename = path.normalize(path.join(dir, name));
+        if (this._isFileExist(filename)) {
+            return filename;
+        }
+
+        const parent = path.resolve(dir, '../');
+        if (dir === parent) {
+            return path.join(os.homedir(), '.jflintrc');
+        }
+
+        return this._findConfigPath(parent);
+    }
+
+    _isFileExist(path) {
+        try {
+            fs.statSync(path);
+            return true;
+        } catch (e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 module.exports = CommandLine;
diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 0f00a56..f75f865 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function request(url, method, headers, opt_body) {
         if (response.ok) {
             return response.text();
         }
-        return Promise.reject(new Error(response.statusText));
+        return Promise.reject(new Error(`Request Error. (url: ${url}, statusText: ${response.statusText})`));
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aa5c238..26a1e93 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "ci": "npm run test:cover",
-    "test": "./node_modules/.bin/_mocha --require intelli-espower-loader",
-    "test:cover": "./node_modules/.bin/istanbul --include-all-sources cover ./node_modules/.bin/_mocha --report lcovonly -- --require intelli-espower-loader"
+    "test": "./node_modules/.bin/_mocha --require intelli-espower-loader --recursive",
+    "test:cover": "./node_modules/.bin/istanbul --include-all-sources cover ./node_modules/.bin/_mocha --report lcovonly -- --require intelli-espower-loader --recursive"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/test/lib/cli.js b/test/lib/cli.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d795a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const CommandLine = require('../../lib/cli');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const os = require('os');
+const path = require('path');
+
+describe('CommandLine', function() {
+    let sut;
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+        sut = new CommandLine(process);
+    });
+
+    describe('_findConfigPath', function() {
+        it('should return the directory\'s config path if .jflintrc exists in the directory', function() {
+            const dir = path.normalize(`${__dirname}/../resources/jflintrc-exist`);
+            assert(sut._findConfigPath(dir) === path.join(dir, '.jflintrc'));
+        });
+
+        it('should return the parent directory\'s config path if .jflintrc exists in the parent directory', function() {
+            const dir = path.normalize(`${__dirname}/../resources/jflintrc-exist/jflintrc-not-exist`);
+            const parentDir = path.normalize(`${__dirname}/../resources/jflintrc-exist`);
+            assert(sut._findConfigPath(dir) === path.join(parentDir, '.jflintrc'));
+        });
+
+        it('should return the home directory\'s config path if .jflintrc does not exist from the directory up to the root', function() {
+            // setup
+            sut._isFileExist = () => false;
+
+            // exercise & verify
+            const dir = path.normalize(`${__dirname}`);
+            assert(sut._findConfigPath(dir) === path.join(os.homedir(), '.jflintrc'));
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/resources/jflintrc-exist/.jflintrc b/test/resources/jflintrc-exist/.jflintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b454a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/jflintrc-exist/.jflintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "jenkinsUrl": "http://jenkins.example.com"
+}
diff --git a/test/resources/jflintrc-exist/jflintrc-not-exist/dummy.txt b/test/resources/jflintrc-exist/jflintrc-not-exist/dummy.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..421376d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/jflintrc-exist/jflintrc-not-exist/dummy.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dummy