diff --git a/lib/getConfig.js b/lib/getConfig.js
index 7d68a45e..29538f68 100644
--- a/lib/getConfig.js
+++ b/lib/getConfig.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable global-require, import/no-dynamic-require */
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const os = require('os');
 const signale = require('signale');
 const defaults = require('./defaults');
 
@@ -11,9 +12,7 @@ const configFiles = [
   'changelog.config.json'
 ];
 
-const findOverrides = (root) => {
-  const dir = root || process.cwd();
-
+const containConfigFile = (dir) => {
   for (const file of configFiles) {
     const filename = path.resolve(dir, file);
 
@@ -22,6 +21,17 @@ const findOverrides = (root) => {
     }
   }
 
+  return null;
+};
+
+const findOverrides = (root) => {
+  const dir = root || process.cwd();
+
+  const configContent = containConfigFile(dir);
+  if (configContent !== null) {
+    return configContent;
+  }
+
   const parent = path.resolve(dir, '..');
 
   const pkgFilename = path.join(dir, 'package.json');
@@ -33,7 +43,7 @@ const findOverrides = (root) => {
       if (changelog) {
         return changelog;
       }
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-empty
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-empty
     } catch (error) {}
   }
 
@@ -44,8 +54,12 @@ const findOverrides = (root) => {
   return {};
 };
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
+const HOME_DIR = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? path.resolve(__dirname, '../test') : os.homedir();
+
 const getConfig = (root) => {
-  const overrides = findOverrides(root);
+  const configFolder = path.join(HOME_DIR, '.config');
+  const overrides = containConfigFile(configFolder) || findOverrides(root);
 
   if (typeof overrides !== 'object') {
     signale.fatal(new TypeError('Expected changelog config to be an object.'));
diff --git a/test/.config/.git-cz.json b/test/.config/.git-cz.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac75f3db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/.config/.git-cz.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "disableEmoji": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/getConfig.test.js b/test/getConfig.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d3b787c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/getConfig.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const {expect} = require('chai');
+const getConfig = require('../lib/getConfig');
+
+describe('getConfig', () => {
+  it('should match config with .git-cz.json', () => {
+    const actual = getConfig();
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-expressions
+    expect(actual.disableEmoji).to.be.true;
+  });
+});