tslint.json in project root ignored

[mieky]

I have tslint.json in the project root, which is also the working directory.

However, the linting is not active, and the console log says:
Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/Users/mike/tslint.json'

In other words, it only is looking for the file in the user home directory and ignoring the project root. Adding ~/tslint.json makes it work.