diff --git a/CHANGE.md b/CHANGE.md
index db1affe60..b29a642d7 100644
--- a/CHANGE.md
+++ b/CHANGE.md
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 HTMLHint change log
 ====================
 
+## ver 0.9.8 (2015-10-6)
+
+add:
+
+1. Search `.htmlhintrc` in parent directory
+2. Allow comments in json
+3. Support hint any file without `.html` or `.htm` extension, just like: `htmlhint test.xhtml`
+4. Support json raw format in cli
+
+fix:
+
+1. fix issue: #77 `<link rel=icon><link rel=icon>`
+2. Made the descriptions and error messages of rules more clear to people
+
 ## ver 0.9.7 (2015-3-8)
 
 fix:
@@ -27,7 +41,7 @@ add:
 1. add rule: src-not-empty
 
 fix:
- 
+
 1. fix attr-value-double-quotes rule: `<img src=''>` should result error
 
 ## ver 0.9.3 (2013-5-24)
@@ -45,14 +59,14 @@ fix:
 
 add：
 
-1. add rule: csslint 
+1. add rule: csslint
 2. add rule: jshint
 3. add rule: id-unique
 4. add cli
 
 fix：
 
-1. compatible with: 
+1. compatible with:
 
         <div class="foo"
         <div class"foo">
@@ -75,4 +89,4 @@ add:
 10. add rule: style-disabled
 11. add rule: tagname-lowercase
 12. add rule: tag-pair
-13. add rule: tag-self-close
\ No newline at end of file
+13. add rule: tag-self-close
diff --git a/bin/htmlhint b/bin/htmlhint
index 4b00f4f97..dab07890e 100755
--- a/bin/htmlhint
+++ b/bin/htmlhint
@@ -67,7 +67,16 @@ function listRules(){
 
 function getConfig(configFile){
     if(configFile === undefined){
-        configFile = '.htmlhintrc';
+        // find default config file in parent directory
+        var curDir = process.cwd();
+        while(curDir){
+            var tmpConfigFile = path.resolve(curDir+path.sep, '.htmlhintrc');
+            if(fs.existsSync(tmpConfigFile)){
+                configFile = tmpConfigFile;
+                break;
+            }
+            curDir = curDir.substring(0,curDir.lastIndexOf(path.sep));
+        }
     }
     if(fs.existsSync(configFile)){
         var config = fs.readFileSync(configFile, 'utf-8'),