diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0e4887..3cc2183 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ schema.rb
 spec/tmp
 pkg
 Gemfile.lock
+tmp
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index bc76ea3..7baadf5 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -283,3 +283,4 @@ Contributors
  - [Mithun James](https://github.com/drtechie)
  - [Sarah Ridge](https://github.com/smridge)
  - [John Bachir](https://jjb.cc)
+ - [Pysis](https://github.com/Pysis868)
diff --git a/lib/standalone_migrations/configurator.rb b/lib/standalone_migrations/configurator.rb
index 77c6404..f30311f 100644
--- a/lib/standalone_migrations/configurator.rb
+++ b/lib/standalone_migrations/configurator.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 require 'yaml'
 
 module StandaloneMigrations
-
   class InternalConfigurationsProxy
 
     attr_reader :configurations
@@ -32,70 +31,100 @@ def self.environments_config
     end
 
     def initialize(options = {})
-      defaults = {
-        :config       => "db/config.yml",
-        :migrate_dir  => "db/migrate",
-        :root         => Pathname.pwd,
-        :seeds        => "db/seeds.rb",
-      }
-      @options = load_from_file(defaults.dup) || defaults.merge(options)
+      options = options.dup
+      @schema = options.delete('schema')
+      @config_overrides = defaults
+      c_os['paths'].merge!(options.delete('paths') || {})
+      c_os.merge!(options)
 
-      ENV['SCHEMA'] ||= schema if schema
-      Rails.application.config.root = root
-      Rails.application.config.paths["config/database"] = config
-      Rails.application.config.paths["db/migrate"] = migrate_dir
-      Rails.application.config.paths["db/seeds.rb"] = seeds
-    end
+      load_from_file
+
+      ENV['SCHEMA'] ||= @schema if @schema
+      rac = Rails.application.config
 
-    def config
-      @options[:config]
+      rac.root = c_os['root']
+      c_os['paths'].each do |path, value|
+        rac.paths[path] = value
+      end
     end
 
-    def migrate_dir
-      @options[:migrate_dir]
+    def config_for_all
+      Configurator.load_configurations.dup
     end
 
-    def root
-      @options[:root]
+    def config_for(environment)
+      config_for_all[environment.to_s]
     end
 
-    def seeds
-      @options[:seeds]
+    def c_os
+      config_overrides
+    end
+    def config_overrides
+      @config_overrides
     end
 
-    def schema
-      @options[:schema]
+    def c_o_p_m
+      config_override_path_mappings
+    end
+    def config_override_path_mappings
+      {
+        'config/database' => {
+          'config_key_path' => ['config', 'database'],
+                  'default' => 'db/config.yml'
+        },
+                     'db' => {
+          'config_key_path' => ['db'    , 'dir'     ],
+                  'default' => 'db'
+        },
+             'db/migrate' => {
+          'config_key_path' => ['db'    , 'migrate' ],
+                  'default' => 'db/migrate'
+        },
+            'db/seeds.rb' => {
+          'config_key_path' => ['db'    , 'seeds'   ],
+                  'default' => 'db/seeds.rb'
+        },
+      }
     end
 
-    def config_for_all
-      Configurator.load_configurations.dup
+    def defaults
+      {
+        'paths' => c_o_p_m.map do |path, value|
+          [ path, value['default'] ]
+        end.to_h,
+        'root' => Pathname.pwd,
+      }
     end
 
-    def config_for(environment)
-      config_for_all[environment.to_s]
+    def schema
+      @schema
     end
 
     private
 
     def configuration_file
-      if !ENV['DATABASE']
-        ".standalone_migrations"
-      else
-        ".#{ENV['DATABASE']}.standalone_migrations"
-      end
+      ".#{ENV['DATABASE']}.standalone_migrations".sub(/^\.\./, '.')
     end
 
-    def load_from_file(defaults)
+    def load_from_file
       return nil unless File.exist? configuration_file
-      config = YAML.load( ERB.new(IO.read(configuration_file)).result )
-      {
-        :config       => config["config"] ? config["config"]["database"] : defaults[:config],
-        :migrate_dir  => (config["db"] || {})["migrate"] || defaults[:migrate_dir],
-        :root         => config["root"] || defaults[:root],
-        :seeds        => (config["db"] || {})["seeds"] || defaults[:seeds],
-        :schema       => (config["db"] || {})["schema"]
-      }
-    end
+      data = YAML.load( ERB.new(IO.read(configuration_file)).result )
+
+      @schema = data.dig('db', 'schema')
 
+      c_o_paths = c_o_p_m.map do |path, value|
+        [
+          path,
+          data.dig(*value['config_key_path'])
+        ]
+      end.to_h.select { |key, value| value.present? }
+
+      c_o_paths = defaults['paths'].merge(c_o_paths)
+
+      @config_overrides = defaults.merge({
+        'paths' => c_o_paths,
+        'root'  => data.dig('root'),
+      }.select { |key, value| value.present? })
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/standalone_migrations/configurator_spec.rb b/spec/standalone_migrations/configurator_spec.rb
index b082050..c1754a8 100644
--- a/spec/standalone_migrations/configurator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/standalone_migrations/configurator_spec.rb
@@ -12,21 +12,47 @@ module StandaloneMigrations
       end
     end
 
+    it "does not break / emit an error" do
+      expect { Configurator.new }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+
+    context "default values when .standalone_configurations is missing" do
+      let(:configurator) do
+        Configurator.new
+      end
+
+      it "use config/database.yml" do
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['config/database']).to eq('db/config.yml')
+      end
+
+      it "use db dir" do
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db']).to eq('db')
+      end
+
+      it "use db/migrate dir" do
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db/migrate']).to eq('db/migrate')
+      end
+
+      it "use db/seeds.rb" do
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db/seeds.rb']).to eq("db/seeds.rb")
+      end
+    end
+
     describe "environment yaml configuration loading" do
 
       let(:env_hash_other_db) do
         {
           "development" => {"adapter" => "mysql2", "database" => "database_name"},
-          "test" => {"adapter" => "mysql2", "database" => "database_name"},
-          "production" => {"adapter" => "mysql2", "database" => "database_name"}
+          "test"        => {"adapter" => "mysql2", "database" => "database_name"},
+          "production"  => {"adapter" => "mysql2", "database" => "database_name"}
         }
       end
 
       around(:each) do |example|
         @env_hash = {
           "development" => {"adapter" => "sqlite3", "database" => "db/development.sql"},
-          "test" => {"adapter" => "sqlite3", "database" => "db/test.sql"},
-          "production" => {"adapter" => "sqlite3", "database" => ":memory:"}
+          "test"        => {"adapter" => "sqlite3", "database" => "db/test.sql"       },
+          "production"  => {"adapter" => "sqlite3", "database" => ":memory:"          }
         }
         FileUtils.mkdir_p "db"
         File.open("db/config.yml", "w") do |f|
@@ -88,31 +114,16 @@ module StandaloneMigrations
 
     end
 
-    context "default values when .standalone_configurations is missing" do
-      let(:configurator) do
-        Configurator.new
-      end
-
-      it "use config/database.yml" do
-        expect(configurator.config).to eq('db/config.yml')
-      end
-
-      it "use db/migrate dir" do
-        expect(configurator.migrate_dir).to eq('db/migrate')
-      end
-
-      it "use db/seeds.rb" do
-        expect(configurator.seeds).to eq("db/seeds.rb")
-      end
-    end
-
     context "passing configurations as a parameter" do
       let(:args) do
         {
-          :config => "custom/config/database.yml",
-          :migrate_dir => "custom/db/migrate",
-          :seeds => "custom/db/seeds.rb",
-          :schema => "custom/db/schema.rb"
+          'paths' => {
+            'config/database' => "custom/config/database.yml" ,
+                         'db' => "db"                         ,
+                 'db/migrate' => "custom/db/migrate"          ,
+                'db/seeds.rb' => "custom/db/seeds.rb"         ,
+          },
+                     'schema' => "custom/db/schema.rb"
         }
       end
 
@@ -121,19 +132,31 @@ module StandaloneMigrations
       end
 
       it "use custom config" do
-        expect(configurator.config).to eq(args[:config])
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['config/database']).to(
+          eq(args['paths']['config/database'])
+        )
+      end
+
+      it "use custom db dir" do
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db']).to(
+          eq(args['paths']['db'])
+        )
       end
 
       it "use custom migrate dir" do
-        expect(configurator.migrate_dir).to eq(args[:migrate_dir])
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db/migrate']).to(
+          eq(args['paths']['db/migrate'])
+        )
       end
 
       it "use custom seeds" do
-        expect(configurator.seeds).to eq(args[:seeds])
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db/seeds.rb']).to(
+          eq(args['paths']['db/seeds.rb'])
+        )
       end
 
       it "use custom schema" do
-        expect(configurator.schema).to eq(args[:schema])
+        expect(configurator.schema).to eq(args['schema'])
       end
 
     end
@@ -148,9 +171,10 @@ module StandaloneMigrations
       let(:yaml_hash) do
         {
           "db" => {
-            "seeds" => "file/db/seeds.rb",
-            "migrate" => "file/db/migrate",
-            "schema" => "file/db/schema.rb"
+            "dir"     => "file/db"          ,
+            "migrate" => "file/db/migrate"  ,
+              "seeds" => "file/db/seeds.rb" ,
+             "schema" => "file/db/schema.rb"
           },
           "config" => {
             "database" => "file/config/database.yml"
@@ -161,9 +185,10 @@ module StandaloneMigrations
       let(:yaml_hash_other_db) do
         {
           "db" => {
-            "seeds" => "db2/seeds.rb",
-            "migrate" => "db2/migrate",
-            "schema" => "db2/schema.rb"
+                "dir" => "db2"          ,
+            "migrate" => "db2/migrate"  ,
+              "seeds" => "db2/seeds.rb" ,
+             "schema" => "db2/schema.rb"
           },
           "config" => {
             "database" => "config/config_other.yml"
@@ -180,7 +205,9 @@ module StandaloneMigrations
         before(:each) do
           ENV['DATABASE'] = "other_db"
           file_other_db = ".other_db.standalone_migrations"
-          File.open(file_other_db, "w") { |file| file.write(yaml_hash_other_db.to_yaml) }
+          File.open(file_other_db, "w") do |file|
+            file.write(yaml_hash_other_db.to_yaml)
+          end
         end
 
         let(:other_configurator) do
@@ -188,11 +215,15 @@ module StandaloneMigrations
         end
 
         it "look up named dot file" do
-          expect(other_configurator.config).to eq(yaml_hash_other_db['config']['database'])
+          expect(other_configurator.c_os['paths']['config/database']).to(
+            eq(yaml_hash_other_db['config']['database'])
+          )
         end
 
         it "load config from named dot file" do
-          expect(other_configurator.migrate_dir).to eq('db2/migrate')
+          expect(other_configurator.c_os['paths']['db/migrate']).to(
+            eq('db2/migrate')
+          )
         end
 
         after(:all) do
@@ -215,33 +246,46 @@ module StandaloneMigrations
         end
 
         it "use default values for the missing configurations" do
-          expect(configurator.migrate_dir).to eq('db/migrate')
+          expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db']).to(
+            eq('db'         )
+          )
+          expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db/migrate']).to(
+            eq('db/migrate' )
+          )
         end
 
         it "use custom config from file" do
-          expect(configurator.config).to eq(yaml_hash["config"]["database"])
+          expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['config/database']).to(
+            eq(yaml_hash["config"]["database"])
+          )
         end
 
         it "use custom config value from partial configuration" do
-          expect(configurator.seeds).to eq(yaml_hash["db"]["seeds"])
+          expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db/seeds.rb']).to(
+            eq(yaml_hash["db"]["seeds"])
+          )
         end
 
       end
 
       it "use custom config from file" do
-        expect(configurator.config).to eq(yaml_hash["config"]["database"])
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['config/database']).to(
+          eq(yaml_hash["config"]["database"])
+        )
       end
 
       it "use custom migrate dir from file" do
-        expect(configurator.migrate_dir).to eq(yaml_hash["db"]["migrate"])
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db/migrate']).to eq(yaml_hash["db"]["migrate"])
       end
 
       it "use custom seeds from file" do
-        expect(configurator.seeds).to eq(yaml_hash["db"]["seeds"])
+        expect(configurator.c_os['paths']['db/seeds.rb']).to eq(yaml_hash["db"]["seeds"])
       end
 
       it "use custom schema from file" do
-        expect(configurator.schema).to eq(yaml_hash["db"]["schema"])
+        expect(configurator.schema).to(
+          eq(yaml_hash["db"]["schema"])
+        )
       end
 
     end