diff --git a/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js b/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js
index 8069ce0a..53a93a72 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js
@@ -64,24 +64,12 @@ function get () {
   let config = window.localStorage.getItem('config')
 
   try {
-    const homePath = global.process.env.HOME || global.process.env.USERPROFILE
-    const boostnotercPath = path.join(homePath, BOOSTNOTERC)
-    const boostnotercConfig = RcParser.parse(boostnotercPath)
+    const boostnotercConfig = RcParser.parse()
 
     config = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG, JSON.parse(config))
 
-    if (boostnotercConfig !== undefined) {
-      config = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG, boostnotercConfig)
-      config.hotkey = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.hotkey, boostnotercConfig.hotkey)
-      config.ui = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.ui, boostnotercConfig.ui)
-      config.editor = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.editor, boostnotercConfig.editor)
-      config.preview = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.preview, boostnotercConfig.preview)
-    }
-
-    config.hotkey = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.hotkey, config.hotkey)
-    config.ui = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.ui, config.ui)
-    config.editor = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.editor, config.editor)
-    config.preview = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.preview, config.preview)
+    config = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG, boostnotercConfig)
+    config = assignConfigValues(config, boostnotercConfig, config)
 
     if (!validate(config)) throw new Error('INVALID CONFIG')
   } catch (err) {
@@ -144,6 +132,14 @@ function set (updates) {
   })
 }
 
+function assignConfigValues (config, rcConfig, originalConfig) {
+  config.hotkey = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.hotkey, rcConfig, originalConfig.hotkey)
+  config.ui = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.ui, rcConfig, originalConfig.ui)
+  config.editor = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.editor, rcConfig, originalConfig.editor)
+  config.preview = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG.preview, rcConfig, originalConfig.preview)
+  return config
+}
+
 export default {
   get,
   set,
diff --git a/browser/main/lib/RcParser.js b/browser/main/lib/RcParser.js
index 031b3a1d..6653847f 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/RcParser.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/RcParser.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-import _ from 'lodash'
+import path from 'path'
+import sander from 'sander'
 
-const path = require('path')
-const sander = require('sander')
+function parse () {
+  const BOOSTNOTERC = '.boostnoterc'
+  const homePath = global.process.env.HOME || global.process.env.USERPROFILE
+  const boostnotercPath = path.join(homePath, BOOSTNOTERC)
 
-function parse (boostnotercPath) {
-  if (!sander.existsSync(boostnotercPath)) return
-  let config = JSON.parse(sander.readFileSync(boostnotercPath).toString())
-  return config
+  if (!sander.existsSync(boostnotercPath)) return {}
+  return JSON.parse(sander.readFileSync(boostnotercPath).toString())
 }
 
 function exec (boostnotercPath) {