diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-CGrep: a context-aware grep for source codes [![Hackage](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/cgrep.svg?style=flat)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cgrep)
+CGrep: a context-aware grep for source codes 
 ============================================
 
+[![Hackage](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/cgrep.svg?style=flat)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cgrep) 
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/awgn/cgrep](https://badges.gitter.im/awgn/cgrep.svg)](https://gitter.im/awgn/cgrep?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+
 Usage
 -----
 
-Cgrep 6.6.1. Usage: cgrep [OPTION] [PATTERN] files...
+Cgrep 6.6.2. Usage: cgrep [OPTION] [PATTERN] files...
 
 cgrep [OPTIONS] [ITEM]
 
diff --git a/cgrep.cabal b/cgrep.cabal
--- a/cgrep.cabal
+++ b/cgrep.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:                cgrep
 Description:         Cgrep: a context-aware grep for source codes
-Version:             6.6.1
+Version:             6.6.2
 Synopsis:            Command line tool
 Homepage:            http://awgn.github.io/cgrep/
 License:             GPL-2
diff --git a/src/CGrep/Output.hs b/src/CGrep/Output.hs
--- a/src/CGrep/Output.hs
+++ b/src/CGrep/Output.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
---
 -- Copyright (c) 2013 Bonelli Nicola <bonelli@antifork.org>
 --
 -- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -21,7 +20,8 @@
                      putPrettyHeader,
                      putPrettyFooter,
                      prettyOutput,
-                     showFile) where
+                     showFile,
+                     showBold) where
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as C
 import System.Console.ANSI
@@ -209,6 +209,15 @@
 resetTerm = setSGRCode []
 
 
+type ColorString = String
+
+
+showColor :: Options -> ColorString -> String -> String
+showColor Options { color = c, no_color = c'} colorCode f
+    | c && not c'= colorCode ++ f ++ resetTerm
+    | otherwise  = f
+
+
 showTokens :: Options -> [Token] -> String
 showTokens Options { show_match = st } xs
     | st        = show (map snd xs)
@@ -216,9 +225,11 @@
 
 
 showFile :: Options -> String -> String
-showFile Options { color = c, no_color = c'} f
-    | c && not c'= bold ++ blue ++ f ++ resetTerm
-    | otherwise  = f
+showFile opt = showColor opt (bold ++ blue)
+
+
+showBold :: Options -> String -> String
+showBold opt = showColor opt bold
 
 
 showLine :: Options -> [Token] -> Line8 -> String
diff --git a/src/Config.hs b/src/Config.hs
--- a/src/Config.hs
+++ b/src/Config.hs
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
     where notComment = (not . ("#" `isPrefixOf`)) . dropWhile isSpace
 
 
-getConfig :: IO Config
+getConfig :: IO (Config, Maybe FilePath)
 getConfig = do
     home  <- getHomeDirectory
     confs <- filterM doesFileExist [cgreprc, "." ++ cgreprc, home </> "." ++ cgreprc, "/etc" </> cgreprc]
     if notNull confs
         then liftM dropComments (readFile (head confs)) >>= \xs ->
-              return (prettyRead xs "Config error" :: Config)
-        else return $ Config [] [] False
+              return ((prettyRead xs "Config error" :: Config), Just (head confs))
+        else return $ (Config [] [] False, Nothing)
 
 
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 
     -- read Cgrep config options
 
-    conf  <- getConfig
+    (conf, confpath)  <- getConfig
 
     -- read command-line options
 
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@
                      | otherwise = C.map toLower
                         where wildCardTokens = "OR" : M.keys wildCardMap   -- "OR" is not included in wildCardMap
 
+    -- display the configuration in use
+
+    when (isJust confpath) $
+      putStrLn $ showBold opts ("Using '" ++ (fromJust confpath) ++ "' configuration file...")
+
     -- load files to parse:
 
     let paths = getFilePaths (not $ null (file opts)) isTermIn (others opts)
@@ -259,5 +264,8 @@
 
     when (cores opts /= 0) $ setNumCapabilities (cores opts)
 
+    -- run search
+
     runReaderT (parallelSearch conf paths patterns' langs (isTermIn, isTermOut)) opts
+