diff --git a/lib/brakeman.rb b/lib/brakeman.rb
index 8afadc6a8aef29e4b9ca3a2d4730873983f0d80c..9601c8dd88260830965191c33e420729ed2fec24 100644
--- a/lib/brakeman.rb
+++ b/lib/brakeman.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ module Brakeman
       options = { :app_path => options }
     end
     
-    options = default_options.merge(load_options(options[:config_file])).merge(options)
+    options = default_options.merge(load_options(options[:config_file], options[:quiet])).merge(options)
 
     options[:app_path] = File.expand_path(options[:app_path])
     options[:output_formats] = get_output_formats options
@@ -78,12 +78,19 @@ module Brakeman
   ]
 
   #Load options from YAML file
-  def self.load_options custom_location
+  def self.load_options custom_location, quiet
     #Load configuration file
     if config = config_file(custom_location)
       options = YAML.load_file config
       options.each { |k, v| options[k] = Set.new v if v.is_a? Array }
-      notify "[Notice] Using configuration in #{config}" unless options[:quiet]
+      
+      # convert to hash with sym keys, ref: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Hash.html#method-i-symbolize_keys-21
+      options.keys.each do |key|
+        options[(key.to_sym rescue key) || key] = options.delete(key)
+      end
+      
+      # notify if options[:quiet] and quiet is nil||false
+      notify "[Notice] Using configuration in #{config}" unless (options[:quiet] || quiet)
       options
     else
       {}
diff --git a/test/tests/test_brakeman.rb b/test/tests/test_brakeman.rb
index eab95f5b1dbc2057dd8cd8b2942f5c58d8a688c4..4aaebb2c69a8deeece332a43062ecdecae69b0ab 100644
--- a/test/tests/test_brakeman.rb
+++ b/test/tests/test_brakeman.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,27 @@ class BaseCheckTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
 end
 
 class ConfigTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  
+  def setup
+    Brakeman.instance_variable_set(:@quiet, false)
+  end
+  
+  # method from test-unit: http://test-unit.rubyforge.org/test-unit/en/Test/Unit/Util/Output.html#capture_output-instance_method
+  def capture_output
+    require 'stringio'
+
+    output = StringIO.new
+    error = StringIO.new
+    stdout_save, stderr_save = $stdout, $stderr
+    $stdout, $stderr = output, error
+    begin
+      yield
+      [output.string, error.string]
+    ensure
+      $stdout, $stderr = stdout_save, stderr_save
+    end
+  end
+  
   def test_quiet_option_from_file
     config = Tempfile.new("config")
 
@@ -70,11 +91,54 @@ class ConfigTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
       :app_path => "/tmp" #doesn't need to be real
     }
 
-    final_options = Brakeman.set_options(options)
+    assert_equal "", capture_output {
+      final_options = Brakeman.set_options(options)
 
-    config.unlink
+      config.unlink
 
-    assert final_options[:quiet], "Expected quiet option to be true, but was #{final_options[:quiet]}"
+      assert final_options[:quiet], "Expected quiet option to be true, but was #{final_options[:quiet]}"
+    }[1]
+  end
+  
+  def test_quiet_option_from_file_2
+    config = Tempfile.new("config")
+
+    config.write <<-YAML.strip
+    ---
+    quiet: true
+    YAML
+
+    config.close
+
+    options = {
+      :config_file => config.path,
+      :app_path => "/tmp" #doesn't need to be real
+    }
+    
+    assert_equal "", capture_output {
+      final_options = Brakeman.set_options(options)
+    }[1]
+  end
+  
+  def test_quiet_option_from_commandline
+    config = Tempfile.new("config")
+
+    config.write <<-YAML.strip
+    ---
+    app_path: "/tmp"
+    YAML
+
+    config.close
+
+    options = {
+      :config_file => config.path,
+      :quiet => true,
+      :app_path => "/tmp" #doesn't need to be real
+    }
+    
+    assert_equal "", capture_output {
+      final_options = Brakeman.set_options(options)
+    }[1]
   end
 
   def test_quiet_option_default