diff --git a/.rczrc b/.rczrc.json
similarity index 71%
rename from .rczrc
rename to .rczrc.json
index ea4301a..8ecc533 100644
--- a/.rczrc
+++ b/.rczrc.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "commands",
     "changelog",
     "readme",
-    "release"
+    "release",
+    "config"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 043a821..ce81777 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Resultium commit standardization library
 
 ## Configuration
 
-You can create an `.rczrc` file in your root directory and specify available scopes and commit types
+You can create an `.rczrc`, `.rczrc.json` or `rcz.config.json` file in your root directory and specify available scopes and commit types
 
 ```json
 {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 550a8bc..e20396a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@resultium/rcz",
-    "version": "1.4.0",
+    "version": "1.5.0",
     "description": "Resultium commit standardization library, based on conventional commits",
     "main": "./dist/index.js",
     "bin": {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 18c9913..e4a7c1e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ const GetConfig = async () => {
         await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(process.cwd(), ".rczrc"))
       ).toString()
     ) as Config;
+  } else if (fs.existsSync(path.join(process.cwd(), ".rczrc.json"))) {
+    return JSON.parse(
+      (
+        await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(process.cwd(), ".rczrc.json"))
+      ).toString()
+    ) as Config;
+  } else if (fs.existsSync(path.join(process.cwd(), "rcz.config.json"))) {
+    return JSON.parse(
+      (
+        await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(process.cwd(), "rcz.config.json"))
+      ).toString()
+    ) as Config;
   } else {
     return null;
   }
@@ -39,8 +51,10 @@ program
   .command("commit")
   .description("Create a conventional commit")
   .option("-S, --sign", "sign the commit")
+  .option("--amend", "amend commit message to the last commit")
   .action(async (options) => {
     const sign = options.sign ? true : false;
+    const amend = options.amend ? true : false;
 
     const config = await GetConfig();
 
@@ -51,10 +65,12 @@ program
       process.exit(0);
     }
 
-    const stageAll = await confirm({
-      message: "Stage all changes?",
-      initialValue: true,
-    });
+    const stageAll = amend
+      ? null
+      : await confirm({
+          message: "Stage all changes?",
+          initialValue: true,
+        });
 
     if (isCancel(stageAll)) {
       cancel("Commit creation cancelled");
@@ -99,6 +115,11 @@ program
           value: "refactor",
           hint: "code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature",
         },
+        {
+          label: "chore",
+          value: "chore",
+          hint: "changes that are routinely, e.g. dependency update or a release commit",
+        },
       ],
     });
 
@@ -192,14 +213,24 @@ program
     if (stageAll) {
       await simpleGit()
         .add(".")
-        .commit(commitMessage, sign ? ["-S"] : []);
+        .commit(
+          commitMessage,
+          sign ? (amend ? ["-S", "--amend"] : ["-S"]) : amend ? ["--amend"] : []
+        );
     } else {
-      await simpleGit().commit(commitMessage, sign ? ["-S"] : []);
+      await simpleGit().commit(
+        commitMessage,
+        sign ? (amend ? ["-S", "--amend"] : ["-S"]) : amend ? ["--amend"] : []
+      );
     }
 
     note(commitMessage);
 
-    outro("Finished creating a conventional commit, feel free to push");
+    outro(
+      `Finished ${
+        amend ? "amending" : "creating"
+      } a conventional commit, feel free to push`
+    );
   });
 
 program
@@ -436,7 +467,7 @@ program
           config?.types?.map((type) => type.value).join("|") ||
           "feat|fix|build|ci|docs|perf|refactor"
         })(\\((${
-          config?.scopes?.join("|") || "..*"
+          config?.scopes ? [...config?.scopes, "release"] : "..*"
         })\\))?!?: .* ?(\\(..*\\))?((\n\n..*)?(\n\n..*)?)?`,
         "gm"
       );