diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 407a46c..bd2e5e9 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -407,6 +407,15 @@
       "contributions": [
         "code"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "kevjin",
+      "name": "Kevin J",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/15851351?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/kevjin",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "repoType": "github"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 075557b..ab6c851 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ All the benefits of npm scripts without the cost of a bloated package.json and l
 [![downloads][downloads-badge]][npm-stat]
 [![MIT License][license-badge]][LICENSE]
 
-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-40-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-41-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
 [![PRs Welcome][prs-badge]][prs]
 [![Donate][donate-badge]][donate]
 [![Code of Conduct][coc-badge]][coc]
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ Thanks goes to these people ([emoji key][emojis]):
 | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1155589?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Sorin Muntean</b></sub>](https://github.com/sxn)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=sxn "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=sxn "Tests") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=sxn "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1970063?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Keith Gunn</b></sub>](https://github.com/gunnx)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Agunnx "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=gunnx "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=gunnx "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1019478?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Joe Martella</b></sub>](http://martellaj.github.io)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Amartellaj "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=martellaj "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=martellaj "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1887854?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Martin Segado</b></sub>](https://github.com/msegado)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=msegado "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36491?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Bram Borggreve</b></sub>](http://colmena.io/)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Abeeman "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=beeman "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/86454?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Elijah Manor</b></sub>](http://elijahmanor.com)<br />[📹](#video-elijahmanor "Videos") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10691183?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Ragu Ramaswamy</b></sub>](https://github.com/rrag)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=rrag "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=rrag "Tests") [🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Arrag "Bug reports") |
 | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2915616?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Erik Fox</b></sub>](http://www.erikfox.co/)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Aerikfox "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=erikfox "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=erikfox "Documentation") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=erikfox "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5351262?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Aditya Pratap Singh</b></sub>](http://blog.adityapsingh.com)<br />[👀](#review-addityasingh "Reviewed Pull Requests") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7687132?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>bumbleblym</b></sub>](https://github.com/bumbleblym)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=bumbleblym "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=bumbleblym "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7091543?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Islam Attrash</b></sub>](https://twitter.com/IslamAttrash)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=Attrash-Islam "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7215306?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>JasonSooter</b></sub>](https://github.com/JasonSooter)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=JasonSooter "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/116871?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Nate Cavanaugh</b></sub>](http://alterform.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=natecavanaugh "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/3534924?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Wissam Abirached</b></sub>](https://designingforscale.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=wabirached "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=wabirached "Tests") |
 | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/12592677?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Paweł Mikołajczyk</b></sub>](https://github.com/Miklet)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=Miklet "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=Miklet "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1295580?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Kyle Welch</b></sub>](http://www.krwelch.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=kwelch "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=kwelch "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/22868432?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Lufty Wiranda</b></sub>](http://instagram.com/luftywiranda13)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=luftywiranda13 "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars6.githubusercontent.com/u/2936644?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Bhargav Ponnapalli</b></sub>](http://imbhargav5.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=imbhargav5 "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1538572?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>falieson</b></sub>](https://github.com/Falieson)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=Falieson "Documentation") [🔧](#tool-Falieson "Tools") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/22251956?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Suhas Karanth</b></sub>](https://github.com/sudo-suhas)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Asudo-suhas "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=sudo-suhas "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/1228867?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Eric Skram</b></sub>](http://www.ericskram.com)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=Vpr99 "Documentation") |
-| [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/11901111?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Kether Saturnius</b></sub>](http://www.k3th3r.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=iamkether "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=iamkether "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2536916?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Sviatoslav</b></sub>](https://github.com/SleepWalker)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3ASleepWalker "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=SleepWalker "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1470998?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Wei Wang</b></sub>](https://github.com/onlywei)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=onlywei "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1393142?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Sami Jaber</b></sub>](http://twitter.com/samjabz)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Asamijaber "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=samijaber "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/28313487?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Florian Löchle</b></sub>](https://github.com/schottilol)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=schottilol "Code") |
+| [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/11901111?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Kether Saturnius</b></sub>](http://www.k3th3r.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=iamkether "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=iamkether "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2536916?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Sviatoslav</b></sub>](https://github.com/SleepWalker)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3ASleepWalker "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=SleepWalker "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1470998?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Wei Wang</b></sub>](https://github.com/onlywei)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=onlywei "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1393142?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Sami Jaber</b></sub>](http://twitter.com/samjabz)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/issues?q=author%3Asamijaber "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=samijaber "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/28313487?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Florian Löchle</b></sub>](https://github.com/schottilol)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=schottilol "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/15851351?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Kevin J</b></sub>](https://github.com/kevjin)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/p-s/commits?author=kevjin "Code") |
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
 
 This project follows the [all-contributors][all-contributors] specification.
diff --git a/cli-test/__tests__/__snapshots__/cli.js.snap b/cli-test/__tests__/__snapshots__/cli.js.snap
index 1faf1e6..281a8e5 100644
--- a/cli-test/__tests__/__snapshots__/cli.js.snap
+++ b/cli-test/__tests__/__snapshots__/cli.js.snap
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ log
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`with --silent 1`] = `
+exports[`with silent option set true 1`] = `
 Object {
   "stderr": "",
-  "stdout": "test script
+  "stdout": "silent
 ",
 }
 `;
diff --git a/cli-test/__tests__/cli.js b/cli-test/__tests__/cli.js
index c3c548e..3c89aa2 100644
--- a/cli-test/__tests__/cli.js
+++ b/cli-test/__tests__/cli.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ test('with config with default script', () =>
 test('with a missing config', () =>
   snapshot('-c ./something-that-does-not-exist.js'))
 
-test('with --silent', () => snapshot('test --silent'))
+test('with silent option set true', () =>
+  snapshot('-c ./package-script-silent.js'))
 
 test('with --require', () =>
   snapshot('--config ./es6-package-scripts.js --require babel-register log'))
diff --git a/cli-test/__tests__/fixtures/package-script-silent.js b/cli-test/__tests__/fixtures/package-script-silent.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4f88ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli-test/__tests__/fixtures/package-script-silent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module.exports = {
+    scripts: {
+      default: 'echo "silent"',
+    },
+    options: {
+        silent: true,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/bin/nps.js b/src/bin/nps.js
index 4647a3d..ff2615b 100755
--- a/src/bin/nps.js
+++ b/src/bin/nps.js
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ if (argv && psConfig) {
   runPackageScript({
     scriptConfig: psConfig.scripts,
     scripts: argv._,
-    options: merge(psConfig.options, {
-      silent: argv.silent,
-      logLevel: argv.logLevel,
-      scripts: argv.scripts,
-    }),
+    options: merge(
+      {
+        silent: argv.silent,
+        logLevel: argv.logLevel,
+        scripts: argv.scripts,
+      },
+      psConfig.options,
+    ),
   }).then(
     () => {
       // make this explicit
@@ -25,11 +28,16 @@ if (argv && psConfig) {
       process.exitCode = 0
     },
     error => {
-      const logLevel = getLogLevel({
-        silent: argv.silent,
-        logLevel: argv.logLevel,
-        scripts: argv.scripts,
-      })
+      const logLevel = getLogLevel(
+        merge(
+          {
+            silent: argv.silent,
+            logLevel: argv.logLevel,
+            scripts: argv.scripts,
+          },
+          psConfig.options,
+        ),
+      )
       const log = getLogger(logLevel)
       log.error(error)
       process.exitCode = error.code || FAIL_CODE