diff --git a/cmd/git-sv/config.go b/cmd/git-sv/config.go
index 7e84068..4bbd0e2 100644
--- a/cmd/git-sv/config.go
+++ b/cmd/git-sv/config.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func readConfig(filepath string) (Config, error) {
 func defaultConfig() Config {
 	skipDetached := false
 	return Config{
-		Version: "1.0",
+		Version: "1.1",
 		Versioning: sv.VersioningConfig{
 			UpdateMajor:   []string{},
 			UpdateMinor:   []string{"feat"},
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ func (t *mergeTransformer) Transformer(typ reflect.Type) func(dst, src reflect.V
 	return nil
 }
 
-func migrateConfig(cfg Config) Config {
+func migrateConfig(cfg Config, filename string) Config {
 	if cfg.ReleaseNotes.Headers == nil {
 		return cfg
 	}
-	warnf("config 'release-notes.headers' is deprecated, please use 'sections' instead!")
+	warnf("config 'release-notes.headers' on %s is deprecated, please use 'sections' instead!", filename)
 
 	return Config{
 		Version:    cfg.Version,
diff --git a/cmd/git-sv/main.go b/cmd/git-sv/main.go
index 6ecc1bf..b2a4a02 100644
--- a/cmd/git-sv/main.go
+++ b/cmd/git-sv/main.go
@@ -171,15 +171,17 @@ func loadCfg(repoPath string) Config {
 
 	envCfg := loadEnvConfig()
 	if envCfg.Home != "" {
-		if homeCfg, err := readConfig(filepath.Join(envCfg.Home, configFilename)); err == nil {
-			if merr := merge(&cfg, homeCfg); merr != nil {
+		homeCfgFilepath := filepath.Join(envCfg.Home, configFilename)
+		if homeCfg, err := readConfig(homeCfgFilepath); err == nil {
+			if merr := merge(&cfg, migrateConfig(homeCfg, homeCfgFilepath)); merr != nil {
 				log.Fatal("failed to merge user config, error: ", merr)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	if repoCfg, err := readConfig(filepath.Join(repoPath, repoConfigFilename)); err == nil {
-		if merr := merge(&cfg, repoCfg); merr != nil {
+	repoCfgFilepath := filepath.Join(repoPath, repoConfigFilename)
+	if repoCfg, err := readConfig(repoCfgFilepath); err == nil {
+		if merr := merge(&cfg, migrateConfig(repoCfg, repoCfgFilepath)); merr != nil {
 			log.Fatal("failed to merge repo config, error: ", merr)
 		}
 		if len(repoCfg.ReleaseNotes.Headers) > 0 { // mergo is merging maps, headers will be overwritten
diff --git a/sv/config.go b/sv/config.go
index 65d1679..af19378 100644
--- a/sv/config.go
+++ b/sv/config.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ type TagConfig struct {
 
 // ReleaseNotesConfig release notes preferences.
 type ReleaseNotesConfig struct {
-	Headers  map[string]string           `yaml:"headers"`
+	Headers  map[string]string           `yaml:"headers,omitempty"`
 	Sections []ReleaseNotesSectionConfig `yaml:"sections"`
 }
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (cfg ReleaseNotesConfig) sectionConfig(sectionType string) *ReleaseNotesSec
 type ReleaseNotesSectionConfig struct {
 	Name        string   `yaml:"name"`
 	SectionType string   `yaml:"section-type"`
-	CommitTypes []string `yaml:"commit-types"`
+	CommitTypes []string `yaml:"commit-types,flow,omitempty"`
 }
 
 const (