diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 40a3612..70dcf88 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/markbates/refresh/refresh"
@@ -14,7 +15,10 @@ func init() {
 var initCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "init",
 	Short: "generates a default configuration file for you.",
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		// Do not report errors as wrong usage
+		cmd.SilenceUsage = true
+
 		c := refresh.Configuration{
 			AppRoot:            ".",
 			IgnoredFolders:     []string{"vendor", "log", "logs", "tmp", "node_modules", "bin", "templates"},
@@ -27,6 +31,16 @@ var initCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			CommandEnv:         []string{},
 			EnableColors:       true,
 		}
-		c.Dump(cfgFile)
+
+		if cfgFile == "" {
+			cfgFile = "refresh.yml"
+		}
+
+		_, err := os.Stat(cfgFile)
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("config file %q already exists, skipping init", cfgFile)
+		}
+
+		return c.Dump(cfgFile)
 	},
 }
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index c3b99e2..66582cc 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		fmt.Printf("Refresh (%s)\n\n", Version)
 	},
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		Run(cfgFile)
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		return Run(cfgFile)
 	},
 }
 
 func Execute() {
 	if err := RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
 		os.Exit(-1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/run.go b/cmd/run.go
index 5729274..673805f 100644
--- a/cmd/run.go
+++ b/cmd/run.go
@@ -26,18 +26,17 @@ var runCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
-func Run(cfgFile string) {
+func Run(cfgFile string) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	RunWithContext(cfgFile, ctx)
+	return RunWithContext(cfgFile, ctx)
 }
 
-func RunWithContext(cfgFile string, ctx context.Context) {
+func RunWithContext(cfgFile string, ctx context.Context) error {
 	c := &refresh.Configuration{}
 
 	if err := loadConfig(c, cfgFile); err != nil {
 		if err != ErrConfigNotExist {
-			log.Fatalln(err)
-			os.Exit(-1)
+			return err
 		}
 
 		log.Println("No configuration loaded, proceeding with defaults")
@@ -52,10 +51,7 @@ func RunWithContext(cfgFile string, ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	r := refresh.NewWithContext(c, ctx)
-	if err := r.Start(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalln(err)
-		os.Exit(-1)
-	}
+	return r.Start()
 }
 
 func loadConfig(c *refresh.Configuration, path string) error {