diff --git a/src/config.cc b/src/config.cc
index a50ade1..422e567 100644
--- a/src/config.cc
+++ b/src/config.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void MainConfig::read() {
     retrieve_config();
   }
   catch(const std::exception &e) {
-    Singleton::terminal()->print("Error reading "+config_json + "config.json: "+e.what()+"\n");
+    Singleton::terminal()->print("Error reading "+config_json+": "+e.what()+"\n");
     std::stringstream ss;
     ss << configjson;
     boost::property_tree::read_json(ss, cfg);
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ void MainConfig::retrieve_config() {
   Singleton::Config::window()->default_size = {cfg.get<int>("default_window_size.width"), cfg.get<int>("default_window_size.height")};
   Singleton::Config::terminal()->make_command=cfg.get<std::string>("project.make_command");
   Singleton::Config::terminal()->cmake_command=cfg.get<std::string>("project.cmake_command");
+  Singleton::Config::terminal()->clang_format_command=cfg.get<std::string>("project.clang_format_command", "clang-format");
   Singleton::Config::terminal()->history_size=cfg.get<int>("terminal_history_size");
 }
 
@@ -162,6 +163,8 @@ void MainConfig::GenerateDirectoryFilter() {
   boost::property_tree::ptree dir_json = cfg.get_child("directoryfilter");
   boost::property_tree::ptree ignore_json = dir_json.get_child("ignore");
   boost::property_tree::ptree except_json = dir_json.get_child("exceptions");
+  dir_cfg->exceptions.clear();
+  dir_cfg->ignored.clear();
   for ( auto &i : except_json )
     dir_cfg->exceptions.emplace_back(i.second.get_value<std::string>());
   for ( auto &i : ignore_json )
diff --git a/src/source_clang.cc b/src/source_clang.cc
index 533d7e7..b47a7ac 100644
--- a/src/source_clang.cc
+++ b/src/source_clang.cc
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ Source::ClangViewAutocomplete(file_path, project_path, language) {
   });
   
   auto_indent=[this]() {
-    std::string command="clang-format";
+    auto command=Singleton::Config::terminal()->clang_format_command;
     unsigned indent_width;
     std::string tab_style;
     if(tab_char=='\t') {
diff --git a/src/terminal.h b/src/terminal.h
index dcd0da9..526fa3f 100644
--- a/src/terminal.h
+++ b/src/terminal.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public:
   public:
     std::string cmake_command;
     std::string make_command;
+    std::string clang_format_command;
     int history_size;
   };
   
diff --git a/src/window.cc b/src/window.cc
index c1a4d56..993e942 100644
--- a/src/window.cc
+++ b/src/window.cc
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ void Window::configure() {
   auto css_provider = Gtk::CssProvider::get_named(Singleton::Config::window()->theme_name, Singleton::Config::window()->theme_variant);
   //TODO: add check if theme exists, or else write error to Singleton::terminal()
   style_context->add_provider_for_screen(screen, css_provider, GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_SETTINGS);
-  
+  if(Singleton::directories() != nullptr) {
+    Singleton::directories()->update();
+  }
   Singleton::menu()->set_keys();
 }