diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 39b7e482..0b6ce368 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ dependencies {
     // detekt
     compile 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-core:1.0.0.RC3'
     compile 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-rules:1.0.0.RC3'
+    // dependency only for obtaining default configuration
+    compile 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-cli:1.0.0.RC3'
 
     // Test dependencies
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.11'
diff --git a/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/detekt/DetektProcessor.java b/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/detekt/DetektProcessor.java
index e4809766..99007352 100644
--- a/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/detekt/DetektProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/detekt/DetektProcessor.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Config;
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Detektion;
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.YamlConfig;
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.cli.ClasspathResourceConverter;
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.core.DetektFacade;
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.core.Detektor;
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.core.PathFilter;
@@ -70,13 +71,24 @@ private String buildCommonPathAsFilePrefix(String commonPath) {
 
     @NotNull
     private Detektor buildDetector(String commonPath) {
-        Path configPath = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(configuration.getProperty(GeneralOption.DETEKT_CONFIG_FILE));
-        Config config = YamlConfig.Companion.load(configPath);
+        String configFilename = configuration.getProperty(GeneralOption.DETEKT_CONFIG_FILE);
+        Config config;
+        if (configFilename != null) {
+            Path configPath = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(configFilename);
+            config = YamlConfig.Companion.load(configPath);
+        } else {
+            config = loadDefaultConfig();
+        }
         ProcessingSettings processingSettings = new ProcessingSettings(FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(commonPath), config, new ArrayList<PathFilter>(), false, false, new ArrayList<Path>());
 
         return DetektFacade.INSTANCE.instance(processingSettings, new RuleSetLocator(processingSettings).load(), Arrays.asList(new LoggingFileProcessor()));
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    private Config loadDefaultConfig() {
+        return YamlConfig.Companion.loadResource(new ClasspathResourceConverter().convert("default-detekt-config.yml"));
+    }
+
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public String getName() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/detekt/DetektProcessorTest.java b/src/test/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/detekt/DetektProcessorTest.java
index 6989d9d2..09b6de41 100644
--- a/src/test/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/detekt/DetektProcessorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/pl/touk/sputnik/processor/detekt/DetektProcessorTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public class DetektProcessorTest {
-    private static final String CONFIGURATION_WITH_KTLINT_ENABLED = "detekt/configuration/configurationWithEnabledDetekt.properties";
+    private static final String CONFIGURATION_WITH_KTLINT_ENABLED_AND_WITH_DETEKT_CONFIG_FILE = "detekt/configuration/configurationWithEnabledDetektAndDetektConfigFile.properties";
+    private static final String CONFIGURATION_WITH_KTLINT_ENABLED_AND_WITHOUT_DETEKT_CONFIG_FILE = "detekt/configuration/configurationWithEnabledDetektAndWithoutDetektConfigFile.properties";
 
     private static final String VIOLATIONS_1 = "src/test/resources/detekt/testFiles/Violations1.kt";
     private static final String VIOLATIONS_2 = "src/test/resources/detekt/testFiles/sub/Violations2.kt";
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public class DetektProcessorTest {
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
-        config = ConfigurationBuilder.initFromResource(CONFIGURATION_WITH_KTLINT_ENABLED);
+        config = ConfigurationBuilder.initFromResource(CONFIGURATION_WITH_KTLINT_ENABLED_AND_WITH_DETEKT_CONFIG_FILE);
         sut = new DetektProcessor(config);
     }
 
@@ -87,6 +88,18 @@ public void shouldReturnNoViolationsForEmptyReview() {
         assertThat(result.getViolations()).isEmpty();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldProcessReviewsOnDefaultConfig() {
+        Configuration configWithoutDetektConfigFile =
+                ConfigurationBuilder.initFromResource(CONFIGURATION_WITH_KTLINT_ENABLED_AND_WITHOUT_DETEKT_CONFIG_FILE);
+        Review review = getReview(VIOLATIONS_1, VIOLATIONS_2, VIOLATIONS_3, REVIEW_GROOVY_FILE);
+
+        DetektProcessor detektProcessor = new DetektProcessor(configWithoutDetektConfigFile);
+        ReviewResult result = detektProcessor.process(review);
+
+        assertThat(result).isNotNull();
+    }
+
     private Review getReview(String... filePaths) {
         List<ReviewFile> files = new ArrayList<>();
         for (String filePath : filePaths) {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/detekt/configuration/configurationWithEnabledDetekt.properties b/src/test/resources/detekt/configuration/configurationWithEnabledDetektAndDetektConfigFile.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/resources/detekt/configuration/configurationWithEnabledDetekt.properties
rename to src/test/resources/detekt/configuration/configurationWithEnabledDetektAndDetektConfigFile.properties
diff --git a/src/test/resources/detekt/configuration/configurationWithEnabledDetektAndWithoutDetektConfigFile.properties b/src/test/resources/detekt/configuration/configurationWithEnabledDetektAndWithoutDetektConfigFile.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02d4c41c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/detekt/configuration/configurationWithEnabledDetektAndWithoutDetektConfigFile.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+detekt.enabled=true