diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 7e22289..a76f758 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ nfpms:
   - license: MIT
     maintainer: Alex Goodman
     homepage: https://github.com/wagoodman/dive/
+    description: "A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image"
     formats:
       - rpm
       - deb
diff --git a/cmd/analyze.go b/cmd/analyze.go
index 433a717..c0491ad 100644
--- a/cmd/analyze.go
+++ b/cmd/analyze.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"github.com/wagoodman/dive/runtime"
 )
 
@@ -47,13 +48,13 @@ func doAnalyzeCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	sourceType, imageStr = dive.DeriveImageSource(userImage)
 
 	if sourceType == dive.SourceUnknown {
-		sourceStr, err := cmd.PersistentFlags().GetString("source")
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("unable to determine image source: %v\n", err)
+		sourceStr := viper.GetString("source")
+		sourceType = dive.ParseImageSource(sourceStr)
+		if sourceType == dive.SourceUnknown {
+			fmt.Printf("unable to determine image source: %v\n", sourceStr)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
-		sourceType = dive.ParseImageSource(sourceStr)
 		imageStr = userImage
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index b6e35f4..6f71497 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ func initCli() {
 
 // initConfig reads in config file and ENV variables if set.
 func initConfig() {
+	var err error
+
 	viper.SetDefault("log.level", log.InfoLevel.String())
 	viper.SetDefault("log.path", "./dive.log")
 	viper.SetDefault("log.enabled", false)
@@ -102,6 +104,12 @@ func initConfig() {
 	viper.SetDefault("container-engine", "docker")
 	viper.SetDefault("ignore-errors", false)
 
+	err = viper.BindPFlag("source", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("source"))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	viper.SetEnvPrefix("DIVE")
 	// replace all - with _ when looking for matching environment variables
 	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer("-", "_"))
@@ -115,7 +123,7 @@ func initConfig() {
 	} else {
 		viper.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
 	}
-	err := viper.ReadInConfig()
+	err = viper.ReadInConfig()
 	if err == nil {
 		fmt.Println("Using config file:", viper.ConfigFileUsed())
 	} else if cfgFile != "" {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b96e5af..1a40852 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/wagoodman/keybinding v0.0.0-20181213133715-6a824da6df05
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190907121410-71b5226ff739
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190827160401-ba9fcec4b297
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190907184412-d223b2b6db03 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200212091648-12a6c2dcc1e4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190620144150-6af8c5fc6601 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.21.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5186a53..8573edc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190507160741-ecd444e8653b/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190907184412-d223b2b6db03 h1:b3JiLYVaG9kHjTcOQIoUh978YMCO7oVTQQBLudU47zY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190907184412-d223b2b6db03/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200212091648-12a6c2dcc1e4 h1:sfkvUWPNGwSV+8/fNqctR5lS2AqCSqYwXdrjCxp/dXo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200212091648-12a6c2dcc1e4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 h1:tW2bmiBqwgJj/UpqtC8EpXEZVYOwU0yG4iWbprSVAcs=