diff --git a/src/bin/index.ts b/src/bin/index.ts
index 75ed4e7..d733715 100644
--- a/src/bin/index.ts
+++ b/src/bin/index.ts
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ async function cli(): Promise<number> {
     case 'info': {
       circomkit.log('\n=== Circuit information ===', 'title');
       const info = await circomkit.info(process.argv[3]);
-      circomkit.log(`  # of Wires: ${info.variables}`);
-      circomkit.log(`  # of Constraints: ${info.constraints}`);
-      circomkit.log(`  # of Private Inputs: ${info.privateInputs}`);
-      circomkit.log(`  # of Public Inputs: ${info.publicInputs}`);
-      circomkit.log(`  # of Labels: ${info.labels}`);
-      circomkit.log(`  # of Outputs: ${info.outputs}`);
+      circomkit.log(`Number of of Wires: ${info.variables}`);
+      circomkit.log(`Number of Constraints: ${info.constraints}`);
+      circomkit.log(`Number of Private Inputs: ${info.privateInputs}`);
+      circomkit.log(`Number of Public Inputs: ${info.publicInputs}`);
+      circomkit.log(`Number of Labels: ${info.labels}`);
+      circomkit.log(`Number of Outputs: ${info.outputs}`);
       break;
     }
 
@@ -142,12 +142,12 @@ async function cli(): Promise<number> {
       circomkit.log('\n=== Initializing project ===', 'title');
       const baseDir = process.argv[3] || '.';
       await Promise.all(
-        [initFiles.circuit, initFiles.circuits, initFiles.input, initFiles.tests].map(item => {
+        Object.values(initFiles).map(item => {
           const path = `${baseDir}/${item.dir}/${item.name}`;
           if (!existsSync(path)) {
             mkdirSync(`${baseDir}/${item.dir}`, {recursive: true});
             writeFileSync(path, item.content);
-            circomkit.log('Created: ' + path, 'success');
+            circomkit.log('Created: ' + path);
           } else {
             circomkit.log(path + ' exists, skipping.', 'error');
           }
diff --git a/src/circomkit.ts b/src/circomkit.ts
index d05cdd3..a4bdb18 100644
--- a/src/circomkit.ts
+++ b/src/circomkit.ts
@@ -46,11 +46,8 @@ export class Circomkit {
   readonly config: CircomkitConfig;
 
   constructor(overrides: Partial<CircomkitConfig> = {}) {
-    // override default options, if any
-    const config: CircomkitConfig = {
-      ...defaultConfig,
-      ...overrides,
-    };
+    // override default options with the user-provided ones
+    const config: CircomkitConfig = Object.assign({}, overrides, defaultConfig);
 
     // sanitize
     this.config = config;
diff --git a/src/utils/initFiles.ts b/src/utils/initFiles.ts
index 6f3b033..6b7dc7b 100644
--- a/src/utils/initFiles.ts
+++ b/src/utils/initFiles.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  */
 export const initFiles = {
   circuit: {
-    dir: './circuits',
+    dir: 'circuits',
     name: 'multiplier.circom',
     content: `pragma circom 2.0.0;
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ template Multiplier(N) {
 }`,
   },
   input: {
-    dir: './inputs/multiplier_3',
+    dir: 'inputs/multiplier_3',
     name: '80.json',
     content: `{
   "in": [2, 4, 10]
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ template Multiplier(N) {
 `,
   },
   tests: {
-    dir: './tests',
+    dir: 'tests',
     name: 'multiplier.test.ts',
     content: `import { WasmTester } from "circomkit";