diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index a88928a6..7b391112 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ exports.exec = function(options, done) {
     platoOptions.jshint.options = jshintrc;
 
   } else if (exports.args.e) {
-    json = fs.readFileSync(exports.args.e.value).toString();
-    jshintrc = JSON.parse(util.stripComments(json));
-    platoOptions.eslint = jshintrc;
+    platoOptions.eslint = exports.args.e.value;
   }
 
   plato.inspect(files, outputDir, platoOptions, done);
diff --git a/lib/reporters/eslint/index.js b/lib/reporters/eslint/index.js
index c40275db..24ba101a 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/eslint/index.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/eslint/index.js
@@ -36,8 +36,13 @@ function lint(source, config) {
   // Remove potential Unicode BOM.
   source = source.replace(/^\uFEFF/, "");
 
-  var messages = ESLINT.linter.verify(source, config);
-  results = results.concat(messages);
+  var cli = new ESLINT.CLIEngine({
+      configFile: config
+  });
+  var messages = cli.executeOnText(source);
+
+  if(messages && messages.results && messages.results.length && messages.results[0].messages)
+    results = results.concat(messages.results[0].messages);
 
   return {
     results : results,
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 31e638ae..c823405e 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ exports.stripComments = function (str) {
   /*jshint regexp:false */
   str = str || '';
 
-  var multiline = /\/\*(?:(?!\*\/)|.|\n)*?\*\//g;
+  var multiline = /^[\t\s]*\/\*\*?[^!][\s\S]*?\*\/[\r\n]/gm;
   var singleline = /\/\/.*/g;
 
   return str.replace(multiline, '').replace(singleline, '');
diff --git a/test/fixtures/.eslintrc.json b/test/fixtures/.eslintrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fada95e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/.eslintrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+    "rules": {
+        "indent": [
+            2,
+            4
+        ],
+        "quotes": [
+            2,
+            "single"
+        ],
+        "linebreak-style": [
+            2,
+            "windows"
+        ],
+        "semi": [
+            2,
+            "always"
+        ],
+        "no-console": 0
+    },
+    "env": {
+        "node": true
+    },
+    "extends": "eslint:recommended"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/plato_test.js b/test/plato_test.js
index c0cfaa0c..f1277498 100644
--- a/test/plato_test.js
+++ b/test/plato_test.js
@@ -130,5 +130,23 @@ exports['plato'] = {
       test.ok(overview.summary.total.jshint === 2, 'Should contain total jshint issues');
       test.done();
     });
+  },
+
+  'should run eslint with default config' : function(test) {
+
+    var files = [
+      'test/fixtures/a.js',
+      'test/fixtures/b.js'
+    ];
+
+    test.expect(1);
+
+    plato.inspect(files, null, {
+        eslint: 'test/fixtures/.eslintrc.json'
+    }, function(reports) {
+      var overview = plato.getOverviewReport(reports);
+      test.ok(overview.summary.total.jshint === 8, 'Should contain total eslint issues');
+      test.done();
+    });
   }
 };