diff --git a/.wwhrd.yml b/.wwhrd.yml
index 611b586..47ee588 100644
--- a/.wwhrd.yml
+++ b/.wwhrd.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-blacklist:
+denylist:
   - GPL-2.0
 
-whitelist:
+allowlist:
   - Apache-2.0
   - MIT
   - ISC
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5ce0d9..27fb7a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ brew install frapposelli/tap/wwhrd
 
 Configuration for `wwhrd` is stored in `.wwhrd.yml` at the root of the repo you want to check.
 
-The format is borrowed from [Anderson](https://github.com/xoebus/anderson) and it's 1:1 compatible (just run `wwhrd check -f .anderson.yml`).
+The format is compatible with [Anderson](https://github.com/xoebus/anderson), just run `wwhrd check -f .anderson.yml`.
 
 ```yaml
 ---
-blacklist:
+denylist:
   - GPL-2.0
 
-whitelist:
+allowlist:
   - Apache-2.0
   - MIT
 
diff --git a/cli.go b/cli.go
index b8e2f22..9667cc1 100644
--- a/cli.go
+++ b/cli.go
@@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ func (c *Check) Execute(args []string) error {
 
 	// Make a map out of the blacklist
 	blacklist := make(map[string]bool)
-	for _, v := range t.Blacklist {
+	for _, v := range t.Denylist {
 		blacklist[v] = true
 	}
 
 	// Make a map out of the whitelist
 	whitelist := make(map[string]bool)
-	for _, v := range t.Whitelist {
+	for _, v := range t.Allowlist {
 		whitelist[v] = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index c814381..dab68d7 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -5,19 +5,36 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
+type OldConfig struct {
+	Allowlist  []string `yaml:"whitelist"`
+	Denylist   []string `yaml:"blacklist"`
+	Exceptions []string `yaml:"exceptions"`
+}
+
 type Config struct {
-	Whitelist  []string `yaml:"whitelist"`
-	Blacklist  []string `yaml:"blacklist"`
+	Allowlist  []string `yaml:"allowlist"`
+	Denylist   []string `yaml:"denylist"`
 	Exceptions []string `yaml:"exceptions"`
 }
 
 func ReadConfig(config []byte) (*Config, error) {
 
 	t := Config{}
-	var err error
-	if err = yaml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(config)).Decode(&t); err != nil {
+	old := OldConfig{}
+
+	// Parse new format
+	if err := yaml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(config)).Decode(&t); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Parse old format
+	if err := yaml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(config)).Decode(&old); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	t.Allowlist = append(t.Allowlist, old.Allowlist...)
+	t.Denylist = append(t.Denylist, old.Denylist...)
+	t.Exceptions = append(t.Exceptions, old.Exceptions...)
+
 	return &t, nil
 }
diff --git a/wwhrd_test.go b/wwhrd_test.go
index 14d1d88..a4dec38 100644
--- a/wwhrd_test.go
+++ b/wwhrd_test.go
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ func TestCliCommandsErrors(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var mockConf = `---
-whitelist:
+allowlist:
   - BSD-3-Clause
 `
 
 var mockConfBL = `---
-blacklist:
+denylist:
   - BSD-3-Clause
 `