diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7d7de4..0191f63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use like:
 ```js
 import detectEslintConfig from 'detect-eslint-config'
 
-const hasEslintConfig = detectEslintConfig('dog/face')
+const hasEslintConfig = !!detectEslintConfig('dog/face')
 
 if (hasEslintConfig) {
   console.log('we have found an eslint config for this project')
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 7c7bd9b..416be5c 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-var ref = require('path');
-var dirname = ref.dirname;
-var resolve = ref.resolve;
+var path = require('path')
 
-var ref$1 = require('fs');
-var existsSync = ref$1.existsSync;
-var lstatSync = ref$1.lstatSync;
+var ref = require('fs');
+var existsSync = ref.existsSync;
+var statSync = ref.statSync;
 
 var PACKAGE_JSON = 'package.json'
 
@@ -14,22 +12,28 @@ var ESLINT_FILES =
 
 var ESLINT_NODE = 'eslintConfig'
 
-var isDirectory = function (file) { return lstatSync(file).isDirectory(); }
-var isRoot = function (directory) { return directory === resolve(directory, '..'); }
+var isDirectory = function (file) { return statSync(file).isDirectory(); }
+var isRoot = function (directory) { return directory === path.resolve(directory, '..'); }
+var createResolver = function (directory) { return function (file) { return path.resolve(directory, file); }; }
+var dirname = path.dirname;
 
 module.exports = function detectEslintConfig (file) {
   var directory = isDirectory(file) ? file : dirname(file)
 
+  var resolve = createResolver(directory)
+
   if (isRoot(directory)) { return false }
 
-  var packageJson = resolve(directory, PACKAGE_JSON)
+  var packageJson = resolve(PACKAGE_JSON)
 
-  var eslintFileDetected = !!ESLINT_FILES.find(function (eslintFile) { return existsSync(resolve(directory, eslintFile)); }
+  var detectedFile = ESLINT_FILES.find(function (eslintFile) { return existsSync(resolve(eslintFile)); }
   )
 
   if (existsSync(packageJson)) {
-    return eslintFileDetected || !!require(packageJson)[ESLINT_NODE]
+    return (detectedFile && resolve(detectedFile)) ||
+      (require(packageJson)[ESLINT_NODE] && packageJson)
   }
 
-  return eslintFileDetected || detectEslintConfig(resolve(directory, '..'))
+  return (detectedFile && resolve(detectedFile)) ||
+    detectEslintConfig(resolve('..'))
 }
diff --git a/source/index.js b/source/index.js
index 8a088f8..73bdf1b 100644
--- a/source/index.js
+++ b/source/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const {dirname, resolve} = require('path')
+const path = require('path')
 
-const {existsSync, lstatSync} = require('fs')
+const {existsSync, statSync} = require('fs')
 
 const PACKAGE_JSON = 'package.json'
 
@@ -10,23 +10,29 @@ const ESLINT_FILES =
 
 const ESLINT_NODE = 'eslintConfig'
 
-const isDirectory = file => lstatSync(file).isDirectory()
-const isRoot = directory => directory === resolve(directory, '..')
+const isDirectory = file => statSync(file).isDirectory()
+const isRoot = directory => directory === path.resolve(directory, '..')
+const createResolver = directory => file => path.resolve(directory, file)
+const {dirname} = path
 
 module.exports = function detectEslintConfig (file) {
   const directory = isDirectory(file) ? file : dirname(file)
 
-  if (isRoot(directory)) return false
+  const resolve = createResolver(directory)
 
-  const packageJson = resolve(directory, PACKAGE_JSON)
+  if (isRoot(directory)) return null
 
-  const eslintFileDetected = !!ESLINT_FILES.find(eslintFile =>
-    existsSync(resolve(directory, eslintFile))
+  const packageJson = resolve(PACKAGE_JSON)
+
+  const detectedFile = ESLINT_FILES.find(eslintFile =>
+    existsSync(resolve(eslintFile))
   )
 
   if (existsSync(packageJson)) {
-    return eslintFileDetected || !!require(packageJson)[ESLINT_NODE]
+    return (detectedFile && resolve(detectedFile)) ||
+      (require(packageJson)[ESLINT_NODE] && packageJson)
   }
 
-  return eslintFileDetected || detectEslintConfig(resolve(directory, '..'))
+  return (detectedFile && resolve(detectedFile)) ||
+    detectEslintConfig(resolve('..'))
 }
diff --git a/tests/index.js b/tests/index.js
index 0457bdc..9de32da 100644
--- a/tests/index.js
+++ b/tests/index.js
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ const detectConfig = require('../dist')
 it('correctly detects eslint config in a package.json', tape => {
   const hasConfig = detectConfig(`${__dirname}/packagejson/beak.js`)
   tape.plan(1)
-  tape.equal(hasConfig, true)
+  tape.equal(!!hasConfig, true)
   tape.end()
 })
 
 it('correctly detects eslint config in a project root', tape => {
   const hasConfig = detectConfig(`${__dirname}/root/index.js`)
   tape.plan(1)
-  tape.equal(hasConfig, true)
+  tape.equal(!!hasConfig, true)
   tape.end()
 })
 
@@ -19,20 +19,34 @@ it('correctly detects eslint config in a subdirectory', tape => {
   const hasConfig =
     detectConfig(`${__dirname}/subdirectory/help-me/charlie/index.js`)
   tape.plan(1)
-  tape.equal(hasConfig, true)
+  tape.equal(!!hasConfig, true)
   tape.end()
 })
 
 it('returns false if no eslint config is detected', tape => {
   const hasConfig = detectConfig(`${__dirname}/none/pineapples.js`)
   tape.plan(1)
-  tape.equal(hasConfig, false)
+  tape.equal(!!hasConfig, false)
   tape.end()
 })
 
 it('works if you specify a directory', tape => {
   const hasConfig = detectConfig(`${__dirname}/root/`)
   tape.plan(1)
-  tape.equal(hasConfig, true)
+  tape.equal(!!hasConfig, true)
+  tape.end()
+})
+
+it('returns the path to the file', tape => {
+  const hasConfig = detectConfig(`${__dirname}/root/index.js`)
+  tape.plan(1)
+  tape.equal(hasConfig.endsWith('root/.eslintrc.json'), true)
+  tape.end()
+})
+
+it('returns the path to the package.json', tape => {
+  const hasConfig = detectConfig(`${__dirname}/packagejson/beak.js`)
+  tape.plan(1)
+  tape.equal(hasConfig.endsWith('packagejson/package.json'), true)
   tape.end()
 })