diff --git a/spec/fixtures/good/.stylelintrc b/spec/fixtures/good/.stylelintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0eb6e7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/good/.stylelintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "block-no-empty": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/ignore-files/.stylelintrc b/spec/fixtures/ignore-files/.stylelintrc
index 22058bad..96d18db3 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/ignore-files/.stylelintrc
+++ b/spec/fixtures/ignore-files/.stylelintrc
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "ignoreFiles": ["styles.css"],
-  "rules": { "block-no-empty": true }
+  "ignoreFiles": [
+    "styles.css"
+  ],
+  "rules": {
+    "block-no-empty": true
+  }
 }
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/invalid/.stylelintrc b/spec/fixtures/invalid/.stylelintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0eb6e7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/invalid/.stylelintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "block-no-empty": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/less/.stylelintrc b/spec/fixtures/less/.stylelintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0eb6e7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/less/.stylelintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "block-no-empty": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/less/stylelint-config-standard.less b/spec/fixtures/less/bad.less
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/fixtures/less/stylelint-config-standard.less
rename to spec/fixtures/less/bad.less
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/postcss/.stylelintrc b/spec/fixtures/postcss/.stylelintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0eb6e7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/postcss/.stylelintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "block-no-empty": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/sugarss/.stylelintrc b/spec/fixtures/sugarss/.stylelintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae0266d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/sugarss/.stylelintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "number-leading-zero": "always"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spec/linter-stylelint-spec.js b/spec/linter-stylelint-spec.js
index b9cfde9a..66b30c6c 100644
--- a/spec/linter-stylelint-spec.js
+++ b/spec/linter-stylelint-spec.js
@@ -4,22 +4,10 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars, import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import { it, fit, wait, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'jasmine-fix';
 
-const badDir = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'bad');
-const configStandardPath = path.join(badDir, 'stylelint-config-standard.css');
-const warn = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'warn', 'warn.css');
-const good = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'good', 'good.css');
-const ignorePath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'ignore-files', 'styles.css');
-const invalidPath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'invalid', 'invalid.css');
-const invalidRulePath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'invalid-rule', 'styles.css');
-const invalidExtendsPath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'invalid-extends', 'styles.css');
-const invalidConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'invalid-config', 'styles.css');
-const lessDir = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'less');
-const goodLess = path.join(lessDir, 'good.less');
-const configStandardLessPath = path.join(lessDir, 'stylelint-config-standard.less');
-const goodPostCSS = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'postcss', 'styles.pcss');
-const issuesPostCSS = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'postcss', 'issues.pcss');
-const goodSugarSS = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'sugarss', 'good.sss');
-const badSugarSS = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'sugarss', 'bad.sss');
+const fixtures = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
+const configStandardPath = path.join(fixtures, 'bad', 'stylelint-config-standard.css');
+const warningPath = path.join(fixtures, 'warn', 'warn.css');
+const invalidRulePath = path.join(fixtures, 'invalid-rule', 'styles.css');
 
 const blockNoEmpty = 'Unexpected empty block (<a href="http://stylelint.io/user-guide/rules/block-no-empty">block-no-empty</a>)';
 
@@ -28,14 +16,13 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     atom.workspace.destroyActivePaneItem();
-    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', true);
 
     await atom.packages.activatePackage('language-css');
     await atom.packages.activatePackage('linter-stylelint');
   });
 
   it('bundles and works with stylelint-config-standard', async () => {
-    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.disableWhenNoConfig', false);
+    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', true);
     const editor = await atom.workspace.open(configStandardPath);
     const messages = await lint(editor);
     expect(messages.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
@@ -50,8 +37,7 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
   });
 
   it('reports rules set as warnings as a Warning', async () => {
-    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', false);
-    const editor = await atom.workspace.open(warn);
+    const editor = await atom.workspace.open(warningPath);
     const messages = await lint(editor);
 
     expect(messages.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
@@ -66,13 +52,14 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
   });
 
   it('finds nothing wrong with a valid file', async () => {
-    const editor = await atom.workspace.open(good);
+    const goodPath = path.join(fixtures, 'good', 'good.css');
+    const editor = await atom.workspace.open(goodPath);
     const messages = await lint(editor);
     expect(messages.length).toBe(0);
   });
 
   it('shows CSS syntax errors with an invalid file', async () => {
-    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.disableWhenNoConfig', false);
+    const invalidPath = path.join(fixtures, 'invalid', 'invalid.css');
     const editor = await atom.workspace.open(invalidPath);
     const messages = await lint(editor);
     expect(messages.length).toBe(1);
@@ -87,7 +74,6 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
 
   it('shows an error on non-fatal stylelint runtime error', async () => {
     const text = 'Unexpected option value "foo" for rule "block-no-empty"';
-    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', false);
     const editor = await atom.workspace.open(invalidRulePath);
     const messages = await lint(editor);
     expect(messages.length).toBe(1);
@@ -101,7 +87,8 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
   });
 
   it('shows an error notification for a fatal stylelint runtime error', async () => {
-    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', false);
+    const invalidExtendsPath = path.join(fixtures, 'invalid-extends', 'styles.css');
+
     spyOn(atom.notifications, 'addError').andCallFake(() => ({}));
     const addError = atom.notifications.addError;
 
@@ -117,7 +104,8 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
   });
 
   it('shows an error notification with a broken syntax configuration', async () => {
-    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', false);
+    const invalidConfigPath = path.join(fixtures, 'invalid-config', 'styles.css');
+
     spyOn(atom.notifications, 'addError').andCallFake(() => ({}));
     const addError = atom.notifications.addError;
 
@@ -133,7 +121,6 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
   });
 
   it('disables when no configuration file is found', async () => {
-    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.disableWhenNoConfig', true);
     spyOn(atom.notifications, 'addError').andCallFake(() => ({}));
 
     const editor = await atom.workspace.open(configStandardPath);
@@ -143,9 +130,7 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
   });
 
   describe('ignores files when files are specified in ignoreFiles and', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', true);
-    });
+    const ignorePath = path.join(fixtures, 'ignore-files', 'styles.css');
 
     it('shows a message when asked to', async () => {
       atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.showIgnored', true);
@@ -170,35 +155,35 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
   });
 
   it("doesn't persist settings across runs", async () => {
-    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', true);
-    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.disableWhenNoConfig', false);
     // The config for this folder breaks the block-no-empty rule
     const invalidEditor = await atom.workspace.open(invalidRulePath);
     await lint(invalidEditor);
 
     // While this file uses that rule
-    const editor = await atom.workspace.open(configStandardPath);
+    const editor = await atom.workspace.open(warningPath);
     const messages = await lint(editor);
     expect(messages.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 
     // test only the first error
-    expect(messages[0].type).toBe('Error');
-    expect(messages[0].severity).toBe('error');
+    expect(messages[0].type).toBe('Warning');
+    expect(messages[0].severity).toBe('warning');
     expect(messages[0].text).not.toBeDefined();
     expect(messages[0].html).toBe(blockNoEmpty);
-    expect(messages[0].filePath).toBe(configStandardPath);
+    expect(messages[0].filePath).toBe(warningPath);
     expect(messages[0].range).toEqual([[0, 5], [0, 7]]);
   });
 
   describe('works with Less files and', () => {
+    const lessDir = path.join(fixtures, 'less');
+    const goodLess = path.join(lessDir, 'good.less');
+    const badLess = path.join(lessDir, 'bad.less');
+
     beforeEach(async () => {
-      atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', true);
-      atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.disableWhenNoConfig', false);
       await atom.packages.activatePackage('language-less');
     });
 
-    it('works with stylelint-config-standard', async () => {
-      const editor = await atom.workspace.open(configStandardLessPath);
+    it('shows lint messages when found', async () => {
+      const editor = await atom.workspace.open(badLess);
       const messages = await lint(editor);
       expect(messages.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 
@@ -207,7 +192,7 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
       expect(messages[0].severity).toBe('error');
       expect(messages[0].text).not.toBeDefined();
       expect(messages[0].html).toBe(blockNoEmpty);
-      expect(messages[0].filePath).toBe(configStandardLessPath);
+      expect(messages[0].filePath).toBe(badLess);
       expect(messages[0].range).toEqual([[0, 5], [0, 7]]);
     });
 
@@ -219,13 +204,14 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
   });
 
   describe('works with PostCSS files and', () => {
+    const goodPostCSS = path.join(fixtures, 'postcss', 'styles.pcss');
+    const issuesPostCSS = path.join(fixtures, 'postcss', 'issues.pcss');
+
     beforeEach(async () => {
-      atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', true);
-      atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.disableWhenNoConfig', false);
       await atom.packages.activatePackage('language-postcss');
     });
 
-    it('works with stylelint-config-standard', async () => {
+    it('shows lint messages when found', async () => {
       const editor = await atom.workspace.open(issuesPostCSS);
       const messages = await lint(editor);
       expect(messages.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
@@ -247,13 +233,14 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
   });
 
   describe('works with SugarSS files and', () => {
+    const goodSugarSS = path.join(fixtures, 'sugarss', 'good.sss');
+    const badSugarSS = path.join(fixtures, 'sugarss', 'bad.sss');
+
     beforeEach(async () => {
-      atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', true);
-      atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.disableWhenNoConfig', false);
       await atom.packages.activatePackage('language-postcss');
     });
 
-    it('works with stylelint-config-standard', async () => {
+    it('shows lint messages when found', async () => {
       const nlzMessage = 'Expected a leading zero (<a href="http://stylelint.io/user-guide/rules/number-leading-zero">number-leading-zero</a>)';
       const editor = await atom.workspace.open(badSugarSS);
       const messages = await lint(editor);