diff --git a/features/config.feature b/features/config.feature
index 4e9f66a..e5b6cf2 100644
--- a/features/config.feature
+++ b/features/config.feature
@@ -20,3 +20,24 @@ Feature: Config
     When I compile my site
     Then my compiled site should have the file "index.html"
       And this file should contain the content node "span|http://hello-world.com"
+
+  Scenario: Compass config.rb files should not be parsed when loading configs
+    Given some files with values:
+      | file       | body |
+      | config.yml | production_url: 'http://hello-world.com' |
+      | config.rb  | this is not YML data |
+      | _root/index.html | <span>{{ urls.production_url }}</span> |
+    When I compile my site
+    Then my compiled site should have the file "index.html"
+      And this file should contain the content node "span|http://hello-world.com"
+
+  Scenario: Config files are properly loaded from subdirectories
+    Given some files with values:
+      | file       | body |
+      | config.rb  | this is not YML data |
+      | template/config.yml | production_url: 'http://hello-world.com' |
+      | template/config.rb  | this is not YML data |
+      | _root/index.html | <span>{{ urls.production_url }}</span> |
+    When I compile my site
+    Then my compiled site should have the file "index.html"
+      And this file should contain the content node "span|http://hello-world.com"
diff --git a/features/support/helpers.rb b/features/support/helpers.rb
index 2e5050d..b8a4642 100644
--- a/features/support/helpers.rb
+++ b/features/support/helpers.rb
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ def this_compiled_file
 
 After do
   FileUtils.remove_dir(SampleSitePath,1) if Dir.exists? SampleSitePath
-end
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+end
diff --git a/lib/ruhoh/cascade.rb b/lib/ruhoh/cascade.rb
index be64174..07e45b5 100644
--- a/lib/ruhoh/cascade.rb
+++ b/lib/ruhoh/cascade.rb
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ def find_file(key)
     def merge_data_file(key)
       realpaths = []
       paths.map{ |a| a['path'] }.each do |path|
-        FileUtils.cd(path) { 
-          match = Dir["*"].find { |id|
+        FileUtils.cd(path) {
+          Dir["*"].find_all { |id|
             File.exist?(id) &&
               FileTest.file?(id) &&
                 id.gsub(/.[^.]+$/, '') == key
+          }.each { |match|
+            realpaths << File.realpath(match)
           }
-          next unless match
-          realpaths << File.realpath(match)
         }
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/ruhoh/config.rb b/lib/ruhoh/config.rb
index aa347c7..6822a13 100644
--- a/lib/ruhoh/config.rb
+++ b/lib/ruhoh/config.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def collections_config
       data = {}
       @ruhoh.cascade.paths.map{ |a| a['path'] }.each do |path|
         FileUtils.cd(path) { 
-          Dir["*/config.*"].each { |id|
+          Dir["*/config.{yml,yaml,json}"].each { |id|
             next unless File.exist?(id) && FileTest.file?(id)
             data = Ruhoh::Utils.deep_merge(data, (Ruhoh::Parse.data_file(File.realpath(id)) || {}))
           }
diff --git a/lib/ruhoh/parse.rb b/lib/ruhoh/parse.rb
index 9598a82..6c0bd54 100644
--- a/lib/ruhoh/parse.rb
+++ b/lib/ruhoh/parse.rb
@@ -48,13 +48,21 @@ def self.data_file(*args)
         ["#{ filepath }.json", "#{ filepath }.yml", "#{ filepath }.yaml"].each do |result|
           filepath = path = result and break if File.exist?(result)
         end
-
         return nil unless path
       end
 
       file = File.open(filepath, 'r:UTF-8') { |f| f.read }
 
-      File.extname(filepath) == ".json" ? json(file) : yaml(file)
+      case File.extname(filepath)
+      when ".json"
+        json(file)
+      when ".yml"
+        yaml(file)
+      when ".yaml"
+        yaml(file)
+      else
+        {}
+      end
     end
 
     def self.yaml(file)
@@ -84,4 +92,4 @@ def self.json_for_pages(front_matter, filepath)
       JSON.load(front_matter[0]) || {}
     end
   end
-end
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+end