diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81857255..dd62dad1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ But if you wish to select or exclude specific linters, we give you full control
 | **DEFAULT_WORKSPACE**             | `/tmp/lint`           | The location containing files to lint if you are running locally.                                                                                                                |
 | **DISABLE_ERRORS**                | `false`               | Flag to have the linter complete with exit code 0 even if errors were detected.                                                                                                  |
 | **DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME** | `.hadolint.yml`       | Filename for [hadolint configuration](https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint) (ex: `.hadolintlintrc.yaml`)                                                                         |
-| **EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME**        | `.ecrc`               | Filename for [editorconfig-checker configuration](https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker)                                                                  |
+| **EDITORCONFIG_CHECKER_FILE_NAME**| `.ecrc`               | Filename for [editorconfig-checker configuration](https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker)                                                                  |
 | **ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT**     | `false`               | If set to `false`, the `bash-exec` linter will report a warning if a shell script is not executable. If set to `true`, the `bash-exec` linter will report an arror instead.      |
 | **FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE**          | `none`                | Regular expression defining which files will be excluded from linting  (ex: `.*src/test.*`)                                                                                      |
 | **FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE**          | `all`                 | Regular expression defining which files will be processed by linters (ex: `.*src/.*`)                                                                                            |
diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 86611690..a7bb4881 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ DOCKERFILE_LINTER_RULES="${DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION}/${DOCKERFILE_FILE_NAME}" # Pa
 DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME="${DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME:-.hadolint.yml}"               # Name of the file
 DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_LINTER_RULES="${DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION}/${DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME}" # Path to the Docker lint rules
 # Editorconfig Vars
-EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME="${EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME:-.ecrc}"                       # Name of the file
-EDITORCONFIG_LINTER_RULES="${DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION}/${EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME}" # Path to the Editorconfig lint rules
+EDITORCONFIG_CHECKER_FILE_NAME="${EDITORCONFIG_CHECKER_FILE_NAME:-.ecrc}"               # Name of the file
+EDITORCONFIG_LINTER_RULES="${DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION}/${EDITORCONFIG_CHECKER_FILE_NAME}" # Path to the Editorconfig lint rules
 # Golang Vars
 GO_FILE_NAME='.golangci.yml'                                # Name of the file
 GO_LINTER_RULES="${DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION}/${GO_FILE_NAME}" # Path to the Go lint rules