diff --git a/src/cli/runCli.test.ts b/src/cli/runCli.test.ts
index 07fae68bf..99fe90db7 100644
--- a/src/cli/runCli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/runCli.test.ts
@@ -129,4 +129,21 @@ describe("runCli", () => {
         expect(status).toBe(ResultStatus.Succeeded);
         expectEqualWrites(dependencies.logger.stdout.write, "✅ All is well! ✅");
     });
+
+    it("default output should be .eslintrc.js", async () => {
+        let defaultConfig;
+        const dependencies = createStubRunCliDependencies({
+            convertConfig: parsedArgs => {
+                defaultConfig = parsedArgs.config;
+                return Promise.resolve({
+                    status: ResultStatus.Succeeded,
+                });
+            },
+        });
+
+        const status = await runCli(dependencies, createStubArgv());
+
+        expect(status).toBe(ResultStatus.Succeeded);
+        expect(defaultConfig).toEqual("./.eslintrc.js");
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/cli/runCli.ts b/src/cli/runCli.ts
index b465fbe08..147891d02 100644
--- a/src/cli/runCli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/runCli.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const runCli = async (
         .option("-V --version", "output the package version");
 
     const parsedArgv = {
-        config: "./eslintrc.js",
+        config: "./.eslintrc.js",
         ...(command.parse(rawArgv) as Partial<TSLintToESLintSettings>),
     };