diff --git a/src/main/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/AllureReportPublisher.java b/src/main/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/AllureReportPublisher.java
index ce3819e..1731750 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/AllureReportPublisher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/AllureReportPublisher.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package ru.yandex.qatools.allure.jenkins;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import hudson.EnvVars;
 import hudson.FilePath;
 import hudson.Launcher;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 import hudson.tasks.Recorder;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import jenkins.tasks.SimpleBuildStep;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundSetter;
 import ru.yandex.qatools.allure.jenkins.callables.AddExecutorInfo;
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ public String getReport() {
     }
 
     public String getConfigPath() {
-        return configPath;
+        return StringUtils.isNotBlank(configPath) ? configPath : null;
     }
 
     @Nonnull
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ private void generateReport(@Nonnull List<FilePath> resultsPaths, @Nonnull Run<?
 
         final ReportBuildPolicy reportBuildPolicy = getReportBuildPolicy();
         if (!reportBuildPolicy.isNeedToBuildReport(run)) {
-            listener.getLogger().println(String.format("allure report generation reject by policy [%s]",
+            listener.getLogger().println(String.format("Allure report generation reject by policy [%s]",
                     reportBuildPolicy.getTitle()));
             return;
         }
@@ -301,16 +303,13 @@ private void generateReport(@Nonnull List<FilePath> resultsPaths, @Nonnull Run<?
         final AllureCommandlineInstallation commandline = getCommandline(launcher, listener, buildEnvVars);
 
         final FilePath reportPath = workspace.child(getReport());
-        FilePath configPath = null;
-
-        try {
-            configPath = workspace.child(getConfigPath());
-        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-            configPath = null;
+        final ReportBuilder builder = new ReportBuilder(launcher, listener, workspace, buildEnvVars, commandline);
+        if (getConfigPath() != null && workspace.child(getConfigPath()).exists()) {
+            final FilePath configFilePath = workspace.child(getConfigPath()).absolutize();
+            listener.getLogger().println("Allure config file: " + configFilePath.absolutize());
+            builder.setConfigFilePath(configFilePath);
         }
-
-        final int exitCode = new ReportBuilder(launcher, listener, workspace, buildEnvVars, commandline)
-                .build(resultsPaths, reportPath, configPath);
+        final int exitCode = builder.build(resultsPaths, reportPath);
         if (exitCode != 0) {
             throw new AllurePluginException("Can not generate Allure Report, exit code: " + exitCode);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/ReportBuilder.java b/src/main/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/ReportBuilder.java
index b511ef5..676e922 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/ReportBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/ReportBuilder.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public class ReportBuilder {
 
     private final AllureCommandlineInstallation commandline;
 
+    private FilePath configFilePath;
+
     public ReportBuilder(@Nonnull Launcher launcher, @Nonnull TaskListener listener, @Nonnull FilePath workspace,
                          @Nonnull EnvVars envVars, @Nonnull AllureCommandlineInstallation commandline) {
         this.workspace = workspace;
@@ -41,28 +43,28 @@ public ReportBuilder(@Nonnull Launcher launcher, @Nonnull TaskListener listener,
         this.commandline = commandline;
     }
 
-    public int build(@Nonnull List<FilePath> resultsPaths, @Nonnull FilePath reportPath,
-                     FilePath configPath) //NOSONAR
+    public void setConfigFilePath(final FilePath configFilePath) {
+        this.configFilePath = configFilePath;
+    }
+
+    public int build(@Nonnull List<FilePath> resultsPaths, @Nonnull FilePath reportPath) //NOSONAR
             throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         final String version = commandline.getMajorVersion(launcher);
-        final ArgumentListBuilder arguments = getArguments(version, resultsPaths, reportPath, configPath);
-
-
+        final ArgumentListBuilder arguments = getArguments(version, resultsPaths, reportPath);
 
         return launcher.launch().cmds(arguments)
                 .envs(envVars).stdout(listener).pwd(workspace).join();
     }
 
     private ArgumentListBuilder getArguments(String version, @Nonnull List<FilePath> resultsPaths,
-                                             @Nonnull FilePath reportPath, FilePath configPath)
+                                             @Nonnull FilePath reportPath)
             throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-        return version.startsWith("2") ? getAllure2Arguments(resultsPaths, reportPath, configPath)
+        return version.startsWith("2") ? getAllure2Arguments(resultsPaths, reportPath)
                 : getAllure1Arguments(resultsPaths, reportPath);
     }
 
     private ArgumentListBuilder getAllure2Arguments(@Nonnull List<FilePath> resultsPaths,
-                                                    @Nonnull FilePath reportPath,
-                                                    FilePath configPath) //NOSONAR
+                                                    @Nonnull FilePath reportPath) //NOSONAR
             throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         final ArgumentListBuilder arguments = new ArgumentListBuilder();
         arguments.add(commandline.getExecutable(launcher));
@@ -73,9 +75,9 @@ private ArgumentListBuilder getAllure2Arguments(@Nonnull List<FilePath> resultsP
         arguments.add(CLEAN_OPTION);
         arguments.add(OUTPUT_DIR_OPTION);
         arguments.add(reportPath.getRemote());
-        if (configPath != null) {
+        if (configFilePath != null) {
             arguments.add(CONFIG_OPTION);
-            arguments.add(configPath.getRemote());
+            arguments.add(configFilePath.getRemote());
         }
         return arguments;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/CommandlineIT.java b/src/test/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/CommandlineIT.java
index 7d09803..138b455 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/CommandlineIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ru/yandex/qatools/allure/jenkins/CommandlineIT.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public void shouldGenerateReport() throws Exception {
             results.child("sample-testsuite.xml").copyFrom(is);
         }
         FilePath report = new FilePath(folder.getRoot()).child("some folder with (x22) spaces");
-        int exitCode = builder.build(Collections.singletonList(results), report, null);
+        int exitCode = builder.build(Collections.singletonList(results), report);
         assertThat(exitCode).as("Should exit with code 0").isEqualTo(0);
     }
 }