diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e8e955c..725514c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 ## Unreleased
 ### No issue
 
+**Doc**
+
+
+[fb50ecdd8867308](https://github.com/tomasbjerre/violation-comments-to-gitlab-maven-plugin/commit/fb50ecdd8867308) Tomas Bjerre *2017-12-22 20:05:59*
+
+
+## violation-comments-to-gitlab-maven-plugin-1.8
+### No issue
+
 **Bumping version to fix faulty release**
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/se/bjurr/violations/comments/github/maven/ViolationCommentsMojo.java b/src/main/java/se/bjurr/violations/comments/github/maven/ViolationCommentsMojo.java
index 3eba739..a201884 100644
--- a/src/main/java/se/bjurr/violations/comments/github/maven/ViolationCommentsMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/se/bjurr/violations/comments/github/maven/ViolationCommentsMojo.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import static org.gitlab.api.TokenType.PRIVATE_TOKEN;
 import static se.bjurr.violations.comments.gitlab.lib.ViolationCommentsToGitLabApi.violationCommentsToGitLabApi;
 import static se.bjurr.violations.lib.ViolationsReporterApi.violationsReporterApi;
-import static se.bjurr.violations.lib.model.SEVERITY.INFO;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -27,13 +26,17 @@
 public class ViolationCommentsMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
   @Parameter(property = "violations", required = false)
-  private final List<ViolationConfig> violations = new ArrayList<ViolationConfig>();
+  private List<ViolationConfig> violations;
 
-  @Parameter(property = "commentOnlyChangedContent", required = false)
-  private final boolean commentOnlyChangedContent = true;
+  @Parameter(property = "commentOnlyChangedContent", required = false, defaultValue = "true")
+  private boolean commentOnlyChangedContent;
 
-  @Parameter(property = "createCommentWithAllSingleFileComments", required = false)
-  private final boolean createCommentWithAllSingleFileComments = true;
+  @Parameter(
+    property = "createCommentWithAllSingleFileComments",
+    required = false,
+    defaultValue = "true"
+  )
+  private boolean createCommentWithAllSingleFileComments;
 
   @Parameter(property = "gitLabUrl", required = false)
   private String gitLabUrl;
@@ -47,23 +50,23 @@ public class ViolationCommentsMojo extends AbstractMojo {
   @Parameter(property = "mergeRequestId", required = false)
   private String mergeRequestId;
 
-  @Parameter(property = "ignoreCertificateErrors", required = false)
-  private final Boolean ignoreCertificateErrors = true;
+  @Parameter(property = "ignoreCertificateErrors", required = false, defaultValue = "true")
+  private Boolean ignoreCertificateErrors;
 
-  @Parameter(property = "apiTokenPrivate", required = false)
-  private final Boolean apiTokenPrivate = true;
+  @Parameter(property = "apiTokenPrivate", required = false, defaultValue = "true")
+  private Boolean apiTokenPrivate;
 
-  @Parameter(property = "authMethodHeader", required = false)
-  private final Boolean authMethodHeader = true;
+  @Parameter(property = "authMethodHeader", required = false, defaultValue = "true")
+  private Boolean authMethodHeader;
 
-  @Parameter(property = "minSeverity", required = false)
-  private final SEVERITY minSeverity = INFO;
+  @Parameter(property = "minSeverity", required = false, defaultValue = "INFO")
+  private SEVERITY minSeverity;
 
   @Parameter(property = "keepOldComments", required = false)
-  private final Boolean keepOldComments = false;
+  private Boolean keepOldComments;
 
   @Parameter(property = "shouldSetWip", required = false)
-  private final Boolean shouldSetWip = false;
+  private Boolean shouldSetWip;
 
   @Override
   public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
@@ -72,6 +75,11 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
       return;
     }
 
+    if (violations == null || violations.isEmpty()) {
+      getLog().info("No violations configured.");
+      return;
+    }
+
     getLog()
         .info(
             "Will comment project " + projectId + " and MR " + mergeRequestId + " on " + gitLabUrl);