diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index a7fc43a..99b6073 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ trigger:
 steps:
 - name: build
   pull: always
-  image: golang:1.17
+  image: golang:1.18
   environment:
-    GOPROXY: https://goproxy.cn,direct
+    GOPROXY: https://goproxy.io,direct
   commands:
   - go test -race ./...
   - go build
 
 - name: check
   pull: always
-  image: golang:1.17
+  image: golang:1.18
   environment:
-    GOPROXY: https://goproxy.cn,direct
+    GOPROXY: https://goproxy.io,direct
   commands:
     - make lint
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ steps:
     pull: always
     image: techknowlogick/xgo:latest
     environment:
-      GOPROXY: https://goproxy.cn,direct
+      GOPROXY: https://goproxy.io,direct
     commands:
       - export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
       - make release
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 6561c3f..2b6a8ba 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ linters:
     - gocritic
     - gocyclo
     - gofmt
-    - golint
     - gosimple
     - govet
-    - maligned
     - misspell
     - prealloc
+    - revive
     - staticcheck
     - structcheck
     - typecheck
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a97118f..113dbf1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,27 +15,23 @@ else
 	LONG_VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always | sed 's/-/+/' | sed 's/^v//')
 endif
 
-LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) -X "main.Version=$(LONG_VERSION)"
+LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) -X "code.gitea.io/changelog/cmd.Version=$(LONG_VERSION)"
 
 .PHONY: build
-build: generate
+build:
 	$(GO) build -ldflags '-s -w $(LDFLAGS)'
-	
-.PHONY: generate
-generate:
-	$(GO) generate ./...
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	$(GO) test -race -v ./...
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:
-	@hash golangci-lint > /dev/null 2>&1; if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then \
-		export BINARY="golangci-lint"; \
-		curl -sfL https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.37.0; \
-	fi
-	golangci-lint run --timeout 5m
+	$(GO) run github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.46.2 run --timeout 5m
 
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt:
-	go fmt ./...
+	$(GO) fmt ./...
 
 .PHONY: release
 release: release-dirs check-xgo release-windows release-linux release-darwin release-copy release-compress release-check
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index faf8c97..cc94d7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Download a pre-built binary from our [downloads page](https://dl.gitea.io/change
 
 ## Configuration
 
-See the [changelog.example.yml](changelog.example.yml) example file.
+See the [changelog.example.yml](config/changelog.example.yml) example file.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ changelog -m=1.11.0 -c=/path/to/my_config_file contributors
 
 ## Building
 ```
-go generate ./...
 go build
 ```
 
diff --git a/changelog.example.go b/changelog.example.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b370761..0000000
--- a/changelog.example.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-//go:build ignore
-// +build ignore
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-)
-
-const (
-	exampleFile = "changelog.example.yml"
-	writeFile   = "config/config_default.go"
-	tmpl        = `// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package config
-
-func init() {
-	DefaultConfig = []byte(` + "`" + `%s` + "`" + `)
-}
-`
-)
-
-func main() {
-	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(exampleFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Could not read from %s. Are you in the root directory of the project?", exampleFile)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	data := fmt.Sprintf(tmpl, string(bytes))
-
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(writeFile, []byte(data), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Could not write to %s.", writeFile)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 434cb41..25284c8 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2018 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -7,18 +7,82 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
 var (
-	MilestoneFlag  string
-	TagFlag        string
-	ConfigPathFlag string
-	TokenFlag      string
-	DetailsFlag    bool
-	AfterFlag      int64
-	IssuesFlag     bool
+	// Version of changelog
+	Version        = "development"
+	milestoneFlag  string
+	tagFlag        string
+	configPathFlag string
+	tokenFlag      string
+	detailsFlag    bool
+	afterFlag      int64
+	issuesFlag     bool
 )
 
+// New returns a new changelog App
+func New() *cli.App {
+	app := &cli.App{
+		Name:    "changelog",
+		Usage:   "Changelog tools for Gitea",
+		Version: Version,
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "milestone",
+				Aliases:     []string{"m"},
+				Usage:       "Targeted milestone",
+				Destination: &milestoneFlag,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "tag",
+				Aliases:     []string{"T"},
+				Usage:       "Git tag for milestone url, if not set milestone is used",
+				Destination: &tagFlag,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "config",
+				Aliases:     []string{"c"},
+				Usage:       "Specify a config file",
+				Value:       getDefaultConfigFile(),
+				Destination: &configPathFlag,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "token",
+				Aliases:     []string{"t"},
+				Usage:       "Access token for private repositories/instances",
+				Destination: &tokenFlag,
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "details",
+				Aliases:     []string{"d"},
+				Usage:       "Generate detail lists instead of long lists",
+				Destination: &detailsFlag,
+			},
+			&cli.Int64Flag{
+				Name:        "after",
+				Aliases:     []string{"a"},
+				Usage:       "Only select PRs after a given index (continuing a previous changelog)",
+				Destination: &afterFlag,
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "issues",
+				Aliases:     []string{"i"},
+				Usage:       "Generate changelog from issues (otherwise from pulls)",
+				Destination: &issuesFlag,
+			},
+		},
+		Commands: []*cli.Command{
+			Generate,
+			Contributors,
+			Init,
+		},
+	}
+	return app
+}
+
 func getDefaultConfigFile() string {
 	pwd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/contributors.go b/cmd/contributors.go
index d0b09f6..fbed4d9 100644
--- a/cmd/contributors.go
+++ b/cmd/contributors.go
@@ -20,17 +20,13 @@ var Contributors = &cli.Command{
 	Action: runContributors,
 }
 
-func runContributors(cmd *cli.Context) error {
-	if ConfigPathFlag == "" {
-		ConfigPathFlag = getDefaultConfigFile()
-	}
-
-	cfg, err := config.New(ConfigPathFlag)
+func runContributors(_ *cli.Context) error {
+	cfg, err := config.New(configPathFlag)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	s, err := service.New(cfg.Service, cfg.Repo, cfg.BaseURL, MilestoneFlag, TagFlag, TokenFlag, IssuesFlag)
+	s, err := service.New(cfg.Service, cfg.Repo, cfg.BaseURL, milestoneFlag, tagFlag, tokenFlag, issuesFlag)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/generate.go b/cmd/generate.go
index 94d264f..ee77b63 100644
--- a/cmd/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/generate.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/changelog/config"
 	"code.gitea.io/changelog/service"
@@ -14,30 +15,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
-var (
-	Generate = &cli.Command{
-		Name:   "generate",
-		Usage:  "Generates a changelog for a special milestone",
-		Action: runGenerate,
-	}
-	labels       = make(map[string]string)
-	entries      = make(map[string][]service.Entry)
-	defaultGroup string
-)
+var Generate = &cli.Command{
+	Name:   "generate",
+	Usage:  "Generates a changelog for a special milestone",
+	Action: runGenerate,
+}
 
-func runGenerate(cmd *cli.Context) error {
-	if ConfigPathFlag == "" {
-		ConfigPathFlag = getDefaultConfigFile()
-	}
-
-	cfg, err := config.New(ConfigPathFlag)
+func runGenerate(_ *cli.Context) error {
+	cfg, err := config.New(configPathFlag)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	processGroups(cfg.Groups)
-
-	s, err := service.New(cfg.Service, cfg.Repo, cfg.BaseURL, MilestoneFlag, TagFlag, TokenFlag, IssuesFlag)
+	s, err := service.New(cfg.Service, cfg.Repo, cfg.BaseURL, milestoneFlag, tagFlag, tokenFlag, issuesFlag)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -47,7 +37,17 @@ func runGenerate(cmd *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	processPRs(prs, cfg.SkipRegex)
+	var defaultGroup string
+	for _, g := range cfg.Groups {
+		if g.Default {
+			defaultGroup = g.Name
+		}
+	}
+	if defaultGroup == "" {
+		defaultGroup = cfg.Groups[len(cfg.Groups)-1].Name
+	}
+
+	entries := processPRs(prs, cfg.NameLabels(), defaultGroup, cfg.SkipRegex)
 
 	fmt.Println(title)
 	fmt.Println()
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func runGenerate(cmd *cli.Context) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if DetailsFlag {
+		if detailsFlag {
 			fmt.Println("<details><summary>" + g.Name + "</summary>")
 			fmt.Println()
 			for _, entry := range entries[g.Name] {
@@ -74,44 +74,32 @@ func runGenerate(cmd *cli.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func processGroups(groups []config.Group) {
-	for _, g := range groups {
-		entries[g.Name] = []service.Entry{}
-		for _, l := range g.Labels {
-			labels[l] = g.Name
-		}
-		if g.Default {
-			defaultGroup = g.Name
-		}
-	}
-
-	if defaultGroup == "" {
-		defaultGroup = groups[len(groups)-1].Name
-	}
-}
-
-func processPRs(prs []service.Entry, skip *regexp.Regexp) {
+func processPRs(prs []service.Entry, order []config.NameLabel, defaultGroup string, skip *regexp.Regexp) map[string][]service.Entry {
+	entries := make(map[string][]service.Entry)
 PRLoop: // labels in Go, let's get old school
 	for _, pr := range prs {
-		if pr.Index < AfterFlag {
+		if pr.Index < afterFlag {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		var label string
 		for _, lb := range pr.Labels {
 			if skip != nil && skip.MatchString(lb.Name) {
 				continue PRLoop
 			}
+		}
+		section := processSection(pr, order, defaultGroup)
+		entries[section] = append(entries[section], pr)
+	}
+	return entries
+}
 
-			if g, ok := labels[lb.Name]; ok && len(label) == 0 {
-				label = g
+func processSection(pr service.Entry, order []config.NameLabel, defaultGroup string) string {
+	for _, o := range order {
+		for _, lb := range pr.Labels {
+			if strings.EqualFold(o.Label, lb.Name) {
+				return o.Name
 			}
 		}
-
-		if len(label) > 0 {
-			entries[label] = append(entries[label], pr)
-		} else {
-			entries[defaultGroup] = append(entries[defaultGroup], pr)
-		}
 	}
+	return defaultGroup
 }
diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 0666cfc..629a155 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var (
 	nameFlag string
 )
 
-func runInit(cmd *cli.Context) error {
+func runInit(_ *cli.Context) error {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(nameFlag); err == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("file '%s' already exists", nameFlag)
 	}
diff --git a/changelog.example.yml b/config/changelog.example.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from changelog.example.yml
rename to config/changelog.example.yml
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index cf040ed..08a32ae 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"regexp"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
+//go:embed changelog.example.yml
 var DefaultConfig []byte
 
 // Group is a grouping of PRs
@@ -20,6 +22,24 @@ type Group struct {
 	Default bool     `yaml:"default"`
 }
 
+// NameLabel is a Group mapping for a Label to a Name
+type NameLabel struct {
+	Name  string
+	Label string
+}
+
+// NameLabels returns a slice of NameLabel
+func (g Group) NameLabels() []NameLabel {
+	nl := make([]NameLabel, 0)
+	for _, l := range g.Labels {
+		nl = append(nl, NameLabel{
+			Name:  g.Name,
+			Label: l,
+		})
+	}
+	return nl
+}
+
 // Config is the changelog settings
 type Config struct {
 	Repo       string         `yaml:"repo"`
@@ -30,13 +50,20 @@ type Config struct {
 	SkipRegex  *regexp.Regexp `yaml:"-"`
 }
 
+// NameLabels returns a slice of NameLabel for each Group, keeping them in order (priority)
+func (c Config) NameLabels() []NameLabel {
+	nl := make([]NameLabel, 0)
+	for _, g := range c.Groups {
+		nl = append(nl, g.NameLabels()...)
+	}
+	return nl
+}
+
 // New Load a config from a path, defaulting to changelog.example.yml
 func New(configPath string) (*Config, error) {
 	var err error
-	var configContent []byte
-	if len(configPath) == 0 {
-		configContent = DefaultConfig
-	} else {
+	configContent := DefaultConfig
+	if len(configPath) != 0 {
 		configContent, err = ioutil.ReadFile(configPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/config/config_default.go b/config/config_default.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b224d64..0000000
--- a/config/config_default.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package config
-
-func init() {
-	DefaultConfig = []byte(`# The full repository name
-repo: go-gitea/gitea
-
-# Service type (gitea or github)
-service: github
-
-# Base URL for Gitea instance if using gitea service type (optional)
-# Default: https://gitea.com
-base-url:
-
-# Changelog groups and which labeled PRs to add to each group
-groups:
-  - 
-    name: BREAKING
-    labels:
-      - kind/breaking
-  - 
-    name: FEATURES
-    labels:
-      - kind/feature
-  -
-    name: BUGFIXES
-    labels:
-      - kind/bug
-  - 
-    name: ENHANCEMENTS
-    labels:
-      - kind/enhancement
-      - kind/refactor
-      - kind/ui
-  -
-    name: SECURITY
-    labels:
-      - kind/security
-  - 
-    name: TESTING
-    labels:
-      - kind/testing
-  - 
-    name: TRANSLATION
-    labels:
-      - kind/translation
-  - 
-    name: BUILD
-    labels:
-      - kind/build
-      - kind/lint
-  - 
-    name: DOCS
-    labels:
-    - kind/docs
-  - 
-    name: MISC
-    default: true
-
-# regex indicating which labels to skip for the changelog
-skip-labels: skip-changelog|backport\/.+`)
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a85f863..2705659 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 module code.gitea.io/changelog
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.14.0
-	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.2.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200728195943-123391ffb6de // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200728195943-123391ffb6de // indirect
+)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index dab4a04..2f5326e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -4,79 +4,15 @@
 
 package main
 
-//go:generate go run changelog.example.go
-//go:generate go fmt ./...
-
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/changelog/cmd"
-
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-)
-
-var (
-	// Version of changelog
-	Version = "development"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	app := &cli.App{
-		Name:    "changelog",
-		Usage:   "Changelog tools for Gitea",
-		Version: Version,
-		Flags: []cli.Flag{
-			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:        "milestone",
-				Aliases:     []string{"m"},
-				Usage:       "Targeted milestone",
-				Destination: &cmd.MilestoneFlag,
-			},
-			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:        "tag",
-				Aliases:     []string{"T"},
-				Usage:       "Git tag for milestone url, if not set milestone is used",
-				Destination: &cmd.TagFlag,
-			},
-			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:        "config",
-				Aliases:     []string{"c"},
-				Usage:       "Specify a config file",
-				Destination: &cmd.ConfigPathFlag,
-			},
-			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:        "token",
-				Aliases:     []string{"t"},
-				Usage:       "Access token for private repositories/instances",
-				Destination: &cmd.TokenFlag,
-			},
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "details",
-				Aliases:     []string{"d"},
-				Usage:       "Generate detail lists instead of long lists",
-				Destination: &cmd.DetailsFlag,
-			},
-			&cli.Int64Flag{
-				Name:        "after",
-				Aliases:     []string{"a"},
-				Usage:       "Only select PRs after a given index (continuing a previous changelog)",
-				Destination: &cmd.AfterFlag,
-			},
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "issues",
-				Aliases:     []string{"i"},
-				Usage:       "Generate changelog from issues (otherwise from pulls)",
-				Destination: &cmd.IssuesFlag,
-			},
-		},
-		Commands: []*cli.Command{
-			cmd.Generate,
-			cmd.Contributors,
-			cmd.Init,
-		},
-	}
-
+	app := cmd.New()
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Failed to run app with %s: %v\n", os.Args[1:], err)
 	}