diff --git a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
index 9e961f07..67543443 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ based on templates offering massive extensibility and ease of use.`)
 	set.BoolVarP(&options.NoColor, "no-color", "nc", false, "Disable colors in output")
 	set.IntVar(&options.Timeout, "timeout", 5, "Time to wait in seconds before timeout")
 	set.IntVar(&options.Retries, "retries", 1, "Number of times to retry a failed request")
-	set.BoolVarP(&options.RandomAgent, "random-agent", "ra", false, "Use randomly selected HTTP User-Agent header value")
+	set.BoolVarP(&options.RandomAgent, "random-agent", "ra", true, "Use randomly selected HTTP User-Agent header value")
 	set.StringSliceVarP(&options.CustomHeaders, "header", "H", []string{}, "Custom Header.")
 	set.BoolVar(&options.Debug, "debug", false, "Debugging request and responses")
 	set.BoolVar(&options.DebugRequests, "debug-req", false, "Debugging request")
diff --git a/v2/internal/runner/config.go b/v2/internal/runner/config.go
index c7634388..c68b7d59 100644
--- a/v2/internal/runner/config.go
+++ b/v2/internal/runner/config.go
@@ -114,17 +114,12 @@ func (r *Runner) getIgnoreFilePath() string {
 		_ = os.MkdirAll(configDir, os.ModePerm)
 
 		defIgnoreFilePath = path.Join(configDir, nucleiIgnoreFile)
+		return defIgnoreFilePath
 	}
-
 	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
 		return defIgnoreFilePath
 	}
 	cwdIgnoreFilePath := path.Join(cwd, nucleiIgnoreFile)
-
-	cwdIfpInfo, err := os.Stat(cwdIgnoreFilePath)
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) || cwdIfpInfo.IsDir() {
-		return defIgnoreFilePath
-	}
 	return cwdIgnoreFilePath
 }
diff --git a/v2/internal/runner/runner.go b/v2/internal/runner/runner.go
index c8238664..45d36be6 100644
--- a/v2/internal/runner/runner.go
+++ b/v2/internal/runner/runner.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func New(options *types.Options) (*Runner, error) {
 		runner.readNucleiIgnoreFile()
 	}
 	runner.catalog = catalog.New(runner.options.TemplatesDirectory)
+	runner.catalog.AppendIgnore(runner.templatesConfig.IgnorePaths)
 
 	var reportingOptions *reporting.Options
 	if options.ReportingConfig != "" {
diff --git a/v2/internal/runner/update.go b/v2/internal/runner/update.go
index 0da92434..4c7c3818 100644
--- a/v2/internal/runner/update.go
+++ b/v2/internal/runner/update.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (r *Runner) updateTemplates() error {
 	configDir := path.Join(home, "/.config", "/nuclei")
 	_ = os.MkdirAll(configDir, os.ModePerm)
 
-	templatesConfigFile := path.Join(home, nucleiConfigFilename)
+	templatesConfigFile := path.Join(configDir, nucleiConfigFilename)
 	if _, statErr := os.Stat(templatesConfigFile); !os.IsNotExist(statErr) {
 		config, readErr := readConfiguration()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func (r *Runner) updateTemplates() error {
 		}
 		r.templatesConfig = currentConfig
 	}
+
 	// Check if last checked for nuclei-ignore is more than 1 hours.
 	// and if true, run the check.
 	if r.templatesConfig == nil || time.Since(r.templatesConfig.LastCheckedIgnore) > 1*time.Hour || r.options.UpdateTemplates {
diff --git a/v2/pkg/catalog/catalogue.go b/v2/pkg/catalog/catalogue.go
index cab2857f..c085e5c2 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/catalog/catalogue.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/catalog/catalogue.go
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ type Catalog struct {
 // New creates a new Catalog structure using provided input items
 func New(directory string) *Catalog {
 	catalog := &Catalog{templatesDirectory: directory}
-	catalog.readNucleiIgnoreFile()
 	return catalog
 }
+
+// AppendIgnore appends to the catalog store ignore list.
+func (c *Catalog) AppendIgnore(list []string) {
+	c.ignoreFiles = append(c.ignoreFiles, list...)
+}
diff --git a/v2/pkg/catalog/ignore.go b/v2/pkg/catalog/ignore.go
index b727ecd8..77e94525 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/catalog/ignore.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/catalog/ignore.go
@@ -1,37 +1,11 @@
 package catalog
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
-	"os"
-	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
 )
 
-const nucleiIgnoreFile = ".nuclei-ignore"
-
-// readNucleiIgnoreFile reads the nuclei ignore file marking it in map
-func (c *Catalog) readNucleiIgnoreFile() {
-	file, err := os.Open(path.Join(c.templatesDirectory, nucleiIgnoreFile))
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	defer file.Close()
-
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		text := scanner.Text()
-		if text == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		if strings.HasPrefix(text, "#") {
-			continue
-		}
-		c.ignoreFiles = append(c.ignoreFiles, text)
-	}
-}
-
 // checkIfInNucleiIgnore checks if a path falls under nuclei-ignore rules.
 func (c *Catalog) checkIfInNucleiIgnore(item string) bool {
 	if c.templatesDirectory == "" {