diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp
index 61a6102c5..040b3fc0f 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.cpp
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ SrsConfig::SrsConfig()
 {
     show_help = false;
     show_version = false;
+    test_conf = false;
     
     root = new SrsConfDirective();
     root->conf_line = 0;
@@ -1073,13 +1074,11 @@ int SrsConfig::parse_options(int argc, char** argv)
     
     if (show_help) {
         print_help(argv);
+        exit(0);
     }
     
     if (show_version) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", RTMP_SIG_SRS_VERSION);
-    }
-    
-    if (show_help || show_version) {
         exit(0);
     }
     
@@ -1089,7 +1088,19 @@ int SrsConfig::parse_options(int argc, char** argv)
         return ret;
     }
 
-    return parse_file(config_file.c_str());
+    ret = parse_file(config_file.c_str());
+    
+    if (test_conf) {
+        if (ret == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+            srs_trace("config file is ok");
+            exit(0);
+        } else {
+            srs_error("config file is invalid");
+            exit(ret);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return ret;
 }
 
 int SrsConfig::parse_file(const char* filename)
@@ -1154,6 +1165,10 @@ int SrsConfig::parse_argv(int& i, char** argv)
             case 'h':
                 show_help = true;
                 break;
+            case 't':
+                show_help = false;
+                test_conf = true;
+                break;
             case 'v':
             case 'V':
                 show_help = false;
@@ -1188,19 +1203,23 @@ void SrsConfig::print_help(char** argv)
         RTMP_SIG_SRS_NAME" "RTMP_SIG_SRS_VERSION" "RTMP_SIG_SRS_COPYRIGHT"\n" 
         "Primary Authors: "RTMP_SIG_SRS_PRIMARY_AUTHROS"\n"
         "Build: "SRS_BUILD_DATE" Configuration:"SRS_CONFIGURE"\n"
-        "Usage: %s [-h?vVt] [-c <filename>]\n" 
+        "Usage: %s [-h?vV] [[-t] -c <filename>]\n" 
         "\n"
         "Options:\n"
-        "   -?, -h              : show help\n"
-        "   -v, -V              : show version and exit\n"
-        "   -t                  : test configuration file\n"
-        "   -c filename         : set configuration file\n"
+        "   -?, -h              : show this help and exit(0)\n"
+        "   -v, -V              : show version and exit(0)\n"
+        "   -t                  : test configuration file, exit(error_code).\n"
+        "   -c filename         : use configuration file for SRS\n"
         "\n"
         RTMP_SIG_SRS_WEB"\n"
         RTMP_SIG_SRS_URL"\n"
         "Email: "RTMP_SIG_SRS_EMAIL"\n"
-        "\n",
-        argv[0]);
+        "\n"
+        "For example:\n"
+        "   %s -v\n"
+        "   %s -t -c "SRS_DEFAULT_CONF"\n"
+        "   %s -c "SRS_DEFAULT_CONF"\n",
+        argv[0], argv[0], argv[0], argv[0]);
 }
 
 bool SrsConfig::get_deamon()
diff --git a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.hpp b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.hpp
index 97a1a5684..e6488aae6 100644
--- a/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/app/srs_app_config.hpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 #define SRS_LOCALHOST "127.0.0.1"
 #define SRS_CONF_DEFAULT_PID_FILE "./objs/srs.pid"
+#define SRS_DEFAULT_CONF "conf/srs.conf"
 
 #define SRS_CONF_DEFAULT_HLS_PATH "./objs/nginx/html"
 #define SRS_CONF_DEFAULT_HLS_FRAGMENT 10
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ class SrsConfig
 {
 private:
     bool show_help;
+    bool test_conf;
     bool show_version;
     std::string config_file;
     SrsConfDirective* root;
diff --git a/trunk/src/core/srs_core.hpp b/trunk/src/core/srs_core.hpp
index 401542e44..23dac206b 100644
--- a/trunk/src/core/srs_core.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/core/srs_core.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 // current release version
 #define VERSION_MAJOR "0"
 #define VERSION_MINOR "9"
-#define VERSION_REVISION "60"
+#define VERSION_REVISION "61"
 #define RTMP_SIG_SRS_VERSION VERSION_MAJOR"."VERSION_MINOR"."VERSION_REVISION
 // server info.
 #define RTMP_SIG_SRS_KEY "srs"