diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80f680a..0add97c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Find problems in your Markdown files, get pull requests with fixes
 
 Get consistency across your Markdown files.
 
-* Run MarkdownLint with the same consistent configuration across all of your
-projects
+* Run [MarkdownLint](https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint) with 
+the same consistent configuration across all of your projects
 * Also supports repository-specific MarkdownLint configurations
 * Uses GitHub Checks with code-level annotations for linting rule violations
 * Optionally get commits or pull requests with fixes
diff --git a/markdownlint.matcher.json b/markdownlint.matcher.json
index a920ec9..e44f981 100644
--- a/markdownlint.matcher.json
+++ b/markdownlint.matcher.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "markdownlint",
   "severity": "error",
-  "report": "error",
+  "report": "always",
   "pattern": [
     {
       "regexp": "^([^:]*):(\\d+):?(\\d+)?\\s([\\w-\\/]*)\\s(.*)$",
diff --git a/markdownlint.sh b/markdownlint.sh
index 8e1668a..6a59189 100755
--- a/markdownlint.sh
+++ b/markdownlint.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ function main () {
     if [[ $branch == markdownlint-* ]]; then
         exit 0
     fi
+    # Bail if no Markdown files exists in current project
+    if [[ -z $(find . -name '*.md') ]]; then 
+        exit 0
+    fi
+
 
     local outdir=${ATOMIST_OUTPUT_DIR:-/atm/output}