diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d4c2559..f1deac3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ matrix:
 
 script:
   - go install ./...
+  - diff -u <(echo -n) <(gofmt -d .)
   - go test -v ./...
 
 after_success:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25181df..848d92d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,18 +6,19 @@ Many Go projects are built using Viper including:
 
 * [Hugo](http://gohugo.io)
 * [EMC RexRay](http://rexray.readthedocs.org/en/stable/)
-* [Imgur's Incus](https://github.com/Imgur/incus)
+* [Imgur’s Incus](https://github.com/Imgur/incus)
 * [Nanobox](https://github.com/nanobox-io/nanobox)/[Nanopack](https://github.com/nanopack)
 * [Docker Notary](https://github.com/docker/Notary)
 * [BloomApi](https://www.bloomapi.com/)
 * [doctl](https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl)
+* [Clairctl](https://github.com/jgsqware/clairctl)
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/viper.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/viper) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/spf13/viper](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/spf13/viper?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/viper?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/viper)
 
 
 ## What is Viper?
 
-Viper is a complete configuration solution for go applications including 12 factor apps. It is designed
+Viper is a complete configuration solution for Go applications including 12-Factor apps. It is designed
 to work within an application, and can handle all types of configuration needs
 and formats. It supports:
 
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ Viper configuration keys are case insensitive.
 ### Establishing Defaults
 
 A good configuration system will support default values. A default value is not
-required for a key, but it's useful in the event that a key hasn’t been set via
+required for a key, but it’s useful in the event that a key hasn’t been set via
 config file, environment variable, remote configuration or flag.
 
 Examples:
@@ -116,10 +117,10 @@ Optionally you can provide a function for Viper to run each time a change occurs
 **Make sure you add all of the configPaths prior to calling `WatchConfig()`**
 
 ```go
-		viper.WatchConfig()
-		viper.OnConfigChange(func(e fsnotify.Event) {
-			fmt.Println("Config file changed:", e.Name)
-		})
+viper.WatchConfig()
+viper.OnConfigChange(func(e fsnotify.Event) {
+	fmt.Println("Config file changed:", e.Name)
+})
 ```
 
 ### Reading Config from io.Reader
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ Like `BindEnv`, the value is not set when the binding method is called, but when
 it is accessed. This means you can bind as early as you want, even in an
 `init()` function.
 
-The `BindPFlag()` method provides this functionality.
+For individual flags, the `BindPFlag()` method provides this functionality.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -245,6 +246,19 @@ serverCmd.Flags().Int("port", 1138, "Port to run Application server on")
 viper.BindPFlag("port", serverCmd.Flags().Lookup("port"))
 ```
 
+You can also bind an existing set of pflags (pflag.FlagSet):
+
+Example:
+
+```go
+pflag.Int("flagname", 1234, "help message for flagname")
+
+pflag.Parse()
+viper.BindPFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+
+i := viper.GetInt("flagname") // retrieve values from viper instead of pflag
+```
+
 The use of [pflag](https://github.com/spf13/pflag/) in Viper does not preclude
 the use of other packages that use the [flag](https://golang.org/pkg/flag/)
 package from the standard library. The pflag package can handle the flags
@@ -263,15 +277,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+
+	// using standard library "flag" package
+	flag.Int("flagname", 1234, "help message for flagname")
+
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 	pflag.Parse()
-    ...
+	viper.BindPFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+
+	i := viper.GetInt("flagname") // retrieve value from viper
+
+	...
 }
 ```
 
 #### Flag interfaces
 
-Viper provides two Go interfaces to bind other flag systems if you don't use `Pflags`.
+Viper provides two Go interfaces to bind other flag systems if you don’t use `Pflags`.
 
 `FlagValue` represents a single flag. This is a very simple example on how to implement this interface:
 
@@ -401,7 +423,7 @@ go func(){
 
 ## Getting Values From Viper
 
-In Viper, there are a few ways to get a value depending on the value's type.
+In Viper, there are a few ways to get a value depending on the value’s type.
 The following functions and methods exist:
 
  * `Get(key string) : interface{}`
@@ -531,7 +553,7 @@ func NewCache(cfg *Viper) *Cache {...}
 ```
 
 which creates a cache based on config information formatted as `subv`.
-Now it's easy to create these 2 caches separately as:
+Now it’s easy to create these 2 caches separately as:
 
 ```go
 cfg1 := viper.Sub("app.cache1")
@@ -575,13 +597,13 @@ initialization needed to begin using Viper. Since most applications will want
 to use a single central repository for their configuration, the viper package
 provides this. It is similar to a singleton.
 
-In all of the examples above, they demonstrate using viper in it's singleton
+In all of the examples above, they demonstrate using viper in its singleton
 style approach.
 
 ### Working with multiple vipers
 
 You can also create many different vipers for use in your application. Each will
-have it’s own unique set of configurations and values. Each can read from a
+have its own unique set of configurations and values. Each can read from a
 different config file, key value store, etc. All of the functions that viper
 package supports are mirrored as methods on a viper.
 
diff --git a/flags_test.go b/flags_test.go
index 5bffca3..0b976b6 100644
--- a/flags_test.go
+++ b/flags_test.go
@@ -62,5 +62,4 @@ func TestBindFlagValue(t *testing.T) {
 	flag.Changed = true //hack for pflag usage
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "testing_mutate", Get("testvalue"))
-
 }
diff --git a/remote/remote.go b/remote/remote.go
index f100a9c..68a35d6 100644
--- a/remote/remote.go
+++ b/remote/remote.go
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@ func (rc remoteConfigProvider) Watch(rp viper.RemoteProvider) (io.Reader, error)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	resp,err := cm.Get(rp.Path())
+	resp, err := cm.Get(rp.Path())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return bytes.NewReader(resp), nil
 }
+
 func (rc remoteConfigProvider) WatchChannel(rp viper.RemoteProvider) (<-chan *viper.RemoteResponse, chan bool) {
 	cm, err := getConfigManager(rp)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -47,13 +48,13 @@ func (rc remoteConfigProvider) WatchChannel(rp viper.RemoteProvider) (<-chan *vi
 	}
 	quit := make(chan bool)
 	quitwc := make(chan bool)
-	viperResponsCh := make(chan  *viper.RemoteResponse)
+	viperResponsCh := make(chan *viper.RemoteResponse)
 	cryptoResponseCh := cm.Watch(rp.Path(), quit)
 	// need this function to convert the Channel response form crypt.Response to viper.Response
-	go func(cr <-chan *crypt.Response,vr chan<- *viper.RemoteResponse, quitwc <-chan bool, quit chan<- bool) {
+	go func(cr <-chan *crypt.Response, vr chan<- *viper.RemoteResponse, quitwc <-chan bool, quit chan<- bool) {
 		for {
 			select {
-			case <- quitwc:
+			case <-quitwc:
 				quit <- true
 				return
 			case resp := <-cr:
@@ -65,15 +66,12 @@ func (rc remoteConfigProvider) WatchChannel(rp viper.RemoteProvider) (<-chan *vi
 			}
 
 		}
-	}(cryptoResponseCh,viperResponsCh,quitwc,quit)
-
-	return  viperResponsCh,quitwc
+	}(cryptoResponseCh, viperResponsCh, quitwc, quit)
 
+	return viperResponsCh, quitwc
 }
 
-
 func getConfigManager(rp viper.RemoteProvider) (crypt.ConfigManager, error) {
-
 	var cm crypt.ConfigManager
 	var err error
 
@@ -99,7 +97,6 @@ func getConfigManager(rp viper.RemoteProvider) (crypt.ConfigManager, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return cm, nil
-
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/util_test.go b/util_test.go
index 5949e09..0af80bb 100644
--- a/util_test.go
+++ b/util_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestCopyAndInsensitiviseMap(t *testing.T) {
-
 	var (
 		given = map[string]interface{}{
 			"Foo": 32,
diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index a5fa2ab..e87ea89 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ func (str UnsupportedConfigError) Error() string {
 }
 
 // UnsupportedRemoteProviderError denotes encountering an unsupported remote
-// provider. Currently only etcd and Consul are
-// supported.
+// provider. Currently only etcd and Consul are supported.
 type UnsupportedRemoteProviderError string
 
 // Error returns the formatted remote provider error.
@@ -283,8 +282,8 @@ func (v *Viper) WatchConfig() {
 	}()
 }
 
-// SetConfigFile explicitly defines the path, name and extension of the config file
-// Viper will use this and not check any of the config paths
+// SetConfigFile explicitly defines the path, name and extension of the config file.
+// Viper will use this and not check any of the config paths.
 func SetConfigFile(in string) { v.SetConfigFile(in) }
 func (v *Viper) SetConfigFile(in string) {
 	if in != "" {
@@ -293,8 +292,8 @@ func (v *Viper) SetConfigFile(in string) {
 }
 
 // SetEnvPrefix defines a prefix that ENVIRONMENT variables will use.
-// E.g. if your prefix is "spf", the env registry
-// will look for env. variables that start with "SPF_"
+// E.g. if your prefix is "spf", the env registry will look for env
+// variables that start with "SPF_".
 func SetEnvPrefix(in string) { v.SetEnvPrefix(in) }
 func (v *Viper) SetEnvPrefix(in string) {
 	if in != "" {
@@ -312,11 +311,11 @@ func (v *Viper) mergeWithEnvPrefix(in string) string {
 
 // TODO: should getEnv logic be moved into find(). Can generalize the use of
 // rewriting keys many things, Ex: Get('someKey') -> some_key
-// (cammel case to snake case for JSON keys perhaps)
+// (camel case to snake case for JSON keys perhaps)
 
 // getEnv is a wrapper around os.Getenv which replaces characters in the original
-// key. This allows env vars which have different keys then the config object
-// keys
+// key. This allows env vars which have different keys than the config object
+// keys.
 func (v *Viper) getEnv(key string) string {
 	if v.envKeyReplacer != nil {
 		key = v.envKeyReplacer.Replace(key)
@@ -324,7 +323,7 @@ func (v *Viper) getEnv(key string) string {
 	return os.Getenv(key)
 }
 
-// ConfigFileUsed returns the file used to populate the config registry
+// ConfigFileUsed returns the file used to populate the config registry.
 func ConfigFileUsed() string            { return v.ConfigFileUsed() }
 func (v *Viper) ConfigFileUsed() string { return v.configFile }
 
@@ -597,32 +596,33 @@ func (v *Viper) Get(key string) interface{} {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	valType := val
 	if v.typeByDefValue {
 		// TODO(bep) this branch isn't covered by a single test.
+		valType := val
 		path := strings.Split(lcaseKey, v.keyDelim)
 		defVal := v.searchMap(v.defaults, path)
 		if defVal != nil {
 			valType = defVal
 		}
+
+		switch valType.(type) {
+		case bool:
+			return cast.ToBool(val)
+		case string:
+			return cast.ToString(val)
+		case int64, int32, int16, int8, int:
+			return cast.ToInt(val)
+		case float64, float32:
+			return cast.ToFloat64(val)
+		case time.Time:
+			return cast.ToTime(val)
+		case time.Duration:
+			return cast.ToDuration(val)
+		case []string:
+			return cast.ToStringSlice(val)
+		}
 	}
 
-	switch valType.(type) {
-	case bool:
-		return cast.ToBool(val)
-	case string:
-		return cast.ToString(val)
-	case int64, int32, int16, int8, int:
-		return cast.ToInt(val)
-	case float64, float32:
-		return cast.ToFloat64(val)
-	case time.Time:
-		return cast.ToTime(val)
-	case time.Duration:
-		return cast.ToDuration(val)
-	case []string:
-		return cast.ToStringSlice(val)
-	}
 	return val
 }
 
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ func (v *Viper) BindFlagValues(flags FlagValueSet) (err error) {
 }
 
 // BindFlagValue binds a specific key to a FlagValue.
-// Example(where serverCmd is a Cobra instance):
+// Example (where serverCmd is a Cobra instance):
 //
 //	 serverCmd.Flags().Int("port", 1138, "Port to run Application server on")
 //	 Viper.BindFlagValue("port", serverCmd.Flags().Lookup("port"))
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ func (v *Viper) WatchRemoteConfigOnChannel() error {
 	return v.watchKeyValueConfigOnChannel()
 }
 
-// Unmarshall a Reader into a map.
+// Unmarshal a Reader into a map.
 // Should probably be an unexported function.
 func unmarshalReader(in io.Reader, c map[string]interface{}) error {
 	return v.unmarshalReader(in, c)
@@ -1588,7 +1588,6 @@ func (v *Viper) searchInPath(in string) (filename string) {
 // Search all configPaths for any config file.
 // Returns the first path that exists (and is a config file).
 func (v *Viper) findConfigFile() (string, error) {
-
 	jww.INFO.Println("Searching for config in ", v.configPaths)
 
 	for _, cp := range v.configPaths {