diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index 488dc8b3..c0f20ee2 100644
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ cli.scanFiles = function() {
     if (env.conf.source && env.opts._.length) {
         filter = new Filter(env.conf.source);
 
-        env.sourceFiles = app.jsdoc.scanner.scan(env.opts._, (env.opts.recurse ? 10 : undefined),
-            filter);
+        env.sourceFiles = app.jsdoc.scanner.scan(env.opts._,
+            (env.opts.recurse ? env.conf.recurseDepth : undefined), filter);
     }
 
     return cli;
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/config.js b/lib/jsdoc/config.js
index 333b7276..40df25b0 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/config.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/config.js
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ function mergeRecurse(target, source) {
 
 // required config values, override these defaults in your config.json if necessary
 var defaults = {
+    plugins: [],
+    recurseDepth: 10,
+    source: {
+        includePattern: '.+\\.js(doc|x)?$',
+        excludePattern: ''
+    },
     tags: {
         allowUnknownTags: true,
         dictionaries: ['jsdoc', 'closure']
@@ -31,12 +37,7 @@ var defaults = {
     templates: {
         monospaceLinks: false,
         cleverLinks: false
-    },
-    source: {
-        includePattern: '.+\\.js(doc|x)?$',
-        excludePattern: ''
-    },
-    plugins: []
+    }
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/tutorial/resolver.js b/lib/jsdoc/tutorial/resolver.js
index 987843d4..8a38081d 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/tutorial/resolver.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/tutorial/resolver.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ exports.addTutorial = function(current) {
 exports.load = function(filepath) {
     var content;
     var current;
-    var files = fs.ls(filepath, env.opts.recurse ? 10 : undefined);
+    var files = fs.ls(filepath, env.opts.recurse ? env.conf.recurseDepth : undefined);
     var name;
     var match;
     var type;