diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1ac58444..c37f42dd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.8.1
+
+* The default config file now excludes `app/assets/images` and app/assets/fonts`. Add `*.otf` to ignored extensions.
+* If an error message occurs when scanning, the error message now includes the filename [#141](https://github.com/glebm/i18n-tasks/issues/141).
+
 ## 0.8.0
 
 * Parse command line arguments with `optparse`. Remove dependency on Slop.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38afaf31..2e2ce74d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ Thus addressing the two main problems of [i18n gem][i18n-gem] design:
 
 i18n-tasks can be used with any project using the ruby [i18n gem][i18n-gem] (default in Rails).
 
-Add it to the Gemfile:
+Add i18n-tasks to the Gemfile:
 
 ```ruby
-gem 'i18n-tasks', '~> 0.8.0'
+gem 'i18n-tasks', '~> 0.8.1'
 ```
 
-Copy default [configuration file](#configuration) (optional):
+Copy the default [configuration file](#configuration):
 
 ```console
 $ cp $(i18n-tasks gem-path)/templates/config/i18n-tasks.yml config/
diff --git a/config/i18n-tasks.yml b/config/i18n-tasks.yml
index 725418ac..7f0e0b41 100644
--- a/config/i18n-tasks.yml
+++ b/config/i18n-tasks.yml
@@ -4,86 +4,19 @@
 # You can find the default config here: https://github.com/glebm/i18n-tasks/blob/master/templates/config/i18n-tasks.yml
 
 base_locale: en
-## i18n-tasks detects locales automatically from the existing locale files
-## uncomment to set locales explicitly
-# locales: [en, es, fr]
-
-## i18n-tasks report locale, default: en, available: en, ru
 internal_locale: en
 
-# Read and write locale data
 data:
-  ## by default, translation data are read from the file system, or you can provide a custom data adapter
-  # adapter: I18n::Tasks::Data::FileSystem
-
-  # Locale files to read from
   read:
     - config/locales/%{locale}.yml
-    # - config/locales/*.%{locale}.yml
-    # - config/locales/**/*.%{locale}.yml
-
-  # key => file routes, matched top to bottom
   write:
-    ## E.g., write devise and simple form keys to their respective files
-    # - ['{devise, simple_form}.*', 'config/locales/\1.%{locale}.yml']
-    # Catch-all
     - config/locales/%{locale}.yml
-    # `i18n-tasks normalize -p` will force move the keys according to these rules
-
-  # YAML / JSON serializer options, passed to load / dump / parse / serialize
   yaml:
     write:
       ## do not wrap lines at 80 characters (override default)
       line_width: 96
-  json:
-    write:
-      # pretty print JSON
-      indent: '  '
-      space: ' '
-      object_nl: "\n"
-      array_nl: "\n"
 
 # Find translate calls
 search:
-  ## Default scanner finds t() and I18n.t() calls
-  # scanner: I18n::Tasks::Scanners::PatternWithScopeScanner
-
-  ## Paths to search in, passed to File.find
   paths:
     - lib/
-
-  ## Root for resolving relative keys (default)
-  # relative_roots:
-  #   - app/views
-
-  ## File.fnmatch patterns to exclude from search (default)
-  # exclude: ["*.jpg", "*.png", "*.gif", "*.svg", "*.ico", "*.eot", "*.ttf", "*.woff", "*.pdf"]
-
-  ## Or, File.fnmatch patterns to include
-  # include: ["*.rb", "*.html.slim"]
-
-## Google Translate
-# translation:
-#   # Get an API key and set billing info at https://code.google.com/apis/console to use Google Translate
-#   api_key: "AbC-dEf5"
-
-## Consider these keys not missing
-# ignore_missing:
-#   - pagination.views.*
-
-## Consider these keys used
-# ignore_unused:
-#   - 'simple_form.{yes,no}'
-#   - 'simple_form.{placeholders,hints,labels}.*'
-#   - 'simple_form.{error_notification,required}.:'
-
-## Exclude these keys from `i18n-tasks eq-base' report
-# ignore_eq_base:
-#   all:
-#     - common.ok
-#   fr,es:
-#     - common.brand
-
-## Exclude these keys from all of the reports
-# ignore:
-#  - kaminari.*
diff --git a/lib/i18n/tasks/scanners/base_scanner.rb b/lib/i18n/tasks/scanners/base_scanner.rb
index de0684db..1c2122b3 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/tasks/scanners/base_scanner.rb
+++ b/lib/i18n/tasks/scanners/base_scanner.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class BaseScanner
 
     attr_reader :config, :key_filter, :ignore_lines_res
 
-    ALWAYS_EXCLUDE = %w(*.jpg *.png *.gif *.svg *.ico *.eot *.ttf *.woff *.woff2 *.pdf
+    ALWAYS_EXCLUDE = %w(*.jpg *.png *.gif *.svg *.ico *.eot *.otf *.ttf *.woff *.woff2 *.pdf
                         *.css *.sass *.scss *.less *.yml *.json)
 
     def initialize(config = {})
diff --git a/lib/i18n/tasks/scanners/pattern_scanner.rb b/lib/i18n/tasks/scanners/pattern_scanner.rb
index f09cb271..c32c60f3 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/tasks/scanners/pattern_scanner.rb
+++ b/lib/i18n/tasks/scanners/pattern_scanner.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ def scan_file(path, opts = {})
         keys << [key, data: location]
       end
       keys
+    rescue Exception => e
+      raise ::I18n::Tasks::CommandError.new("Error scanning #{path}: #{e.message}")
     end
 
     def default_pattern
diff --git a/lib/i18n/tasks/version.rb b/lib/i18n/tasks/version.rb
index 0c310029..9ec97e21 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/tasks/version.rb
+++ b/lib/i18n/tasks/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 module I18n
   module Tasks
-    VERSION = '0.8.0'
+    VERSION = '0.8.1'
   end
 end
diff --git a/templates/config/i18n-tasks.yml b/templates/config/i18n-tasks.yml
index 0cc2d7a3..137483b0 100644
--- a/templates/config/i18n-tasks.yml
+++ b/templates/config/i18n-tasks.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ data:
 
   ## Pretty-print JSON:
   # json:
-  #
   #   write:
   #     indent: '  '
   #     space: ' '
@@ -61,8 +60,10 @@ search:
   #   - app/presenters
 
   ## Files or `File.fnmatch` patterns to exclude from search. Some files are always excluded regardless of this setting:
-  ##   %w(*.jpg *.png *.gif *.svg *.ico *.eot *.ttf *.woff *.woff2 *.pdf *.css *.sass *.scss *.less *.yml *.json)
-  # exclude: []
+  ##   %w(*.jpg *.png *.gif *.svg *.ico *.eot *.otf *.ttf *.woff *.woff2 *.pdf *.css *.sass *.scss *.less *.yml *.json)
+  exclude:
+    - app/assets/images
+    - app/assets/fonts
 
   ## Alternatively, the only files or `File.fnmatch patterns` to search in `paths`:
   ## If specified, this settings takes priority over `exclude`, but `exclude` still applies.