diff --git a/.github/release.yaml b/.github/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f89818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    authors:
+      - dependabot[bot]
+      - pre-commit-ci[bot]
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 961d020..b952061 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.4.0
+    rev: v2.4.1
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         args: [--ignore-words-list, "abandonned,ackward,bu"]
         additional_dependencies:
           - tomli
-  - repo: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
-    rev: v8.16.3
-    hooks:
-      - id: gitleaks
-  - repo: https://github.com/jumanjihouse/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: 3.0.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: shellcheck
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: end-of-file-fixer
-      - id: trailing-whitespace
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index de2057c..823a198 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.14-alpine3.23@sha256:faee120f7885a06fcc9677922331391fa690d911c020abb9e8025ff3d908e510
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache curl jq && apk upgrade --no-cache zlib
+FROM python:3.13-alpine
 
 COPY LICENSE \
         README.md \
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@ COPY LICENSE \
         requirements.txt \
         /code/
 
-RUN pip install -r /code/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r /code/requirements.txt
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/code/entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD []
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f72b4ff..7e64276 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-[![StepSecurity Maintained Action](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/step-security/maintained-actions-assets/main/assets/maintained-action-banner.png)](https://docs.stepsecurity.io/actions/stepsecurity-maintained-actions)
-
 # Codespell with GitHub Actions -- including annotations for Pull Requests
 
 This GitHub Actions runs codespell over your code.
@@ -8,7 +6,8 @@ Any warnings or errors will be annotated in the Pull Request.
 ## Usage
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+- uses: actions/checkout@v5
+- uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 ```
 
 ### Parameter: check_filenames
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ If set, check file names for spelling mistakes as well.
 This parameter is optional; by default `codespell` will only check the file contents.
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 with:
   check_filenames: true
 ```
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ If set, check hidden files (those starting with ".") for spelling mistakes as we
 This parameter is optional; by default `codespell` will not check hidden files.
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 with:
   check_hidden: true
 ```
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ File with lines that should not be checked for spelling mistakes.
 This parameter is optional; by default `codespell` will check all lines.
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 with:
   exclude_file: src/foo
 ```
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ Comma-separated list of files to skip (it accepts globs as well).
 This parameter is optional; by default `codespell` won't skip any files.
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 with:
   skip: foo,bar
 ```
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ Comma-separated list of builtin dictionaries to use.
 This parameter is optional; by default `codespell` will use its default selection of built in dictionaries.
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 with:
   builtin: clear,rare
 ```
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ Words are case sensitive based on how they are written in the dictionary file.
 This parameter is optional; by default `codespell` will check all words for typos.
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 with:
   ignore_words_file: .codespellignore
 ```
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ Words are case sensitive based on how they are written in the dictionary file.
 This parameter is optional; by default `codespell` will check all words for typos.
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 with:
   ignore_words_list: abandonned,ackward
 ```
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ If set to "*", all misspelling in URIs and emails will be ignored.
 This parameter is optional; by default `codespell` will check all URIs and emails for typos.
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 with:
   uri_ignore_words_list: abandonned
 ```
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ This can be useful if your project has code you don't want to spell check for so
 This parameter is optional; by default `codespell` will run on your whole repository.
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 with:
   path: src
 ```
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ All errors and warnings are annotated in Pull Requests, but it will act like eve
 This parameter is optional; setting this to any value will enable it.
 
 ```yml
-uses: step-security/actions-codespell@v2
+uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
 with:
   only_warn: 1
 ```
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 8ccafb0..fdd369e 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 name: 'Codespell with annotations'
-author: 'step-security'
+author: 'Peter Newman'
 description: 'Codespell with annotations for Pull Request'
 inputs:
+  builtin:
+    description: 'Comma-separated list of builtin dictionaries to include'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
   check_filenames:
     description: 'If set, check file names as well'
     required: false
@@ -10,16 +14,12 @@ inputs:
     description: 'If set, check hidden files (those starting with ".") as well'
     required: false
     default: ''
-  exclude_file:
-    description: 'File with lines that should not be checked for spelling mistakes'
+  config:
+    description: 'Path to a codespell config file'
     required: false
     default: ''
-  skip:
-    description: 'Comma-separated list of files to skip (it accepts globs as well)'
-    required: false
-    default: './.git'
-  builtin:
-    description: 'Comma-separated list of builtin dictionaries to include'
+  exclude_file:
+    description: 'File with lines that should not be checked for spelling mistakes'
     required: false
     default: ''
   ignore_words_file:
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Path to run codespell in'
     required: false
     default: ''
+  skip:
+    description: 'Comma-separated list of files to skip (it accepts globs as well)'
+    required: false
+    default: './.git'
   only_warn:
     description: 'If set, only warn, never error'
     required: false
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 598d671..10b5a43 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,49 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-REPO_PRIVATE=$(jq -r '.repository.private | tostring' "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-UPSTREAM="codespell-project/actions-codespell"
-ACTION_REPO="${GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY:-}"
-DOCS_URL="https://docs.stepsecurity.io/actions/stepsecurity-maintained-actions"
-
-echo ""
-echo -e "\033[1;36mStepSecurity Maintained Action\033[0m"
-echo "Secure drop-in replacement for $UPSTREAM"
-if [ "$REPO_PRIVATE" = "false" ]; then
-  echo -e "\033[32m✓ Free for public repositories\033[0m"
-fi
-echo -e "\033[36mLearn more:\033[0m $DOCS_URL"
-echo ""
-
-if [ "$REPO_PRIVATE" != "false" ]; then
-  SERVER_URL="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL:-https://github.com}"
-
-  if [ "$SERVER_URL" != "https://github.com" ]; then
-    BODY=$(printf '{"action":"%s","ghes_server":"%s"}' "$ACTION_REPO" "$SERVER_URL")
-  else
-    BODY=$(printf '{"action":"%s"}' "$ACTION_REPO")
-  fi
-
-  API_URL="https://agent.api.stepsecurity.io/v1/github/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/maintained-actions-subscription"
-
-  RESPONSE=$(curl --max-time 3 -s -w "%{http_code}" \
-    -X POST \
-    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-    -d "$BODY" \
-    "$API_URL" -o /dev/null) && CURL_EXIT_CODE=0 || CURL_EXIT_CODE=$?
-
-  if [ $CURL_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Timeout or API not reachable. Continuing to next step."
-  elif [ "$RESPONSE" = "403" ]; then
-    echo -e "::error::\033[1;31mThis action requires a StepSecurity subscription for private repositories.\033[0m"
-    echo -e "::error::\033[31mLearn how to enable a subscription: $DOCS_URL\033[0m"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Copy the matcher directly to RUNNER_TEMP; the /github/workflow bind-mount is not reliable.
-CODE_DIR="${CODE_DIR:-/code}"
-mkdir -p "${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow"
-cp "${CODE_DIR}/codespell-matcher.json" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow/codespell-matcher.json"
+# Copy the matcher to the host system; otherwise "add-matcher" can't find it.
+cp /code/codespell-matcher.json /github/workflow/codespell-matcher.json
 echo "::add-matcher::${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow/codespell-matcher.json"
 
 # Run codespell.
@@ -52,6 +10,10 @@ echo "::add-matcher::${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow/codespell-matcher.json"
 # e.g. PIPESTATUS and pipestatus only work in bash/zsh respectively.
 echo "Running codespell on '${INPUT_PATH}' with the following options..."
 command_args=""
+echo "Builtin dictionaries '${INPUT_BUILTIN}'"
+if [ "x${INPUT_BUILTIN}" != "x" ]; then
+    command_args="${command_args} --builtin ${INPUT_BUILTIN}"
+fi
 echo "Check filenames? '${INPUT_CHECK_FILENAMES}'"
 if [ -n "${INPUT_CHECK_FILENAMES}" ]; then
     echo "Checking filenames"
@@ -62,18 +24,14 @@ if [ -n "${INPUT_CHECK_HIDDEN}" ]; then
     echo "Checking hidden"
     command_args="${command_args} --check-hidden"
 fi
+echo "Config '${INPUT_CONFIG}'"
+if [ "x${INPUT_CONFIG}" != "x" ]; then
+    command_args="${command_args} --config ${INPUT_CONFIG}"
+fi
 echo "Exclude file '${INPUT_EXCLUDE_FILE}'"
 if [ "x${INPUT_EXCLUDE_FILE}" != "x" ]; then
     command_args="${command_args} --exclude-file ${INPUT_EXCLUDE_FILE}"
 fi
-echo "Skipping '${INPUT_SKIP}'"
-if [ "x${INPUT_SKIP}" != "x" ]; then
-    command_args="${command_args} --skip ${INPUT_SKIP}"
-fi
-echo "Builtin dictionaries '${INPUT_BUILTIN}'"
-if [ "x${INPUT_BUILTIN}" != "x" ]; then
-    command_args="${command_args} --builtin ${INPUT_BUILTIN}"
-fi
 echo "Ignore words file '${INPUT_IGNORE_WORDS_FILE}'"
 if [ "x${INPUT_IGNORE_WORDS_FILE}" != "x" ]; then
     command_args="${command_args} --ignore-words ${INPUT_IGNORE_WORDS_FILE}"
@@ -86,6 +44,10 @@ echo "Ignore URI words list '${INPUT_URI_IGNORE_WORDS_LIST}'"
 if [ "x${INPUT_URI_IGNORE_WORDS_LIST}" != "x" ]; then
     command_args="${command_args} --uri-ignore-words-list ${INPUT_URI_IGNORE_WORDS_LIST}"
 fi
+echo "Skipping '${INPUT_SKIP}'"
+if [ "x${INPUT_SKIP}" != "x" ]; then
+    command_args="${command_args} --skip ${INPUT_SKIP}"
+fi
 echo "Resulting CLI options ${command_args}"
 exec 5>&1
 res=`{ { codespell --count ${command_args} ${INPUT_PATH}; echo $? 1>&4; } 1>&5; } 4>&1`
diff --git a/test/test.bats b/test/test.bats
index 560a756..80536a4 100644
--- a/test/test.bats
+++ b/test/test.bats
@@ -29,24 +29,17 @@ function setup() {
     [ -d "/code/" ] || sudo mkdir -p /code/
     [ -f "/code/codespell-matcher.json" ] || sudo cp codespell-problem-matcher/codespell-matcher.json /code/
     #ls -alR /code/
-    # Create the _github_workflow dir that entrypoint.sh copies the matcher into
-    [ -d "${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow/" ] || sudo mkdir -p ${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow/ && sudo chmod 777 ${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow/
     # Add a random place BATS tries to put it
     [ -d "/github/workflow/" ] || sudo mkdir -p /github/workflow/ && sudo chmod 777 /github/workflow/
     #ls -alR /github/workflow/
 
-    # Set GITHUB_EVENT_PATH to a fake public-repo event so REPO_PRIVATE=false,
-    # which skips the subscription check and keeps banner output deterministic.
-    local event_file="/tmp/test-event.json"
-    printf '{"repository":{"private":false}}' > "${event_file}"
-    export GITHUB_EVENT_PATH="${event_file}"
-
     # Set default input values
     export INPUT_CHECK_FILENAMES=""
     export INPUT_CHECK_HIDDEN=""
     export INPUT_EXCLUDE_FILE=""
     export INPUT_SKIP=""
     export INPUT_BUILTIN=""
+    export INPUT_CONFIG=""
     export INPUT_IGNORE_WORDS_FILE=""
     export INPUT_IGNORE_WORDS_LIST=""
     export INPUT_URI_IGNORE_WORDS_LIST=""
@@ -62,9 +55,9 @@ function setup() {
     [ $status -eq $expectedExitStatus ]
 
     # Check output
-    [[ "${output}" == *"::add-matcher::${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow/codespell-matcher.json"* ]]
-    outputRegex="Running codespell on '${INPUT_PATH}'"
-    [[ "${output}" =~ $outputRegex ]]
+    [ "${lines[0]}" == "::add-matcher::${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow/codespell-matcher.json" ]
+    outputRegex="^Running codespell on '${INPUT_PATH}'"
+    [[ "${lines[1]}" =~ $outputRegex ]]
     [ "${lines[-4 - $errorCount]}" == "$errorCount" ]
     [ "${lines[-3]}" == "Codespell found one or more problems" ]
     [ "${lines[-2]}" == "::remove-matcher owner=codespell-matcher-default::" ]
@@ -102,6 +95,50 @@ function setup() {
     [ "${lines[-4 - $errorCount]}" == "$errorCount" ]
 }
 
+@test "Pass an ill-formed file to INPUT_CONFIG" {
+    # codespell's exit status is 78 for a configparser.Error exception
+    expectedExitStatus=78
+    INPUT_CONFIG="./test/testdata/.badcfg"
+    run "./entrypoint.sh"
+    [ $status -eq $expectedExitStatus ]
+}
+
+@test "Pass a non-existing file to INPUT_CONFIG" {
+    errorCount=$((ROOT_MISSPELLING_COUNT + SUBFOLDER_MISSPELLING_COUNT))
+    # codespell's exit status is 0, or 65 if there are errors found
+    if [ $errorCount -eq 0 ]; then expectedExitStatus=0; else expectedExitStatus=65; fi
+    INPUT_CONFIG="./foo"
+    run "./entrypoint.sh"
+    [ $status -eq $expectedExitStatus ]
+
+    # Check output
+    [ "${lines[0]}" == "::add-matcher::${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow/codespell-matcher.json" ]
+    outputRegex="^Running codespell on '${INPUT_PATH}'"
+    [[ "${lines[1]}" =~ $outputRegex ]]
+    [ "${lines[-4 - $errorCount]}" == "$errorCount" ]
+    [ "${lines[-3]}" == "Codespell found one or more problems" ]
+    [ "${lines[-2]}" == "::remove-matcher owner=codespell-matcher-default::" ]
+    [ "${lines[-1]}" == "::remove-matcher owner=codespell-matcher-specified::" ]
+}
+
+@test "Pass a valid file to INPUT_CONFIG" {
+    errorCount=$((ROOT_MISSPELLING_COUNT + SUBFOLDER_MISSPELLING_COUNT))
+    # codespell's exit status is 0, or 65 if there are errors found
+    if [ $errorCount -eq 0 ]; then expectedExitStatus=0; else expectedExitStatus=65; fi
+    INPUT_CONFIG="./test/testdata/.goodcfg"
+    run "./entrypoint.sh"
+    [ $status -eq $expectedExitStatus ]
+
+    # Check output
+    [ "${lines[0]}" == "::add-matcher::${RUNNER_TEMP}/_github_workflow/codespell-matcher.json" ]
+    outputRegex="^Running codespell on '${INPUT_PATH}'"
+    [[ "${lines[1]}" =~ $outputRegex ]]
+    [ "${lines[-4 - $errorCount]}" == "$errorCount" ]
+    [ "${lines[-3]}" == "Codespell found one or more problems" ]
+    [ "${lines[-2]}" == "::remove-matcher owner=codespell-matcher-default::" ]
+    [ "${lines[-1]}" == "::remove-matcher owner=codespell-matcher-specified::" ]
+}
+
 @test "Use an exclude file" {
     errorCount=$((ROOT_MISSPELLING_COUNT + SUBFOLDER_MISSPELLING_COUNT - EXCLUDED_MISSPELLING_COUNT))
     # codespell's exit status is 0, or 65 if there are errors found
diff --git a/test/testdata/.badcfg b/test/testdata/.badcfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e810594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testdata/.badcfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foobar =
diff --git a/test/testdata/.goodcfg b/test/testdata/.goodcfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60bbe06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testdata/.goodcfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[codespell]