diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser_file.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser_file.rb
index 3bf505f..81272cf 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser_file.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser_file.rb
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
 
     def parse_line!(line)
       key_sym, value = extract_pair(line)
-      value = true if value =~ /^(true|t|yes|y|1)$/i
-      value = false if value =~ /^(false|f|no|n|0)$/i
-      @options[key_sym] = value
+      @options[translate_option_name(key_sym)] = convert_value(value, key_sym)
     rescue
       raise ParserError, "Config file #{file} is incorrect in line \"#{line.gsub(/[\n\r]+/, '')}\""
     end
@@ -38,5 +36,39 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
       key, value = line.split("=", 2)
       [key.sub("-", "_").to_sym, value.gsub(/[\n\r]+/, "")]
     end
+
+    KNOWN_ARRAY_KEYS = [:exclude_labels, :include_labels, :bug_labels,
+                        :enhancement_labels, :between_tags, :exclude_tags]
+    KNOWN_INTEGER_KEYS = [:max_issues]
+
+    def convert_value(value, key_sym)
+      if KNOWN_ARRAY_KEYS.include?(key_sym)
+        value.split(",")
+      elsif KNOWN_INTEGER_KEYS.include?(key_sym)
+        value.to_i
+      elsif value =~ /^(true|t|yes|y|1)$/i
+        true
+      elsif value =~ /^(false|f|no|n|0)$/i
+        false
+      else
+        value
+      end
+    end
+
+    def translate_option_name(key_sym)
+      {
+        bugs_label: :bug_prefix,
+        enhancement_label: :enhancement_prefix,
+        issues_label: :issue_prefix,
+        header_label: :header,
+        front_matter: :frontmatter,
+        pr_label: :merge_prefix,
+        issues_wo_labels: :add_issues_wo_labels,
+        pr_wo_labels: :add_pr_wo_labels,
+        pull_requests: :pulls,
+        filter_by_milestone: :filter_issues_by_milestone,
+        github_api: :github_endpoint
+      }.fetch(key_sym) { key_sym }
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/files/github_changelog_params_327 b/spec/files/github_changelog_params_327
index 21fce1c..2506a61 100644
--- a/spec/files/github_changelog_params_327
+++ b/spec/files/github_changelog_params_327
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-exclude-labels=73a91042-da6f-11e5-9335-1040f38d7f90,7adf83b4-da6f-11e5-ae18-1040f38d7f90
\ No newline at end of file
+exclude-labels=73a91042-da6f-11e5-9335-1040f38d7f90,7adf83b4-da6f-11e5-ae18-1040f38d7f90
+header_label=# My changelog
diff --git a/spec/unit/parse_file_spec.rb b/spec/unit/parse_file_spec.rb
index f130d34..2e4f1a6 100644
--- a/spec/unit/parse_file_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/parse_file_spec.rb
@@ -43,12 +43,18 @@ describe GitHubChangelogGenerator::ParserFile do
             params_file: "spec/files/github_changelog_params_327"
           }
         end
+
         it "reads exclude_labels into an Array" do
-          pending("Related with Bug #327.")
           expect { parse.parse! }.to change { options[:exclude_labels] }
             .from(nil)
             .to(["73a91042-da6f-11e5-9335-1040f38d7f90", "7adf83b4-da6f-11e5-ae18-1040f38d7f90"])
         end
+
+        it "translates given header_label into the :header option" do
+          expect { parse.parse! }.to change { options[:header] }
+            .from(nil)
+            .to("# My changelog")
+        end
       end
     end
   end