diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
index 8d091dc..a304f1f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ public final class PurpleBot {
                     plugin.logDebug("CustomPrefix: " + pair[0] + " => " + pair[1]);
                 }
             }
-            defaultCustomPrefix = config.getString("custom-prefix-deault", "[IRC]");
+            defaultCustomPrefix = config.getString("custom-prefix-default", "[IRC]");
 
             // build command notify recipient list            
             for (String recipient : config.getStringList("command-notify.recipients")) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml b/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml
index a7ef596..01225ca 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ part-invalid-channels: false
 part-invalid-channels-message: 'I should not be here! Bye!'
 # Channel auto join delay in server ticks (20 ticks = 1 second)
 channel-auto-join-delay: 20
-# If your irc-chat message has a %CUSTOMPREFIX% the these custom prefixes can replace them.
+# If your irc-chat message has a %CUSTOMPREFIX% then these custom prefixes can replace them.
 # Can match either nick or hostmask
 custom-prefixes:
 - 'AwesomeNick [AwesomePrefix]'
 - '*!*sarah@example.com [Owner]'
 # Default if no match is found
-custom-prefix-deault: '[IRC]'
+custom-prefix-default: '[IRC]'
 # channels - List the channels your bot will join here
 channels:
   # Channel name must be surrounded by sing quotes to be YAML compliant.