diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa28cc8c..a687eec5 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ let app = new EmberAddon(defaults, {
 ```js
 //babel.config.js
 
-const { emberPlugins } = require("ember-cli-babel");
+const { buildEmberPlugins } = require("ember-cli-babel");
 
 module.exports = function (api) {
   api.cache(true);
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ module.exports = function (api) {
         },
       ],
       // this is where all the ember required plugins would reside
-      ...emberPlugins(__dirname, { ...options }),
+      ...buildEmberPlugins(__dirname, { /*customOptions if you want to pass in */ }),
     ],
   };
 };
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0a32e273..b2a37c54 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@ const emberPlugins = require('./lib/ember-plugins');
 
 const APP_BABEL_RUNTIME_VERSION = new WeakMap();
 
-// Ref: https://github.com/babel/babel/blob/c6aea4e85d2b8f3e82575642d30b01c8cbe112a9/packages/babel-core/src/config/files/configuration.js#L24
-// supported babel config root filenames.
-const ROOT_CONFIG_FILENAMES = [
-  "babel.config.js",
-  "babel.config.cjs",
-  "babel.config.mjs",
-  "babel.config.json",
-];
-
 let count = 0;
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -96,6 +87,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
      options.highlightCode = _shouldHighlightCode(this.parent);
      options.babelrc = false;
+     options.configFile = false;
 
      return options;
   },
@@ -108,16 +100,31 @@ module.exports = {
     let options = this._getDefaultBabelOptions(config);
     let output;
 
-    const babelConfigFile = ROOT_CONFIG_FILENAMES.find((fileName) =>
-      fs.existsSync(path.resolve(this.parent.root, fileName))
-    );
-
     const customAddonConfig = config['ember-cli-babel'];
-    const shouldUseBabelConfigFile = customAddonConfig && customAddonConfig.useBabelConfig && babelConfigFile;
-
+    const shouldUseBabelConfigFile = customAddonConfig && customAddonConfig.useBabelConfig;
+    
     if (shouldUseBabelConfigFile) {
+      // Ref: https://github.com/babel/babel/blob/c6aea4e85d2b8f3e82575642d30b01c8cbe112a9/packages/babel-core/src/config/files/configuration.js#L24
+      // supported babel config root filenames.
+      const ROOT_CONFIG_FILENAMES = [
+        "babel.config.js",
+        "babel.config.cjs",
+        "babel.config.mjs",
+        "babel.config.json",
+      ].map(fileName => path.resolve(this.parent.root, fileName));
+      
+      const babelConfigFile = ROOT_CONFIG_FILENAMES.find((fileName) =>
+        fs.existsSync(fileName)
+      );
+      if (!babelConfigFile) {
+        throw new Error(
+          "Missing babel config file in the project root. Please double check if the babel config file exists or turn off the `useBabelConfig` option in your ember-cli-build.js file."
+        );
+      }
       options = Object.assign({}, options, {
-        "presets":[ require.resolve(path.resolve(this.parent.root, babelConfigFile)) ],
+        presets: [
+          require.resolve(babelConfigFile),
+        ],
       });
     } else {
       options = Object.assign({}, options, this.buildBabelOptions(config));
diff --git a/lib/ember-plugins.js b/lib/ember-plugins.js
index c54a5fa5..275cfb83 100644
--- a/lib/ember-plugins.js
+++ b/lib/ember-plugins.js
@@ -148,6 +148,22 @@ function _getProposalDecoratorsAndClassPlugins(config) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * This function allows returns all the required Ember specific babel plugins for the app to transpile correctly.
+ * As the first argument, you need to pass in the appRoot (which is usually the __dirname).
+ * As the second argument, which is optional, you can choose to turn the switch on and off of several plugins that this function returns.
+ * **List of supported configs**
+ * {
+ *  disableModuleResolution: boolean, // determines if you want the module resolution enabled
+ *  emberDataVersionRequiresPackagesPolyfill: boolean, // enable ember data's polyfill
+ *  shouldIgnoreJQuery: boolean, // ignore jQuery
+ *  shouldIgnoreEmberString: boolean, // ignore ember string
+ *  shouldIgnoreDecoratorAndClassPlugins: boolean, // disable decorator plugins
+ *  disableEmberModulesAPIPolyfill: boolean, // disable ember modules API polyfill
+ * }
+ * @param {string} appRoot - root directory of your project
+ * @param {object} config - config options to finetune the plugins
+ */
 module.exports = function (appRoot, config = {}) {
   return []
     .concat(