diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 496c062..cc9b95c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ rules:
 - Add external checking
 - Add and adjust reports for file metadata comparison and external checking
 - Add csv header comparison. Previously, the report only marks the differences but not returning any error.
+- Added config yaml validation command to check whether file can be loaded or not
 
 ### 0.2.4
 - add check for row lines of both compared csv files, and throw error if they are unequal
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b42678c..7a41f1c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -346,6 +346,30 @@ pub fn get_schema() -> Result<String, Error> {
     Ok(serde_json::to_string_pretty(&schema)?)
 }
 
+/// Try to load config yaml and check whether it is a valid one. Returns true if file can be loaded, otherwise false
+pub fn validate_config(config_file: impl AsRef<Path>) -> bool {
+    let config_file = config_file.as_ref();
+    let config_file_string = config_file.to_string_lossy();
+    if !config_file.exists() {
+        error!("Could not find config file: {config_file_string}");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    match ConfigurationFile::from_file(config_file) {
+        Ok(_) => {
+            info!("Config file {config_file_string} loaded successfully");
+            true
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            error!(
+                "Could not load config file {config_file_string}: {}",
+                e.to_string()
+            );
+            false
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index db2ed29..885008b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use clap::Parser;
-use havocompare::get_schema;
+use havocompare::{compare_folders, get_schema, validate_config};
 use tracing::Level;
 use tracing_subscriber::FmtSubscriber;
 
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ enum Commands {
 
     /// Export the JsonSchema for the config files
     Schema,
+
+    /// Validate config yaml
+    Validate { compare_config: String },
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -65,13 +68,19 @@ fn main() {
             report_config,
         } => {
             let result =
-                havocompare::compare_folders(nominal, actual, compare_config, report_config)
-                    .unwrap_or(false);
+                compare_folders(nominal, actual, compare_config, report_config).unwrap_or(false);
             if result {
                 std::process::exit(0);
             } else {
                 std::process::exit(1);
             }
         }
+        Commands::Validate { compare_config } => {
+            if validate_config(compare_config) {
+                std::process::exit(0);
+            } else {
+                std::process::exit(1);
+            }
+        }
     };
 }