diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 025cb92..9832ca9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ go get -u github.com/mindstand/gogm/v2
 Primary key strategies allow more customization over primary keys. A strategy is provided to gogm on initialization.
 <br/>
 Built in primary key strategies are:
-- gogm.DefaultPrimaryKeyStrategy -- just use the graph id from neo4j as the primary key
-- gogm.UUIDPrimaryKeyStrategy -- uuid's as primary keys
+- `gogm.DefaultPrimaryKeyStrategy` -- just use the graph id from neo4j as the primary key
+- `gogm.UUIDPrimaryKeyStrategy` -- uuid's as primary keys
 ```go
 // Example of the internal UUID strategy
 PrimaryKeyStrategy{
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ PrimaryKeyStrategy{
 }
 ```
 
+### Load Strategy
+Load strategies allow control over the queries generated by `Load` operations.
+Different strategies change the size of the queries sent to the database as well as the amount of work the database has to do.
+A load strategy is provided to gomg on initialization.
+
+The defined load strategies are:
+- `gogm.PATH_LOAD_STRATEGY` -- Use cypher path queries to generate simple queries for load operations.
+- `gogm.SCHEMA_LOAD_STRATEGY` -- Leverage the GoGM schema to generate more complex queries for load operations which results in less work for the database.
+
+Depending on your use case, `PATH_LOAD_STRATEGY` may result in higher latency.
+
 ### Struct Configuration
 ##### <s>text</s> notates deprecation
 
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 9309338..83c6fa6 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ func (c *Config) validate() error {
 		c.TargetDbs = []string{"neo4j"}
 	}
 
+	if err := c.IndexStrategy.validate(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := c.LoadStrategy.validate(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -128,3 +136,12 @@ const (
 	// IGNORE_INDEX skips the index step of setup
 	IGNORE_INDEX IndexStrategy = 2
 )
+
+func (is IndexStrategy) validate() error {
+	switch is {
+	case ASSERT_INDEX, VALIDATE_INDEX, IGNORE_INDEX:
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid index strategy %d", is)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/load_strategy.go b/load_strategy.go
index 3424f4d..6938a40 100644
--- a/load_strategy.go
+++ b/load_strategy.go
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ const (
 	SCHEMA_LOAD_STRATEGY
 )
 
+func (ls LoadStrategy) validate() error {
+	switch ls {
+	case PATH_LOAD_STRATEGY, SCHEMA_LOAD_STRATEGY:
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid load strategy %d", ls)
+	}
+}
+
 // PathLoadStrategyMany loads many using path strategy
 func PathLoadStrategyMany(variable, label string, depth int, additionalConstraints dsl.ConditionOperator) (dsl.Cypher, error) {
 	if variable == "" {