diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2004706..6e87ae3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -29,7 +28,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	smokeTests, err := parseVapefile(*vapeFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		fmt.Printf("Error reading config: %s", err.Error())
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	testsLen := len(smokeTests)
@@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if passedCount < testsLen {
-		fmt.Println("\n🔥  Some tests failed. you may have a bad deployment")
+		fmt.Println("\n🔥  Some tests failed. You may have a bad deployment")
 		os.Exit(2)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Printf("\n✨  [%d/%d] tests passed in %s\n", passedCount, testsLen, time.Since(start))
-
 }
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 1d6c1a3..6e94c7e 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ func parseVapefile(file string) (SmokeTests, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		if test.URI == "" || test.ExpectedStatusCode == 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Each test should have at least a uri and expected_status_code:\n %v", string(raw))
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	return tests, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/utils_test.go b/utils_test.go
index e5a8098..ce2a2d7 100644
--- a/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -50,11 +51,11 @@ func TestReadVapefileSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	json := `[
   {
     "uri": "/status/200",
-    "expectedStatusCode": 200
+    "expected_status_code": 200
   },
   {
     "uri": "/status/500",
-    "expectedStatusCode": 500
+    "expected_status_code": 500
   }
 ]`
 	tmpfile, cleanup, err := tmpFile(json)
@@ -68,6 +69,54 @@ func TestReadVapefileSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestReadVapefileMissingFields(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("TestUriMissing", func(t *testing.T) {
+		json := `[
+	  {
+	    "expected_status_code": 200
+	  }
+	]`
+		tmpfile, cleanup, err := tmpFile(json)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer cleanup()
+		_, err = parseVapefile(tmpfile.Name())
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected error: got: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedError := "Each test should have at least a uri and expected_status_code"
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), expectedError) == false {
+			t.Errorf("expected message: %s got %s", expectedError, err.Error())
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("TestExpectedStatusCodeMissing", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("TestUriMissing", func(t *testing.T) {
+			json := `[
+			{
+				"uri": "/health"
+			}
+		]`
+			tmpfile, cleanup, err := tmpFile(json)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			defer cleanup()
+			_, err = parseVapefile(tmpfile.Name())
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Errorf("expected error: got: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			expectedError := "Each test should have at least a uri and expected_status_code"
+			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), expectedError) == false {
+				t.Errorf("expected message: %s got %s", expectedError, err.Error())
+			}
+		})
+	})
+}
+
 func TestParseBaseURL(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("TestInvalidURL", func(t *testing.T) {
 		url := ":"