diff --git a/bin/cli/base.js b/bin/cli/base.js
index 13a730d..9f437cd 100644
--- a/bin/cli/base.js
+++ b/bin/cli/base.js
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ const { Command, flags } = require('@oclif/command');
 const Beau = require('../../src/beau');
 
 class Base extends Command {
-	loadConfig(configFile) {
+	openConfigFile(configFile) {
 		if (!fs.existsSync(configFile)) {
 			this.error(`The config file, ${configFile} was not found.`);
 			this.exit(1);
 		}
 
-		const config = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync(configFile, 'utf-8'));
+		return yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync(configFile, 'utf-8'));
+	}
+
+	loadConfig(configFile) {
+		const config = this.openConfigFile(configFile);
 		const env = dotenv.config().parsed || {};
 
 		return new Beau(config, env);
diff --git a/bin/cli/commands/validate.js b/bin/cli/commands/validate.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04840c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cli/commands/validate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+const clc = require('cli-color');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const yaml = require('js-yaml');
+const { flags } = require('@oclif/command');
+
+const Base = require('../base');
+const { validate } = require('../../../src/schema.js');
+
+class ValidateCommand extends Base {
+	async run() {
+		const { flags, args } = this.parse(ValidateCommand);
+		const configFile = args.alias || flags.config;
+
+		const config = this.openConfigFile(configFile);
+
+		let result = await validate(config);
+		if (result.valid) {
+			this.log(`${configFile} is valid.`);
+		} else {
+			this.error(result.message);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+ValidateCommand.description = `Validates the given configuration file against Beau's configuration schema.`;
+ValidateCommand.flags = { ...Base.flags };
+ValidateCommand.args = [
+	{
+		name: 'alias',
+		required: false,
+		description: `The configuration file to validate.`
+	}
+];
+module.exports = ValidateCommand;
diff --git a/examples/plugins.yml b/examples/plugins.yml
index 61ca695..12718e2 100644
--- a/examples/plugins.yml
+++ b/examples/plugins.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 endpoint: http://localhost:10080
 
 plugins:
-  - beau-jwt:
+  - jwt:
       data:
         userId: 12
         name: Sergio
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1e59c01..aa81998 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3939,7 +3939,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/isemail/-/isemail-3.1.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-zfRhJn9rFSGhzU5tGZqepRSAj3+g6oTOHxMGGriWNJZzyLPUK8H7VHpqKntegnW8KLyGA9zwuNaCoopl40LTpg==",
       "requires": {
-        "punycode": "2.1.0"
+        "punycode": "2.x.x"
       },
       "dependencies": {
         "punycode": {
@@ -4807,9 +4807,9 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/joi/-/joi-13.2.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-VUzQwyCrmT2lIpxBCYq26dcK9veCQzDh84gQnCtaxCa8ePohX8JZVVsIb+E66kCUUcIvzeIpifa6eZuzqTZ3NA==",
       "requires": {
-        "hoek": "5.0.3",
-        "isemail": "3.1.2",
-        "topo": "3.0.0"
+        "hoek": "5.x.x",
+        "isemail": "3.x.x",
+        "topo": "3.x.x"
       },
       "dependencies": {
         "hoek": {
@@ -7218,7 +7218,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/topo/-/topo-3.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Tlu1fGlR90iCdIPURqPiufqAlCZYzLjHYVVbcFWDMcX7+tK8hdZWAfsMrD/pBul9jqHHwFjNdf1WaxA9vTRRhw==",
       "requires": {
-        "hoek": "5.0.3"
+        "hoek": "5.x.x"
       },
       "dependencies": {
         "hoek": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index adc5311..32732eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@
   "oclif": {
     "commands": "./bin/cli/commands",
     "bin": "beau",
-    "plugins": ["@oclif/plugin-help", "@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available"]
+    "plugins": [
+      "@oclif/plugin-help",
+      "@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available"
+    ]
   },
   "jest": {
     "testEnvironment": "node",
diff --git a/src/schema.js b/src/schema.js
index 7fa4ac7..1a6b933 100644
--- a/src/schema.js
+++ b/src/schema.js
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 const Joi = require('joi');
 const { requestRegex } = require('./shared.js');
 
+const pluginSchema = [
+	Joi.string(),
+	Joi.object()
+		.keys(null)
+		.max(1)
+];
+
 const requestSchema = [
 	Joi.object()
 		.keys({
@@ -11,7 +18,9 @@ const requestSchema = [
 			ALIAS: Joi.string().required(),
 			FORMDATA: Joi.object().keys(null)
 		})
-		.or('FORM', 'PAYLOAD', 'FORMDATA')
+		.without('FORM', ['PAYLOAD', 'FORMDATA'])
+		.without('PAYLOAD', ['FORM', 'FORMDATA'])
+		.without('FORMDATA', ['FORM', 'PAYLOAD'])
 		.rename(/headers/i, 'HEADERS', { override: true })
 		.rename(/payload/i, 'PAYLOAD', { override: true })
 		.rename(/params/i, 'PARAMS', { override: true })
@@ -36,7 +45,7 @@ const schema = Joi.object()
 	.keys({
 		VERSION: Joi.number().integer(),
 		ENDPOINT: Joi.string().uri(),
-		PLUGINS: Joi.array().items([Joi.string(), Joi.object().keys(null)]),
+		PLUGINS: Joi.array().items(pluginSchema),
 		DEFAULTS: Joi.object(),
 		ENVIRONMENT: Joi.object(),
 		HOSTS: Joi.array().items(hostSchema),
@@ -51,8 +60,20 @@ const schema = Joi.object()
 	.rename(/environment/i, 'ENVIRONMENT', { override: true })
 	.rename(/cookiejar/i, 'COOKIEJAR', { override: true });
 
-const validate = function(config) {
-	return Joi.validate(config, schema, { allowUnknown: true });
+const validate = async function(config) {
+	try {
+		let results = await Joi.validate(config, schema, {
+			allowUnknown: true
+		});
+		return { valid: true };
+	} catch ({ name, details }) {
+		return {
+			valid: false,
+			message: `${name}: \n ${details
+				.map(d => d.message + ' @ ' + d.path)
+				.join(' \n ')}`
+		};
+	}
 };
 
 module.exports = { schema, validate };