diff --git a/joft/utils.py b/joft/utils.py
index d54d638..f47ee14 100644
--- a/joft/utils.py
+++ b/joft/utils.py
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ def load_and_parse_yaml_file(path: str) -> typing.Dict[str, typing.Any]:
     return yaml_obj
 
 
+def read_and_validate_config(
+    path: str | pathlib.Path,
+) -> typing.Dict[str, typing.Any] | None:
+    """Read and return config file is it's valid. Return None otherwise."""
+    with open(path, "rb") as fp:
+        config = tomllib.load(fp)
+
+    config["jira"]["server"]["hostname"]
+    config["jira"]["server"]["pat_token"]
+
+    return config
+
+
 def load_toml_app_config() -> typing.Any:
     possible_paths = []
 
@@ -26,7 +39,27 @@ def load_toml_app_config() -> typing.Any:
     for path in possible_paths:
         config_file_path = pathlib.Path(path) / "joft.config.toml"
         if config_file_path.is_file():
-            break
+            try:
+                config = read_and_validate_config(config_file_path)
+            except Exception as e:
+                err_msg = textwrap.dedent(f"""\
+                    [ERROR] Configuration file {config_file_path} is invalid:
+
+                    {type(e).__name__} - {str(e)}
+
+                    Configuration file should have the following content:
+
+                    [jira.server]
+                    hostname = "<your jira server url>"
+                    pat_token = "<your jira pat token>"
+
+                    and should be stored in one of the following directories:
+                    {', '.join(possible_paths)}\
+                """)
+                print(err_msg)
+                sys.exit(1)
+            else:
+                return config
     else:
         err_msg = textwrap.dedent(f"""\
             [ERROR] Cannot find configuration file 'joft.config.toml'.
@@ -43,8 +76,3 @@ def load_toml_app_config() -> typing.Any:
 
         print(err_msg)
         sys.exit(1)
-
-    with open(config_file_path, "rb") as fp:
-        config = tomllib.load(fp)
-
-    return config
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index f5c361f..96ebb6e 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -81,3 +81,53 @@ def test_load_toml_app_config_no_config_found(mock_platformdirs, mock_cwd) -> No
 
     assert "Cannot find configuration file" in mock_stdout.getvalue()
     assert sys_exit.value.args[0] == 1
+
+
+@unittest.mock.patch("joft.utils.pathlib.Path.cwd")
+def test_load_toml_app_config_invalid_config_found(mock_cwd) -> None:
+    """
+    Test that we will end with a non-zero error code when there is an invalid
+    config present and printing a message on the stdout.
+    """
+
+    invalid_config_file_contents = """[jira.server]
+    pat_token = "__pat_token__"
+    """
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        mock_cwd.return_value = tmpdir
+
+        config_file_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "joft.config.toml")
+        with open(config_file_path, "w") as fp:
+            fp.write(invalid_config_file_contents)
+
+        with unittest.mock.patch("sys.stdout", new=io.StringIO()) as mock_stdout:
+            with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as sys_exit:
+                joft.utils.load_toml_app_config()
+
+    assert f"Configuration file {config_file_path} is invalid" in mock_stdout.getvalue()
+    assert "KeyError - 'hostname'" in mock_stdout.getvalue()
+    assert sys_exit.value.args[0] == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "config_file_content, raises",
+    [
+        ("[jira.server]\nhostname = 'foo'\npat_token = 'bar'", None),
+        ("", KeyError),
+        ("[jira.server]\nhostname = 'foo'", KeyError),
+        ("[jira.server]\npat_token = 'bar'", KeyError),
+        ("hostname = 'foo'\npat_token = 'bar'", KeyError),
+    ],
+)
+def test_read_and_validate_config(config_file_content, raises, tmp_path) -> None:
+    config_file_path = tmp_path / "joft.config.toml"
+    config_file_path.write_text(config_file_content)
+
+    if raises is None:
+        config = joft.utils.read_and_validate_config(config_file_path)
+        assert config["jira"]["server"]["hostname"] == "foo"
+        assert config["jira"]["server"]["pat_token"] == "bar"
+    else:
+        with pytest.raises(raises):
+            config = joft.utils.read_and_validate_config(config_file_path)