diff --git a/cachet_url_monitor/configuration.py b/cachet_url_monitor/configuration.py
index ebacf38..54a571a 100644
--- a/cachet_url_monitor/configuration.py
+++ b/cachet_url_monitor/configuration.py
@@ -7,23 +7,66 @@ import time
 from yaml import load
 
 
+# This is the mandatory fields that must be in the configuration file in this
+# same exact structure.
+configuration_mandatory_fields = {
+        'endpoint': ['url', 'method', 'timeout', 'expectation'],
+        'cachet': ['api_url', 'token', 'component_id'],
+        'frequency': []}
+
+
+class ConfigurationValidationError(Exception):
+    """Exception raised when there's a validation error."""
+    def __init__(self, value):
+        self.value = value
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return repr(self.value)
+
+
 class Configuration(object):
     """Represents a configuration file, but it also includes the functionality
     of assessing the API and pushing the results to cachet.
     """
     def __init__(self, config_file):
-        #TODO(mtakaki|2016-04-26): Needs validation if the config is correct.
-        #TODO(mtakaki|2016-04-28): Accept overriding settings using environment
+        #TODO(mtakaki#1|2016-04-28): Accept overriding settings using environment
         # variables so we have a more docker-friendly approach.
         self.logger = logging.getLogger('cachet_url_monitor.configuration.Configuration')
         self.config_file = config_file
         self.data = load(file(self.config_file, 'r'))
+
+        self.validate()
+
+        self.logger.info('Monitoring URL: %s %s' %
+            (self.data['endpoint']['method'], self.data['endpoint']['url']))
         self.expectations = [Expectaction.create(expectation) for expectation
                 in self.data['endpoint']['expectation']]
         for expectation in self.expectations:
             self.logger.info('Registered expectation: %s' % (expectation,))
         self.headers = {'X-Cachet-Token': self.data['cachet']['token']}
 
+    def validate(self):
+        configuration_errors = []
+        for key, sub_entries in configuration_mandatory_fields.iteritems():
+            if key not in self.data:
+                configuration_errors.append(key)
+
+            for sub_key in sub_entries:
+                if sub_key not in self.data[key]:
+                    configuration_errors.append('%s.%s' % (key, sub_key))
+
+        if ('endpoint' in self.data and 'expectation' in
+                self.data['endpoint']):
+            if (not isinstance(self.data['endpoint']['expectation'], list) or
+                (isinstance(self.data['endpoint']['expectation'], list) and
+                len(self.data['endpoint']['expectation']) == 0)):
+                configuration_errors.append('endpoint.expectation')
+
+        if len(configuration_errors) > 0:
+            raise ConfigurationValidationError(('Config file [%s] failed '
+                'validation. Missing keys: %s') % (self.config_file,
+                ', '.join(configuration_errors)))
+
     def evaluate(self):
         """Sends the request to the URL set in the configuration and executes
         each one of the expectations, one by one. The status will be updated
@@ -132,6 +175,9 @@ class HttpStatus(Expectaction):
     def get_message(self, response):
         return 'Unexpected HTTP status (%s)' % (response.status_code,)
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return repr('HTTP status: %s' % (self.status,))
+
 
 class Latency(Expectaction):
     def __init__(self, configuration):
@@ -146,9 +192,13 @@ class Latency(Expectaction):
     def get_message(self, response):
         return 'Latency above threshold: %.4f' % (response.elapsed.total_seconds(),)
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return repr('Latency threshold: %.4f' % (self.threshold,))
+
 
 class Regex(Expectaction):
     def __init__(self, configuration):
+        self.regex_string = configuration['regex']
         self.regex = re.compile(configuration['regex'])
 
     def get_status(self, response):
@@ -159,3 +209,6 @@ class Regex(Expectaction):
 
     def get_message(self, response):
         return 'Regex did not match anything in the body'
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return repr('Regex: %s' % (self.regex_string,))