diff --git a/lib/app.js b/lib/app.js
index 99635de..5f316f5 100644
--- a/lib/app.js
+++ b/lib/app.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const istanbul = require('istanbul');
 const util = require('util');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
+const ConfigValidator = require('./validator');
 const Instrumenter = require('./instrumenter');
 const Coverage = require('./coverage');
 const DataCollector = require('./collector');
@@ -20,8 +21,12 @@ class App {
   constructor(config) {
     this.coverage = new Coverage();
     this.instrumenter = new Instrumenter();
+    this.validator = new ConfigValidator()
     this.config = config || {};
 
+    // Validate
+    this.validator.validate(this.config);
+
     // Options
     this.testsErrored = false;
     this.instrumentToFile = (config.instrumentToFile === false) ? false : true;
diff --git a/lib/ui.js b/lib/ui.js
index c21fc70..cf6e2ee 100644
--- a/lib/ui.js
+++ b/lib/ui.js
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ class AppUI extends UI {
     const c = this.chalk;
 
     const kinds = {
+      'config-fail':`${c.red('A config option (.solcover.js) is incorrectly formatted: ')}` +
+                    `${c.red(args[0])}.`,
+
       'instr-fail': `${c.red('Could not instrument:')} ${args[0]}. ` +
                     `${c.red('(Please verify solc can compile this file without errors.) ')}`,
 
diff --git a/lib/validator.js b/lib/validator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5d8441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/validator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+const Validator = require('jsonschema').Validator;
+const AppUI = require('./ui').AppUI;
+const util = require('util')
+
+
+function isFunction(input){
+
+}
+
+Validator.prototype.customFormats.isFunction = function(input) {
+  return typeof input === "function"
+};
+
+const configSchema = {
+  id: "/solcoverjs",
+  type: "object",
+  properties: {
+
+    client: {type: "object"},
+    cwd:    {type: "string"},
+    host:   {type: "string"},
+
+
+    originalContractsDir: {type: "string"},
+    port:                 {type: "number"},
+    providerOptions:      {type: "object"},
+    silent:               {type: "boolean"},
+
+    // Hooks:
+    onServerReady:        {type: "function", format: "isFunction"},
+    onTestComplete:       {type: "function", format: "isFunction"},
+    onIstanbulComplete:   {type: "function", format: "isFunction"},
+
+    // Arrays
+    skipFiles: {
+      type: "array",
+      items: {type: "string"}
+    },
+
+    istanbulReporter: {
+      type: "array",
+      items: {type: "string"}
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+class ConfigValidator {
+  constructor(){
+    this.validator = new Validator();
+    this.validator.addSchema(configSchema);
+    this.ui = new AppUI();
+  }
+
+  validate(config){
+    let result = this.validator.validate(config, configSchema);
+
+    if (result.errors.length){
+      let msg;
+      const option = `"${result.errors[0].property.replace('instance.', '')}"`;
+
+      (result.errors[0].argument === 'isFunction')
+        ? msg = `${option} is not a function`
+        : msg = `${option} ${result.errors[0].message}`;
+
+      throw new Error(this.ui.generate('config-fail', [msg]));
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = ConfigValidator;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b7201e2..9f0b9aa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "global-modules": "^2.0.0",
     "globby": "^10.0.1",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
+    "jsonschema": "^1.2.4",
     "node-dir": "^0.1.17",
     "node-emoji": "^1.10.0",
     "pify": "^4.0.1",
diff --git a/test/units/truffle/errors.js b/test/units/truffle/errors.js
index 8825091..e1865c3 100644
--- a/test/units/truffle/errors.js
+++ b/test/units/truffle/errors.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: error cases', function() {
     verify.coverageNotGenerated(truffleConfig);
   });
 
-  it('project .solcover.js has syntax error', async function(){
+  it('.solcover.js has syntax error', async function(){
     verify.cleanInitialState();
 
     mock.installFullProject('bad-solcoverjs');
@@ -64,7 +64,22 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: error cases', function() {
     verify.coverageNotGenerated(truffleConfig);
   })
 
+  it('.solcover.js has incorrectly formatted option', async function(){
+    verify.cleanInitialState();
+    solcoverConfig.port = "Antwerpen";
+
+    mock.install('Simple', 'simple.js', solcoverConfig);
 
+    try {
+      await plugin(truffleConfig);
+      assert.fail()
+    } catch (err) {
+      assert(
+        err.message.includes('config option'),
+        `Should error on incorrect config options: ${err.message}`
+      );
+    }
+  });
 
   it('lib module load failure', async function(){
     verify.cleanInitialState();
diff --git a/test/units/validator.js b/test/units/validator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14335fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/validator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+const assert = require('assert');
+const util = require('util');
+const ConfigValidator = require('./../../lib/validator');
+
+describe('config validation', () => {
+  let validator;
+  let solcoverjs;
+
+  before(() => validator = new ConfigValidator());
+  beforeEach(() => solcoverjs = {});
+
+  it('validates an empty config', function() {
+    assert(validator.validate(solcoverjs), '{} should be valid');
+  })
+
+  it('validates config with unknown options', function(){
+    solcoverjs.unknown_option = 'hello';
+    assert(validator.validate(solcoverjs), '.cwd string should be valid')
+  })
+
+  it('validates the "string" options', function(){
+    const options =  [
+      "cwd",
+      "host",
+      "originalContractsDir",
+    ]
+
+    options.forEach(name => {
+      // Pass
+      solcoverjs = {};
+      solcoverjs[name] = "a_string";
+      assert(validator.validate(solcoverjs), `${name} string should be valid`)
+
+      // Fail
+      solcoverjs[name] = 0;
+      try {
+        validator.validate(solcoverjs);
+        assert.fail()
+      } catch (err){
+        assert(err.message.includes(`"${name}" is not of a type(s) string`), err.message);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('validates the "object" options', function(){
+    const options =  [
+      "client",
+      "providerOptions",
+    ]
+
+    options.forEach(name => {
+      // Pass
+      solcoverjs = {};
+      solcoverjs[name] = {a_property: 'a'};
+      assert(validator.validate(solcoverjs), `${name} object should be valid`)
+
+      // Fail
+      solcoverjs[name] = 0;
+      try {
+        validator.validate(solcoverjs);
+        assert.fail()
+      } catch (err){
+        assert(err.message.includes(`"${name}" is not of a type(s) object`), err.message);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('validates the "number" options', function(){
+    const options =  [
+      "port",
+    ]
+
+    options.forEach(name => {
+      // Pass
+      solcoverjs = {};
+      solcoverjs[name] = 0;
+      assert(validator.validate(solcoverjs), `${name} number should be valid`)
+
+      // Fail
+      solcoverjs[name] = "a_string";
+      try {
+        validator.validate(solcoverjs);
+        assert.fail()
+      } catch (err){
+        assert(err.message.includes(`"${name}" is not of a type(s) number`), err.message);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('validates string array options', function(){
+    const options =  [
+      "skipFiles",
+      "istanbulReporter",
+    ]
+
+    options.forEach(name => {
+      // Pass
+      solcoverjs = {};
+      solcoverjs[name] = ['a_string'];
+      assert(validator.validate(solcoverjs), `${name} string array should be valid`)
+
+      // Fail
+      solcoverjs[name] = "a_string";
+      try {
+        validator.validate(solcoverjs);
+        assert.fail()
+      } catch (err){
+        assert(err.message.includes(`"${name}" is not of a type(s) array`), err.message);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('validates function options', function(){
+
+    const options =  [
+      "onServerReady",
+      "onTestComplete",
+      "onIstanbulComplete",
+    ]
+
+    options.forEach(name => {
+      // Pass
+      solcoverjs = {};
+      solcoverjs[name] = async (a,b) => {};
+      assert(validator.validate(solcoverjs), `${name} string array should be valid`)
+
+      // Fail
+      solcoverjs[name] = "a_string";
+      try {
+        validator.validate(solcoverjs);
+        assert.fail()
+      } catch (err){
+        assert(err.message.includes(`"${name}" is not a function`), err.message);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index aa8893d..459051a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4138,6 +4138,11 @@ jsonparse@^1.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonparse/-/jsonparse-1.3.1.tgz#3f4dae4a91fac315f71062f8521cc239f1366280"
   integrity sha1-P02uSpH6wxX3EGL4UhzCOfE2YoA=
 
+jsonschema@^1.2.4:
+  version "1.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonschema/-/jsonschema-1.2.4.tgz#a46bac5d3506a254465bc548876e267c6d0d6464"
+  integrity sha512-lz1nOH69GbsVHeVgEdvyavc/33oymY1AZwtePMiMj4HZPMbP5OIKK3zT9INMWjwua/V4Z4yq7wSlBbSG+g4AEw==
+
 jsprim@^1.2.2:
   version "1.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsprim/-/jsprim-1.4.1.tgz#313e66bc1e5cc06e438bc1b7499c2e5c56acb6a2"