diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index b7e9951..dfda330 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-jest.config.js
\ No newline at end of file
+jest.config.js
+dist/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3867a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+npm run lint
diff --git a/.husky/pre-push b/.husky/pre-push
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1262e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.husky/pre-push
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+npm run build
+npm test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b7aa05f..681b18e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         "eslint": "^8.56.0",
         "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
         "http-proxy-middleware": "^2.0.6",
+        "husky": "^9.0.11",
         "jest": "^29.7.0",
         "nodemon": "^3.0.3",
         "prettier": "3.2.5",
@@ -3654,6 +3655,21 @@
         "node": ">=10.17.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/husky": {
+      "version": "9.0.11",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/husky/-/husky-9.0.11.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-AB6lFlbwwyIqMdHYhwPe+kjOC3Oc5P3nThEoW/AaO2BX3vJDjWPFxYLxokUZOo6RNX20He3AaT8sESs9NJcmEw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "bin": {
+        "husky": "bin.mjs"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/typicode"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/iconv-lite": {
       "version": "0.4.24",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.24.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c4a8f5..6a9c993 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
   "main": "index.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "nodemon ./src/index.ts",
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "start": "node ./dist/index.js",
     "test": "jest",
-    "lint": "eslint ."
+    "lint": "eslint .",
+    "prepare": "husky"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@
     "eslint": "^8.56.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "^2.0.6",
+    "husky": "^9.0.11",
     "jest": "^29.7.0",
     "nodemon": "^3.0.3",
     "prettier": "3.2.5",
diff --git a/src/router.ts b/src/router.ts
index e6a0d91..928931c 100644
--- a/src/router.ts
+++ b/src/router.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import express from "express";
 import { parseConfig } from "./utils/config/parse-config";
 import { createProxies } from "./utils/proxy/create-proxies";
 
-// TODO: prevent the app from crashing if the config is invalid
 const config = parseConfig("config.yml");
 
 const router = express.Router();
diff --git a/src/utils/config/validate-config.test.ts b/src/utils/config/validate-config.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..748253f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/config/validate-config.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { validateConfig } from "./validate-config";
+import { Config } from "../../types/config";
+
+describe("validateConfig", () => {
+  it("should not throw an error if config is valid", () => {
+    const validConfig: Config = {
+      endpoints: [
+        {
+          name: "endpoint1",
+          method: "GET",
+          path: "/path1",
+          destination: {
+            url: "http://example.com",
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          name: "endpoint2",
+          method: "POST",
+          path: "/path2",
+          destination: {
+            url: "http://example.com",
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    expect(() => validateConfig(validConfig)).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("should throw an error if endpoint names are duplicated", () => {
+    const invalidConfig: Config = {
+      endpoints: [
+        {
+          name: "duplicate",
+          method: "GET",
+          path: "/path1",
+          destination: {
+            url: "http://example.com",
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          name: "duplicate",
+          method: "GET",
+          path: "/path2",
+          destination: {
+            url: "http://example.com",
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    expect(() => validateConfig(invalidConfig)).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("should throw an error if endpoint path/method combination is duplicated", () => {
+    const invalidConfig: Config = {
+      endpoints: [
+        {
+          name: "endpoint1",
+          method: "GET",
+          path: "/duplicate",
+          destination: {
+            url: "http://example.com",
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          name: "endpoint2",
+          method: "GET",
+          path: "/duplicate",
+          destination: {
+            url: "http://example.com",
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    expect(() => validateConfig(invalidConfig)).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("should throw an error if destination URL is invalid", () => {
+    const invalidUrlConfig: Config = {
+      endpoints: [
+        {
+          name: "endpoint",
+          method: "GET",
+          path: "/path",
+          destination: {
+            url: "invalid_url",
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    expect(() => validateConfig(invalidUrlConfig)).toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69f3c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist"
+  }
+}