diff --git a/apps/backend/src/api/routes/auth.controller.ts b/apps/backend/src/api/routes/auth.controller.ts
index bd14422e..1a0a8af2 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/api/routes/auth.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/api/routes/auth.controller.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ export class AuthController {
         getOrgFromCookie
       );
 
-      if (body.provider === 'LOCAL') {
+      const activationRequired = body.provider === 'LOCAL' && !!process.env.RESEND_API_KEY;
+
+      if (activationRequired) {
         response.header('activate', 'true');
         response.status(200).json({ activate: true });
         return;
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/main.ts b/apps/backend/src/main.ts
index 7cc0a962..30f1be83 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/main.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { AppModule } from './app.module';
 import { SubscriptionExceptionFilter } from '@gitroom/backend/services/auth/permissions/subscription.exception';
 import { HttpExceptionFilter } from '@gitroom/nestjs-libraries/services/exception.filter';
+import { ConfigurationChecker } from '@gitroom/helpers/configuration/configuration.checker';
 
 async function bootstrap() {
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule, {
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ async function bootstrap() {
 
   try {
     await app.listen(port);
+    
+    checkConfiguration() // Do this last, so that users will see obvious issues at the end of the startup log without having to scroll up.
 
     Logger.log(`🚀 Backend is running on: http://localhost:${port}`);
   } catch (e) {
@@ -45,4 +48,20 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   }
 }
 
+function checkConfiguration() {
+  const checker = new ConfigurationChecker();
+  checker.readEnvFromProcess()
+  checker.check()
+
+  if (checker.hasIssues()) {
+    for (const issue of checker.getIssues()) {
+      Logger.warn(issue, 'Configuration issue')
+    }
+
+    Logger.warn("Configuration issues found: " + checker.getIssuesCount())
+  } else {
+    Logger.log("Configuration check completed without any issues.")
+  }
+}
+
 bootstrap();
diff --git a/apps/commands/src/command.module.ts b/apps/commands/src/command.module.ts
index dfa6acaa..9430ef56 100644
--- a/apps/commands/src/command.module.ts
+++ b/apps/commands/src/command.module.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import { CheckStars } from './tasks/check.stars';
 import { DatabaseModule } from '@gitroom/nestjs-libraries/database/prisma/database.module';
 import { RefreshTokens } from './tasks/refresh.tokens';
 import { BullMqModule } from '@gitroom/nestjs-libraries/bull-mq-transport-new/bull.mq.module';
+import { ConfigurationTask } from './tasks/configuration';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [ExternalCommandModule, DatabaseModule, BullMqModule],
   controllers: [],
-  providers: [CheckStars, RefreshTokens],
+  providers: [CheckStars, RefreshTokens, ConfigurationTask],
   get exports() {
     return [...this.imports, ...this.providers];
   },
diff --git a/apps/commands/src/tasks/configuration.ts b/apps/commands/src/tasks/configuration.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fd6f287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/commands/src/tasks/configuration.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { Command } from 'nestjs-command';
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ConfigurationChecker } from '@gitroom/helpers/configuration/configuration.checker';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ConfigurationTask {
+  @Command({
+    command: 'config:check',
+    describe: 'Checks your configuration (.env) file for issues.',
+  })
+  create() {
+    const checker = new ConfigurationChecker();
+    checker.readEnvFromProcess()
+    checker.check()
+
+    if (checker.hasIssues()) {
+      for (const issue of checker.getIssues()) {
+        console.warn("Configuration issue:", issue)
+      }
+
+      console.error("Configuration check complete, issues: ", checker.getIssuesCount())
+    } else {
+      console.log("Configuration check complete, no issues found.")
+    }
+
+    console.log("Press Ctrl+C to exit.");
+    return true
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/libraries/helpers/src/configuration/configuration.checker.ts b/libraries/helpers/src/configuration/configuration.checker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6a1ca6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/helpers/src/configuration/configuration.checker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { readFileSync, existsSync } from 'fs'
+import * as dotenv from 'dotenv'
+import { resolve } from 'path'
+
+export class ConfigurationChecker {
+  cfg: dotenv.DotenvParseOutput
+  issues: string[] = []
+
+  readEnvFromFile () {
+    const envFile = resolve(__dirname, '../../../.env')
+
+    if (!existsSync(envFile)) {
+      console.error('Env file not found!: ', envFile)
+      return
+    }
+
+    const handle = readFileSync(envFile, 'utf-8')
+
+    this.cfg = dotenv.parse(handle)
+  }
+
+  readEnvFromProcess () {
+    this.cfg = process.env
+  }
+
+  check () {
+    this.checkDatabaseServers()
+    this.checkNonEmpty('JWT_SECRET')
+    this.checkIsValidUrl('MAIN_URL')
+    this.checkIsValidUrl('FRONTEND_URL')
+    this.checkIsValidUrl('NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL')
+    this.checkIsValidUrl('BACKEND_INTERNAL_URL')
+    this.checkNonEmpty('RESEND_API_KEY', 'Needed to send user activation emails.')
+    this.checkNonEmpty('CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID', 'Needed to setup providers.')
+    this.checkNonEmpty('CLOUDFLARE_ACCESS_KEY', 'Needed to setup providers.')
+    this.checkNonEmpty('CLOUDFLARE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY', 'Needed to setup providers.')
+    this.checkNonEmpty('CLOUDFLARE_BUCKETNAME', 'Needed to setup providers.')
+    this.checkNonEmpty('CLOUDFLARE_BUCKET_URL', 'Needed to setup providers.')
+    this.checkNonEmpty('CLOUDFLARE_REGION', 'Needed to setup providers.')
+  }
+
+  checkNonEmpty (key: string, description?: string): boolean {
+    const v =  this.get(key)
+
+    if (!description) {
+      description = ''
+    }
+
+    if (!v) {
+      this.issues.push(key + ' not set. ' + description)
+      return false
+    }
+
+    if (v.length === 0) {
+      this.issues.push(key + ' is empty.' + description)
+      return false
+    }
+
+    return true
+  }
+
+  get(key: string): string | undefined {
+    return this.cfg[key as keyof typeof this.cfg]
+  }
+
+  checkDatabaseServers () {
+    this.checkRedis()
+    this.checkIsValidUrl('DATABASE_URL')
+  }
+
+  checkRedis () {
+    if (!this.cfg.REDIS_URL) {
+      this.issues.push('REDIS_URL not set')
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const redisUrl = new URL(this.cfg.REDIS_URL)
+
+      if (redisUrl.protocol !== 'redis:') {
+        this.issues.push('REDIS_URL must start with redis://')
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.issues.push('REDIS_URL is not a valid URL')
+    }
+  }
+
+  checkIsValidUrl (key: string) {
+    if (!this.checkNonEmpty(key)) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const urlString = this.get(key)
+
+    try {
+      new URL(urlString)
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.issues.push(key + ' is not a valid URL')
+    }
+
+    if (urlString.endsWith('/')) {
+      this.issues.push(key + ' should not end with /')
+    }
+  }
+
+  hasIssues() {
+    return this.issues.length > 0
+  }
+
+  getIssues() {
+    return this.issues
+  }
+
+  getIssuesCount() {
+    return this.issues.length
+  }
+}