diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7eb383a..59df655 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![Release][release-image]][releases]
 [![License][license-image]][license]
 
-[release-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/release-0.0.19-blue.svg?style=flat
+[release-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/release-0.0.20-blue.svg?style=flat
 [releases]: https://github.com/bakwc/mysql_ch_replicator/releases
 
 [license-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg?style=flat
diff --git a/mysql_ch_replicator/config.py b/mysql_ch_replicator/config.py
index cbdb53e..563482d 100644
--- a/mysql_ch_replicator/config.py
+++ b/mysql_ch_replicator/config.py
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 
+def stype(obj):
+    return type(obj).__name__
+
+
 @dataclass
 class MysqlSettings:
     host: str = 'localhost'
@@ -11,6 +15,19 @@ class MysqlSettings:
     user: str = 'root'
     password: str = ''
 
+    def validate(self):
+        if not isinstance(self.host, str):
+            raise ValueError(f'mysql host should be string and not {stype(self.host)}')
+
+        if not isinstance(self.port, int):
+            raise ValueError(f'mysql port should be int and not {stype(self.port)}')
+
+        if not isinstance(self.user, str):
+            raise ValueError(f'mysql user should be string and not {stype(self.user)}')
+
+        if not isinstance(self.password, str):
+            raise ValueError(f'mysql password should be string and not {stype(self.password)}')
+
 
 @dataclass
 class ClickhouseSettings:
@@ -19,12 +36,35 @@ class ClickhouseSettings:
     user: str = 'root'
     password: str = ''
 
+    def validate(self):
+        if not isinstance(self.host, str):
+            raise ValueError(f'clickhouse host should be string and not {stype(self.host)}')
+
+        if not isinstance(self.port, int):
+            raise ValueError(f'clickhouse port should be int and not {stype(self.port)}')
+
+        if not isinstance(self.user, str):
+            raise ValueError(f'clickhouse user should be string and not {stype(self.user)}')
+
+        if not isinstance(self.password, str):
+            raise ValueError(f'clickhouse password should be string and not {stype(self.password)}')
+
 
 @dataclass
 class BinlogReplicatorSettings:
     data_dir: str = 'binlog'
     records_per_file: int = 100000
 
+    def validate(self):
+        if not isinstance(self.data_dir, str):
+            raise ValueError(f'binlog_replicator data_dir should be string and not {stype(self.data_dir)}')
+
+        if not isinstance(self.records_per_file, int):
+            raise ValueError(f'binlog_replicator records_per_file should be int and not {stype(self.data_dir)}')
+
+        if self.records_per_file <= 0:
+            raise ValueError('binlog_replicator records_per_file should be positive')
+
 
 class Settings:
 
@@ -48,6 +88,7 @@ def load(self, settings_file):
         assert isinstance(self.databases, str) or isinstance(self.databases, list)
         assert isinstance(self.tables, str) or isinstance(self.tables, list)
         self.binlog_replicator = BinlogReplicatorSettings(**data['binlog_replicator'])
+        self.validate()
 
     @classmethod
     def is_pattern_matches(cls, substr, pattern):
@@ -67,3 +108,8 @@ def is_database_matches(self, db_name):
 
     def is_table_matches(self, table_name):
         return self.is_pattern_matches(table_name, self.tables)
+
+    def validate(self):
+        self.mysql.validate()
+        self.clickhouse.validate()
+        self.binlog_replicator.validate()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f778ca7..50a6810 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "mysql-ch-replicator"
-version = "0.0.19"
+version = "0.0.20"
 description = "Tool for replication of MySQL databases to ClickHouse"
 authors = ["Filipp Ozinov <filipp@bakanov.su>"]
 license = "MIT"