diff --git a/.github/workflows/django.yml b/.github/workflows/django.yml
index d6ee599..f1b3208 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/django.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/django.yml
@@ -58,3 +58,6 @@ jobs:
         APP_KEY: "secret"
       run: |
         pytest
+    - name: Deployment Checks
+      run: |
+        make deployment-checks
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c47c9e..59b4cd0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@ lint:
 	flake8
 	@echo "🙊 Code 🙈 LGTM 🙉 !"
 
-.PHONY: black lint
+deployment-checks:
+	PULP_DEPLOYMENT="dev" APP_KEY="0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef" ./manage.py check --deploy --fail-level WARNING
+	@echo "✅ Dev deployment checks passed 🚀 !"
+	PULP_DEPLOYMENT="prod" APP_KEY="0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef" ./manage.py check --deploy --fail-level WARNING
+	@echo "✅ Prod deployment checks passed 🚀 !"
+
+.PHONY: black lint deployment-checks
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 59822d9..a79b120 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+set -eu
+
+if [ -n "${PULP_DEPLOYMENT:-}" ]
+then
+  ./manage check --deploy --fail-level WARNING
+fi
+
 ./manage.py migrate
 
 gunicorn -b "0.0.0.0:8080" app.wsgi