diff --git a/internal/backend/s3/s3.go b/internal/backend/s3/s3.go
index 14e6de88..04050b2b 100644
--- a/internal/backend/s3/s3.go
+++ b/internal/backend/s3/s3.go
@@ -127,15 +127,15 @@ func (b *Backend) Configure() error {
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.TODO()
-	_, awsConfig, diags := awsbase.GetAwsConfig(ctx, cfg)
+	_, awsConfig, _ := awsbase.GetAwsConfig(ctx, cfg)
 
-	if diags.HasError() {
-		diagError := fmt.Sprintln("s3 configuration diagnostics returns errors:")
-		for _, diag := range diags {
-			diagError = fmt.Sprintf("%s\nSummary: %s\nDetails: %s", diagError, diag.Summary(), diag.Detail())
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf(diagError)
-	}
+	// if diags.HasError() {
+	// 	diagError := "s3 configuration diagnostics returns errors:"
+	// 	for _, diag := range diags {
+	// 		diagError = fmt.Sprintf("%s\nSummary: %s\nDetails: %s", diagError, diag.Summary(), diag.Detail())
+	// 	}
+	// 	return fmt.Errorf(diagError)
+	// }
 
 	b.s3Client = s3.NewFromConfig(awsConfig,
 		func(o *s3.Options) {
diff --git a/internal/cmd/cdev/project.go b/internal/cmd/cdev/project.go
index 88cb1c3a..fcc6f3cb 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/cdev/project.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/cdev/project.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/apex/log"
+	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/shalb/cluster.dev/internal/config"
 	"github.com/shalb/cluster.dev/internal/project"
 	"github.com/shalb/cluster.dev/internal/project/ui"
@@ -20,17 +21,18 @@ var listAllTemplates bool
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(projectCmd)
-	projectCmd.AddCommand(projectLs)
+	projectCmd.AddCommand(projectInfo)
 	projectCmd.AddCommand(projectCreate)
 	projectCreate.Flags().BoolVar(&config.Global.Interactive, "interactive", false, "Use interactive mode for project generation")
 	projectCreate.Flags().BoolVar(&listAllTemplates, "list-templates", false, "Show all available templates for project generation")
 }
 
 // projectsCmd represents the plan command
-var projectLs = &cobra.Command{
+var projectInfo = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "info",
 	Short: "Shows detailed information about the current project, such as the number of units and their types. Number of stacks, etc",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		config.Global.IgnoreState = true
 		p, err := project.LoadProjectFull()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("Project configuration error: %v", err.Error())
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ var projectLs = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 		log.Info("Project info:")
 		p.PrintInfo()
+		log.Infof("Project configuration check: %v", color.Style{color.FgGreen, color.OpBold}.Sprintf("valid"))
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/cdev/validate.go b/internal/cmd/cdev/validate.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef450b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/cmd/cdev/validate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package cdev
+
+import (
+	"github.com/apex/log"
+	"github.com/gookit/color"
+	"github.com/shalb/cluster.dev/internal/config"
+	"github.com/shalb/cluster.dev/internal/project"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// projectsCmd represents the plan command
+var projectValidate = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "validate",
+	Short: "Validates the configuration files in a project directory, referring only to the configuration and not accessing remote state bucket",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		config.Global.IgnoreState = true
+		_, err := project.LoadProjectFull()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Project configuration check: %v\n%v", color.Style{color.FgGreen, color.OpBold}.Sprintf("fail"), err.Error())
+		}
+		log.Infof("Project configuration check: %v", color.Style{color.FgGreen, color.OpBold}.Sprintf("valid"))
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(projectValidate)
+}