diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c77081e..6ef6af8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UV
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0 h1:fDqGv3UG/4jbVl/QkFwEdddtEDjh/5Ov6X+0B/3bPaw=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0/go.mod h1:70zkFmudgCuE/ngEzBv17Jvp/497gISqfk5gWijbERA=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index edc60cb..d4b5500 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ func verify(directory string) error {
 	if !verifyTideliftYamlExists(directory) {
 		return cli.NewExitError("no .tidelift.yml at supplied directory path", 6)
 	}
+	missingKey := passesMinimumRequirements(directory)
+	if missingKey != "" {
+		errorMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Missing key '%s:' in .tidelift.yml", missingKey)
+		return cli.NewExitError(errorMsg, 7)
+
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/test/bad_config/.tidelift.yml b/test/bad_config/.tidelift.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..870ef2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bad_config/.tidelift.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+team-name: only Team
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/.tidelift.yml b/test/fixtures/.tidelift.yml
index be17aa5..2c10a5d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/.tidelift.yml
+++ b/test/fixtures/.tidelift.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 team-name: tidelift
-repo-name: fake
+repository-name: fake
diff --git a/tidelift_yml.go b/tidelift_yml.go
index ae1aab7..462e871 100644
--- a/tidelift_yml.go
+++ b/tidelift_yml.go
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 func verifyTideliftYamlExists(directory string) bool {
@@ -12,3 +16,39 @@ func verifyTideliftYamlExists(directory string) bool {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+func passesMinimumRequirements(directory string) string {
+	os.Chdir(directory)
+	filename, _ := filepath.Abs("./.tidelift.yml")
+
+	yamlFile, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	check(err)
+
+	type TideliftYML struct {
+		TeamName       string `yaml:"team-name"`
+		RepositoryName string `yaml:"repository-name"`
+	}
+
+	var yml TideliftYML
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(yamlFile, &yml)
+	check(err)
+
+	// Check for Team name
+	if len(yml.TeamName) <= 0 {
+		return "team-name"
+	}
+
+	// Check for Repository Name
+	if len(yml.RepositoryName) <= 0 {
+		return "repository-name"
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func check(e error) {
+	if e != nil {
+		panic(e)
+	}
+}