diff --git a/proxmox-auto-install-assistant/src/main.rs b/proxmox-auto-install-assistant/src/main.rs
index c837cba..6796c06 100644
--- a/proxmox-auto-install-assistant/src/main.rs
+++ b/proxmox-auto-install-assistant/src/main.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use proxmox_auto_installer::{
-    answer::Answer,
-    answer::FilterMatch,
+    answer::{Answer, FilterMatch},
     sysinfo::SysInfo,
     utils::{
-        get_matched_udev_indexes, get_nic_list, get_single_udev_index, AutoInstSettings,
+        get_matched_udev_indexes, get_nic_list, get_single_udev_index,
+        verify_email_and_root_password_settings, AutoInstSettings,
         FetchAnswerFrom, HttpOptions,
     },
 };
@@ -591,7 +591,8 @@ fn parse_answer(path: impl AsRef<Path> + fmt::Debug) -> Result<Answer> {
     }
     match toml::from_str(&contents) {
         Ok(answer) => {
-            println!("The file was parsed successfully, no syntax errors found!");
+            verify_email_and_root_password_settings(&answer)?;
+            println!("The answer file was parsed successfully, no errors found!");
             Ok(answer)
         }
         Err(err) => bail!("Error parsing answer file: {err}"),
diff --git a/proxmox-auto-installer/src/utils.rs b/proxmox-auto-installer/src/utils.rs
index 27bbc3b..c26b33c 100644
--- a/proxmox-auto-installer/src/utils.rs
+++ b/proxmox-auto-installer/src/utils.rs
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ fn verify_locale_settings(answer: &Answer, locales: &LocaleInfo) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn verify_email_and_root_password_settings(answer: &Answer) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn verify_email_and_root_password_settings(answer: &Answer) -> Result<()> {
     info!("Verifying email and root password settings");
 
     email_validate(&answer.global.mailto).with_context(|| answer.global.mailto.clone())?;