diff --git a/cmd/zrok/accessPublic.go b/cmd/zrok/accessPublic.go
index f3353929..a05743f6 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/accessPublic.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/accessPublic.go
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+var accessPublicCmd *accessPublicCommand
+
 func init() {
-	accessCmd.AddCommand(newAccessPublicCommand().cmd)
+	accessPublicCmd = newAccessPublicCommand()
+	accessCmd.AddCommand(accessPublicCmd.cmd)
 }
 
 type accessPublicCommand struct {
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ func newAccessPublicCommand() *accessPublicCommand {
 	return command
 }
 
-func (self *accessPublicCommand) run(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+func (cmd *accessPublicCommand) run(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	cfg := publicFrontend.DefaultConfig()
 	if len(args) == 1 {
 		if err := cfg.Load(args[0]); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/zrok/accessPublicValidate.go b/cmd/zrok/accessPublicValidate.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7de00d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/zrok/accessPublicValidate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/michaelquigley/cf"
+	"github.com/openziti/zrok/endpoints/publicFrontend"
+	"github.com/openziti/zrok/tui"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	accessPublicCmd.cmd.AddCommand(newAccessPublicValidateCommand().cmd)
+}
+
+type accessPublicValidateCommand struct {
+	cmd *cobra.Command
+}
+
+func newAccessPublicValidateCommand() *accessPublicValidateCommand {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "validate <configPath>",
+		Short: "Validate a zrok access public configuration document",
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	}
+	command := &accessPublicValidateCommand{cmd: cmd}
+	cmd.Run = command.run
+	return command
+}
+
+func (cmd *accessPublicValidateCommand) run(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	cfg := publicFrontend.DefaultConfig()
+	if err := cfg.Load(args[0]); err != nil {
+		tui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("unable to load configuration '%v'", args[0]), err)
+	}
+	logrus.Infof(cf.Dump(cfg, cf.DefaultOptions()))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/zrok/controllerValidate.go b/cmd/zrok/controllerValidate.go
index ad115235..a09d106f 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/controllerValidate.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/controllerValidate.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type controllerValidateCommand struct {
 func newControllerValidateCommand() *controllerValidateCommand {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "validate <configPath>",
-		Short: "Validate a zrok controlle configuration document",
+		Short: "Validate a zrok controller configuration document",
 		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	}
 	command := &controllerValidateCommand{cmd: cmd}