diff --git a/includes/dbdetect.class.sh b/includes/dbdetect.class.sh
index 03a67e920c81c8a201fca731ae952de89498d2f8..a7327f1744af651c4c5f0ee1ff95d64618c12352 100644
--- a/includes/dbdetect.class.sh
+++ b/includes/dbdetect.class.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function dbdetect.validate(){
     local _config="${1:-$DBD_INIFILE}"
 
     # show errors in profile ini files
-    ini.validate "$_config" "$( dirname "$0")/includes/dbdetect_validate_profile_ini.sh" 0 && dbdetect._wd "OK: Validation of '$_config' successful"
+    ini.validate "$_config" "$( dirname "$0")/includes/dbdetect_validate_profile.ini" 1 && dbdetect._wd "OK: Validation of '$_config' was successful"
 }
 
 # check if the requirements for a database match
diff --git a/includes/dbdetect_validate_profile.ini b/includes/dbdetect_validate_profile.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b438680e36adbe096969bca1e6f0528525dc67d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/dbdetect_validate_profile.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# VALIDATE PROFILE INI
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# IDEA
+[style]
+section  = "^[a-zA-Z0-9_]*$"
+key      = "^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]*$"
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# section names
+#
+# SYNTAX:
+# comma separated list of sections
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[sections]
+must = "detect,set"
+can = ""
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# validate keys in sections
+#
+# SYNTAX:
+# <section> .<key> = "<VALIDATION_TYPE>[:<VALIDATION_VALUE>]"
+# VALIDATION_TYPE:
+# - INTEGER
+# - REGEX:<REGEX_TO_VALIDATE>
+# - ONEOF:<VALUE1[,<VALUE_N>]>
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[varsMust]
+; detect.tcp-port = "INTEGER"
+
+[varsCan]
+detect.binary      = "REGEX:.*"
+detect.process     =
+detect.tcp-port    = "INTEGER"
+detect.tcp-target  = "REGEX:.*"
+detect.tcp-process =
+detect.type        = "ONEOF:sqlite"
+detect.file[]      =
+
+set.su =
+set.dbuser =
+set.dbpassword =
+set.env =
+set.params =
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------