diff --git a/lib/load/config.js b/lib/load/config.js
index 557edef3e2..3303e4f438 100644
--- a/lib/load/config.js
+++ b/lib/load/config.js
@@ -10,5 +10,17 @@ module.exports = function loadConfig(siteDir, deleteCache = true) {
   if (fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
     config = require(configPath); // eslint-disable-line
   }
+
+  const requiredFields = [
+    'title',
+    'tagline',
+    'organizationName',
+    'projectName',
+    'baseUrl'
+  ];
+  const missingFields = requiredFields.filter(field => !config[field]);
+  if (missingFields && missingFields.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(missingFields.join(', ') + ' are missing in siteConfig.js');
+  }
   return config;
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ab056b14b9..3a04e668f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "build": "node bin/munseo build website",
     "prettier": "prettier --config .prettierrc --write \"lib/**/*.js\" \"bin/**/*.js\" \"test/**/*.js\"",
     "lint": "eslint --cache \"lib/**/*.js\" \"bin/**/*.js\" \"test/**/*.js\"",
-    "test": "jest"
+    "test": "jest --config test/jest.config.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -75,12 +75,5 @@
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=8"
-  },
-  "jest": {
-    "testPathIgnorePatterns": [
-      "/node_modules/",
-      "__fixtures__"
-    ],
-    "testEnvironment": "node"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/jest.config.js b/test/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb505b774e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const path = require('path');
+
+module.exports = {
+  rootDir: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'),
+  verbose: true,
+  testURL: 'http://localhost/',
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+  moduleNameMapper: {
+    '^@lib/(.*)$': '<rootDir>/lib/$1'
+  },
+  testPathIgnorePatterns: ['/node_modules/', '__fixtures__']
+};
diff --git a/test/load/__fixtures__/bad-site/siteConfig.js b/test/load/__fixtures__/bad-site/siteConfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58d75f1d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/load/__fixtures__/bad-site/siteConfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+  title: 'Munseo',
+  baseUrl: '/'
+};
diff --git a/test/load/__fixtures__/simple-site/siteConfig.js b/test/load/__fixtures__/simple-site/siteConfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e52974bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/load/__fixtures__/simple-site/siteConfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports = {
+  title: 'Hello',
+  tagline: 'Hello World',
+  organizationName: 'endiliey',
+  projectName: 'hello',
+  baseUrl: '/'
+};
diff --git a/test/load/config.test.js b/test/load/config.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..381ebbe0aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/load/config.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import path from 'path';
+import loadConfig from '@lib/load/config.js';
+
+describe('loadConfig', () => {
+  test('website with valid siteConfig', () => {
+    const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'simple-site');
+    const config = loadConfig(siteDir);
+    expect(config).toEqual({
+      baseUrl: '/',
+      organizationName: 'endiliey',
+      projectName: 'hello',
+      tagline: 'Hello World',
+      title: 'Hello'
+    });
+    expect(config).not.toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  test('website with incomplete siteConfig', () => {
+    const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'bad-site');
+    expect(() => {
+      loadConfig(siteDir);
+    }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+      `"tagline, organizationName, projectName are missing in siteConfig.js"`
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('website with no siteConfig', () => {
+    const siteDir = path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'nonExisting');
+    expect(() => {
+      loadConfig(siteDir);
+    }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+      `"title, tagline, organizationName, projectName, baseUrl are missing in siteConfig.js"`
+    );
+  });
+});