diff --git a/src/frigate-card.ts b/src/frigate-card.ts
index 165dbb64..5d064c5a 100644
--- a/src/frigate-card.ts
+++ b/src/frigate-card.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import './editor';
 
 import style from './frigate-card.scss'
 
-import { frigateGetEventsResponseSchema } from './types';
+import { frigateCardConfigSchema, frigateGetEventsResponseSchema } from './types';
 import type { FrigateCardConfig, FrigateEvent, FrigateGetEventsResponse, GetEventsParameters, ControlVideosParameters } from './types';
 import { actionHandler } from './action-handler-directive';
 import { CARD_VERSION } from './const';
@@ -100,42 +100,29 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
     if (!inputConfig) {
       throw new Error(localize('common.invalid_configuration:'));
     }
-    // inputConfig is not "extensible" (i.e. preventExtensions() has been
-    // called on it), need to make a copy to allow modifications.
-    const cardConfig = Object.assign({
-      name: 'Frigate'
-    }, inputConfig);
 
-    if (cardConfig.test_gui) {
+    const parseResult = frigateCardConfigSchema.safeParse(inputConfig);
+    if (!parseResult.success) {
+      const errors = parseResult.error.format()
+      const keys = Object.keys(errors).filter(v => !v.startsWith("_"));
+      throw new Error(localize('common.invalid_configuration') + ": " + keys.join(", "));
+    }
+    const config = parseResult.data;
+
+    if (config.test_gui) {
       getLovelace().setEditMode(true);
     }
 
-    if (!cardConfig.frigate_url) {
-      throw new Error(localize('common.invalid_configuration_missing') + ": frigate_url");
-    }
-
-    if (!cardConfig.frigate_camera_name) {
+    if (!config.frigate_camera_name) {
       // No camera name specified, so just assume it's the same as the entity name.
-      if (cardConfig.camera_entity.includes(".")) {
-        cardConfig.frigate_camera_name = cardConfig.camera_entity.split('.', 2)[1]
+      if (config.camera_entity.includes(".")) {
+        config.frigate_camera_name = config.camera_entity.split('.', 2)[1]
       } else {
-        throw new Error(localize('common.invalid_configuration_missing') + ": camera_entity");
+        throw new Error(localize('common.invalid_configuration') + ": camera_entity");
       }
     }
 
-    if (cardConfig.view_timeout) {
-      if (isNaN(Number(cardConfig.view_timeout))) {
-        throw new Error(localize('common.invalid_configuration') + ": view_timeout");
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (cardConfig.view_default) {
-      if (!["live", "clips", "clip", "snapshots", "snapshot"].includes(cardConfig.view_default)) {
-        throw new Error(localize('common.invalid_configuration') + ": view_default");
-      }
-    }
-
-    this.config = cardConfig;
+    this.config = config;
     this._setViewModeToDefault();
   }
   
diff --git a/src/localize/languages/en.json b/src/localize/languages/en.json
index 7cf83f7c..e5a4b4d5 100644
--- a/src/localize/languages/en.json
+++ b/src/localize/languages/en.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   "common": {
     "version": "Version",
     "invalid_configuration": "Invalid configuration",
-    "invalid_configuration_missing": "Missing parameter in configuration",
     "show_warning": "Show Warning",
     "show_error": "Show Error"
   }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 40e2ab74..6bacc9f7 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ActionConfig, LovelaceCard, LovelaceCardConfig, LovelaceCardEditor } from 'custom-card-helpers';
 import { z } from "zod";
+
 declare global {
   interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
     'frigate-card-editor': LovelaceCardEditor;
@@ -10,24 +11,22 @@ declare global {
 /**
  * Internal types.
  */
-export interface FrigateCardConfig extends LovelaceCardConfig {
-  type: string;
-  name?: string;
 
-  camera_entity: string;
-  motion_entity: string | null;
-  frigate_url: string;
-  frigate_camera_name?: string | null;
-  default_view: string | null;
-  timeout_ms?: number | null;
+export const frigateCardConfigSchema = z.object({
+  camera_entity: z.string(),
+  motion_entity: z.string().optional(),
+  frigate_url: z.string().url(),
+  frigate_camera_name: z.string().optional(),
+  view_default: z.enum(["live", "clips", "clip", "snapshots", "snapshot"]).optional().default("live"),
+  view_timeout: z.number().optional(),
+  label: z.string().optional(),
+
+  show_warning: z.boolean().optional(),
+  show_error: z.boolean().optional(),
+  test_gui: z.boolean().optional(),
+})
+export type FrigateCardConfig = z.infer<typeof frigateCardConfigSchema>;
 
-  show_warning?: boolean;
-  show_error?: boolean;
-  test_gui?: boolean;
-  tap_action?: ActionConfig;
-  hold_action?: ActionConfig;
-  double_tap_action?: ActionConfig;
-}
 
 export interface GetEventsParameters {
   has_clip?: boolean;