diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index eb765b092e6..a718395752f 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use std::env::consts::EXE_SUFFIX;
 use std::process::exit;
-use std::sync::RwLock;
+use std::sync::{
+    atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+    RwLock,
+};
 
 use job_scheduler_ng::Schedule;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
@@ -17,6 +20,8 @@ static CONFIG_FILE: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| {
     get_env("CONFIG_FILE").unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{data_folder}/config.json"))
 });
 
+pub static SKIP_CONFIG_VALIDATION: Lazy<AtomicBool> = Lazy::new(|| AtomicBool::new(false));
+
 pub static CONFIG: Lazy<Config> = Lazy::new(|| {
     Config::load().unwrap_or_else(|e| {
         println!("Error loading config:\n  {e:?}\n");
@@ -1105,7 +1110,9 @@ impl Config {
 
         // Fill any missing with defaults
         let config = builder.build();
-        validate_config(&config)?;
+        if !SKIP_CONFIG_VALIDATION.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+            validate_config(&config)?;
+        }
 
         Ok(Config {
             inner: RwLock::new(Inner {
diff --git a/src/db/models/emergency_access.rs b/src/db/models/emergency_access.rs
index e1b85ec6153..f4f3b9a9c2a 100644
--- a/src/db/models/emergency_access.rs
+++ b/src/db/models/emergency_access.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ db_object! {
     }
 }
 
-/// Local methods
+// Local methods
 
 impl EmergencyAccess {
     pub fn new(grantor_uuid: String, email: String, status: i32, atype: i32, wait_time_days: i32) -> Self {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a46b75493f4..c4e1029a514 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ use crate::api::{WS_ANONYMOUS_SUBSCRIPTIONS, WS_USERS};
 pub use config::CONFIG;
 pub use error::{Error, MapResult};
 use rocket::data::{Limits, ToByteUnit};
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::{atomic::Ordering, Arc};
 pub use util::is_running_in_container;
 
 #[rocket::main]
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ fn parse_args() {
         print!("{HELP}");
         exit(0);
     } else if pargs.contains(["-v", "--version"]) {
+        config::SKIP_CONFIG_VALIDATION.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
         let web_vault_version = util::get_web_vault_version();
         println!("Vaultwarden {version}");
         println!("Web-Vault {web_vault_version}");