diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
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+name: Validate JSON
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  Validate-JSON:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Validate JSON
+        run: |
+          chmod +x ${{ github.workspace }}/tools/validate_json.py
+          python3 ${{ github.workspace }}/tools/validate_json.py ${{ github.workspace }}/web/atlas.json
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diff --git a/tools/validate_json.py b/tools/validate_json.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import sys
+import json 
+
+path = "./../web/atlas.json"
+
+# path override as 1st param: validate_json.py path_to_file.json
+if (len(sys.argv) > 1):
+    path = sys.argv[1]
+
+json.load(open(path))
+
+print("JSON is valid")
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