diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 04ff3e3..9f7dd60 100755
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ linters: # All available linters list: <https://golangci-lint.run/usage/linters/
     - ineffassign # Detects when assignments to existing variables are not used
     - misspell # Finds commonly misspelled English words in comments
     - nakedret # Finds naked returns in functions greater than a specified function length
-    - nestif # Reports deeply nested if statements
     - noctx # finds sending http request without context.Context
     - nolintlint # Reports ill-formed or insufficient nolint directives
     - prealloc # Finds slice declarations that could potentially be preallocated
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 02873b3..1c10eb2 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error { //nolint:gocognit,gocyclo
 		c.Roadrunner[ref] = defaultBranch
 	}
 
-	if (c.GitLab != nil && len(c.GitLab.Plugins) == 0) || (c.GitHub != nil && len(c.GitHub.Plugins) == 0) {
+	if (c.GitLab != nil && len(c.GitLab.Plugins) == 0) && (c.GitHub != nil && len(c.GitHub.Plugins) == 0) {
 		return errors.New("no plugins specified in the configuration")
 	}
 
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error { //nolint:gocognit,gocyclo
 			}
 		}
 
-		if c.GitHub.Token == nil {
-			c.GitHub.Token = &Token{Token: ""}
+		if c.GitHub.Token == nil || c.GitHub.Token.Token == "" {
+			return errors.New("github.token should not be empty, create a token with any permissions: https://github.com/settings/tokens")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error { //nolint:gocognit,gocyclo
 		if c.GitLab.BaseURL == nil {
 			c.GitLab.BaseURL = &Endpoint{BaseURL: gitlabBaseURL}
 		}
+
+		if c.GitLab.Token == nil || c.GitLab.Token.Token == "" {
+			return errors.New("gitlab.token should not be empty, create a token with at least [api, read_api] permissions: https://gitlab.com/-/profile/personal_access_tokens")
+		}
 	}
 
 	if len(c.Log) == 0 {