diff --git a/src/core/js/ext_map.js b/src/core/js/ext_map.js
index c810163d2444c11fdf0c8ab16cb6b10d72c76eda..b08c7968f10069cb9446dc0537907741e1a6d316 100644
--- a/src/core/js/ext_map.js
+++ b/src/core/js/ext_map.js
@@ -1379,6 +1379,11 @@ var caosdb_map = new function () {
                 );
                 result.views = this._unconfigured_views;
             }
+            try {
+                this.check_config(result);
+            } catch (error) {
+                logger.error(error.message);
+            }
             logger.trace("leave load_config", result);
             return result;
         }