diff --git a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
index 4dac7c717..31aeabdce 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ var (
 	cgrEngineFlags    = flag.NewFlagSet(utils.CgrEngine, flag.ContinueOnError)
 	cfgPath           = cgrEngineFlags.String(utils.CfgPathCgr, utils.ConfigPath, "Configuration directory path.")
 	version           = cgrEngineFlags.Bool(utils.VersionCgr, false, "Prints the application version.")
-	checkConfig       = cgrEngineFlags.Bool(utils.CheckCfgCgr, false, "Verify the config without starting the engine")
+	printConfig       = cgrEngineFlags.Bool(utils.PrintCfgCgr, false, "Print the configuration object in JSON format")
 	pidFile           = cgrEngineFlags.String(utils.PidCgr, utils.EmptyString, "Write pid file")
 	httpPprofPath     = cgrEngineFlags.String(utils.HttpPrfPthCgr, utils.EmptyString, "http address used for program profiling")
 	cpuProfDir        = cgrEngineFlags.String(utils.CpuProfDirCgr, utils.EmptyString, "write cpu profile to files")
@@ -414,12 +414,6 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("Could not parse config: <%s>", err.Error())
 		return
 	}
-	if *checkConfig {
-		if err := cfg.CheckConfigSanity(); err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("<%s> error received: <%s>, exiting!", utils.InitS, err.Error())
-		}
-		return
-	}
 
 	if *nodeID != utils.EmptyString {
 		cfg.GeneralCfg().NodeID = *nodeID
@@ -439,6 +433,11 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	utils.Logger.SetLogLevel(lgLevel)
 
+	if *printConfig {
+		cfgJSON := utils.ToIJSON(cfg.AsMapInterface(cfg.GeneralCfg().RSRSep))
+		utils.Logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Configuration loaded from %s:\n%s", *cfgPath, cfgJSON))
+	}
+
 	// init the concurrentRequests
 	caps := engine.NewCaps(cfg.CoreSCfg().Caps, cfg.CoreSCfg().CapsStrategy)
 	utils.Logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("<CoreS> starting version <%s><%s>", vers, goVers))
diff --git a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine_flags_test.go b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine_flags_test.go
index 71c6734b6..56fae4800 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine_flags_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine_flags_test.go
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ func TestCgrEngineFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected true, received %+v", *version)
 	}
 
-	if err := cgrEngineFlags.Parse([]string{"-check_config", "true"}); err != nil {
+	if err := cgrEngineFlags.Parse([]string{"-print_config", "true"}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
-	} else if *checkConfig != true {
-		t.Errorf("Expected true, received %+v", *checkConfig)
+	} else if *printConfig != true {
+		t.Errorf("Expected true, received %+v", *printConfig)
 	}
 
 	if err := cgrEngineFlags.Parse([]string{"-pid", "usr/share/cgrates/cgrates.json"}); err != nil {
diff --git a/utils/consts.go b/utils/consts.go
index 5a30f67a6..082f92ba0 100644
--- a/utils/consts.go
+++ b/utils/consts.go
@@ -2810,7 +2810,7 @@ const (
 	SepCgr         = " "
 	//Cgr engine
 	CgrEngine            = "cgr-engine"
-	CheckCfgCgr          = "check_config"
+	PrintCfgCgr          = "print_config"
 	PidCgr               = "pid"
 	HttpPrfPthCgr        = "httprof_path"
 	CpuProfDirCgr        = "cpuprof_dir"