diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index d8a4245db..1bc86967d 100755
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ func TestCgrCfgJSONDefaultRouteSCfg(t *testing.T) {
 		AttributeSConns:     []string{},
 		ResourceSConns:      []string{},
 		StatSConns:          []string{},
-		ResponderSConns:     []string{},
+		RALsConns:           []string{},
 		DefaultRatio:        1,
 	}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(eSupplSCfg, cgrCfg.routeSCfg) {
diff --git a/config/configsanity.go b/config/configsanity.go
index 33c97725d..e6e2c78c9 100644
--- a/config/configsanity.go
+++ b/config/configsanity.go
@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@ func (cfg *CGRConfig) checkConfigSanity() error {
 				return fmt.Errorf("<%s> connection with id: <%s> not defined", utils.RouteS, connID)
 			}
 		}
+		for _, connID := range cfg.routeSCfg.RALsConns {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(connID, utils.MetaInternal) && !cfg.ralsCfg.Enabled {
+				return fmt.Errorf("<%s> not enabled but requested by <%s> component.", utils.RALService, utils.RouteS)
+			}
+			if _, has := cfg.rpcConns[connID]; !has && !strings.HasPrefix(connID, utils.MetaInternal) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("<%s> connection with id: <%s> not defined", utils.RouteS, connID)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	// Scheduler check connection with CDR Server
 	if cfg.schedulerCfg.Enabled {
diff --git a/config/routescfg.go b/config/routescfg.go
index df678582a..b3c80e12d 100644
--- a/config/routescfg.go
+++ b/config/routescfg.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type RouteSCfg struct {
 	AttributeSConns     []string
 	ResourceSConns      []string
 	StatSConns          []string
-	ResponderSConns     []string
+	RALsConns           []string
 	DefaultRatio        int
 	NestedFields        bool
 }
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ func (rts *RouteSCfg) loadFromJsonCfg(jsnCfg *RouteSJsonCfg) (err error) {
 		}
 	}
 	if jsnCfg.Rals_conns != nil {
-		rts.ResponderSConns = make([]string, len(*jsnCfg.Rals_conns))
+		rts.RALsConns = make([]string, len(*jsnCfg.Rals_conns))
 		for idx, conn := range *jsnCfg.Rals_conns {
 			// if we have the connection internal we change the name so we can have internal rpc for each subsystem
 			if conn == utils.MetaInternal {
-				rts.ResponderSConns[idx] = utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaResponder)
+				rts.RALsConns[idx] = utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaResponder)
 			} else {
-				rts.ResponderSConns[idx] = conn
+				rts.RALsConns[idx] = conn
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ func (rts *RouteSCfg) AsMapInterface() map[string]interface{} {
 			attributeSConns[i] = item
 		}
 	}
-	responderSConns := make([]string, len(rts.ResponderSConns))
-	for i, item := range rts.ResponderSConns {
+	ralSConns := make([]string, len(rts.RALsConns))
+	for i, item := range rts.RALsConns {
 		buf := utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaResponder)
 
 		if item == buf {
-			responderSConns[i] = strings.ReplaceAll(item, utils.CONCATENATED_KEY_SEP+utils.MetaResponder, utils.EmptyString)
+			ralSConns[i] = strings.ReplaceAll(item, utils.CONCATENATED_KEY_SEP+utils.MetaResponder, utils.EmptyString)
 		} else {
-			responderSConns[i] = item
+			ralSConns[i] = item
 		}
 	}
 	resourceSConns := make([]string, len(rts.ResourceSConns))
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (rts *RouteSCfg) AsMapInterface() map[string]interface{} {
 		utils.AttributeSConnsCfg:     attributeSConns,
 		utils.ResourceSConnsCfg:      resourceSConns,
 		utils.StatSConnsCfg:          statSConns,
-		utils.RALsConnsCfg:           responderSConns,
+		utils.RALsConnsCfg:           ralSConns,
 		utils.DefaultRatioCfg:        rts.DefaultRatio,
 		utils.NestedFieldsCfg:        rts.NestedFields,
 	}
diff --git a/engine/routes.go b/engine/routes.go
index 19aed57db..436a9d851 100644
--- a/engine/routes.go
+++ b/engine/routes.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (rpS *RouteService) costForEvent(ev *utils.CGREvent,
 		err = nil
 	}
 	var rplyVals map[string]interface{}
-	if err := rpS.connMgr.Call(rpS.cgrcfg.RouteSCfg().ResponderSConns, nil, utils.ResponderGetMaxSessionTimeOnAccounts,
+	if err := rpS.connMgr.Call(rpS.cgrcfg.RouteSCfg().RALsConns, nil, utils.ResponderGetMaxSessionTimeOnAccounts,
 		&utils.GetMaxSessionTimeOnAccountsArgs{
 			Tenant:      ev.Tenant,
 			Subject:     subj,
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func (rpS *RouteService) costForEvent(ev *utils.CGREvent,
 		costData[k] = v
 	}
 	rplyVals = make(map[string]interface{}) // reset the map
-	if err := rpS.connMgr.Call(rpS.cgrcfg.RouteSCfg().ResponderSConns, nil, utils.ResponderGetCostOnRatingPlans,
+	if err := rpS.connMgr.Call(rpS.cgrcfg.RouteSCfg().RALsConns, nil, utils.ResponderGetCostOnRatingPlans,
 		&utils.GetCostOnRatingPlansArgs{
 			Tenant:        ev.Tenant,
 			Account:       acnt,