diff --git a/dispatcher/backend/src/routes/schedules/schedule.py b/dispatcher/backend/src/routes/schedules/schedule.py
index 1502a89d..02900714 100644
--- a/dispatcher/backend/src/routes/schedules/schedule.py
+++ b/dispatcher/backend/src/routes/schedules/schedule.py
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ def post(self, session: so.Session, token: AccessToken.Payload):
 
         try:
             document = ScheduleSchema().load(request.get_json())
+            flags_schema = ScheduleConfigSchema.get_offliner_schema(
+                document["config"]["task_name"]
+            )
+            flags_schema().load(document["config"]["flags"])
         except ValidationError as e:
             raise InvalidRequestJSON(e.messages)
 
diff --git a/dispatcher/backend/src/tests/integration/routes/schedules/test_freecodecamp.py b/dispatcher/backend/src/tests/integration/routes/schedules/test_freecodecamp.py
index 11ceebfa..7f558cc2 100644
--- a/dispatcher/backend/src/tests/integration/routes/schedules/test_freecodecamp.py
+++ b/dispatcher/backend/src/tests/integration/routes/schedules/test_freecodecamp.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 class TestFreeCodeCamp:
-    def test_create_freecodecamp_schedule(
+    def test_create_freecodecamp_schedule_ok(
         self, client, access_token, garbage_collector
     ):
         schedule = {
-            "name": "fcc_javascript_test",
+            "name": "fcc_javascript_test_ok",
             "category": "freecodecamp",
             "enabled": False,
             "tags": [],
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ def test_create_freecodecamp_schedule(
                 "image": {"name": "openzim/freecodecamp", "tag": "1.0.0"},
                 "monitor": False,
                 "platform": None,
-                "flags": {},
+                "flags": {
+                    "course": ("somecourse"),
+                    "language": "eng",
+                    "name": "acourse",
+                    "title": "a title",
+                    "description": "a description",
+                },
                 "resources": {"cpu": 3, "memory": 1024, "disk": 0},
             },
             "periodicity": "quarterly",
@@ -24,9 +30,11 @@ def test_create_freecodecamp_schedule(
         response = client.post(
             url, json=schedule, headers={"Authorization": access_token}
         )
-        assert response.status_code == 201
         response_data = response.get_json()
-        garbage_collector.add_schedule_id(response_data["_id"])
+        print(response_data)
+        if "_id" in response_data:
+            garbage_collector.add_schedule_id(response_data["_id"])
+        assert response.status_code == 201
 
         patch_data = {
             "enabled": True,
@@ -50,3 +58,49 @@ def test_create_freecodecamp_schedule(
             url, json=patch_data, headers={"Authorization": access_token}
         )
         assert response.status_code == 204
+
+    def test_create_freecodecamp_schedule_ko(
+        self, client, access_token, garbage_collector
+    ):
+        schedule = {
+            "name": "fcc_javascript_test_ko",
+            "category": "freecodecamp",
+            "enabled": False,
+            "tags": [],
+            "language": {"code": "fr", "name_en": "French", "name_native": "Français"},
+            "config": {
+                "task_name": "freecodecamp",
+                "warehouse_path": "/freecodecamp",
+                "image": {"name": "openzim/freecodecamp", "tag": "1.0.0"},
+                "monitor": False,
+                "platform": None,
+                "flags": {
+                    "course": ("somecourse"),
+                    "language": "eng",
+                    "name": "acourse",
+                    "title": "a title",
+                    "description": (
+                        "a description which is way way way way way way way way way "
+                        "way way way way way way way way way too long"
+                    ),
+                },
+                "resources": {"cpu": 3, "memory": 1024, "disk": 0},
+            },
+            "periodicity": "quarterly",
+        }
+
+        url = "/schedules/"
+        response = client.post(
+            url, json=schedule, headers={"Authorization": access_token}
+        )
+        response_data = response.get_json()
+        print(response_data)
+        if "_id" in response_data:
+            garbage_collector.add_schedule_id(response_data["_id"])
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert "error_description" in response_data
+        assert "description" in response_data["error_description"]
+        assert (
+            "Longer than maximum length 80."
+            in response_data["error_description"]["description"]
+        )