diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b7e0f70..481e175e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 target
 __pycache__
 .vscode
-.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/teos/src/config.rs b/teos/src/config.rs
index 5436725f..36e07d88 100644
--- a/teos/src/config.rs
+++ b/teos/src/config.rs
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ impl Config {
         self.tor_support |= options.tor_support;
         self.debug |= options.debug;
         self.deps_debug |= options.deps_debug;
+        if self.overwrite_key {
+            panic!("The 'overwrite_key' parameter cannot be set in the configuration file. Please pass it as a command-line argument if necessary.");
+        }
+        if self.force_update {
+            panic!("The 'force_update' parameter cannot be set in the configuration file. Please pass it as a command-line argument if necessary.");
+        }
         self.overwrite_key = options.overwrite_key;
         self.force_update = options.force_update;
     }