diff --git a/internal/hook/hook.go b/internal/hook/hook.go
index 0510095..899f633 100644
--- a/internal/hook/hook.go
+++ b/internal/hook/hook.go
@@ -774,7 +774,13 @@ func (h *Hooks) LoadFromFile(path string, asTemplate bool) error {
 		file = buf.Bytes()
 	}
 
-	return yaml.Unmarshal(file, h)
+	toJSON, err := yaml.YAMLToJSON(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	jsonDecoder := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(toJSON))
+	jsonDecoder.DisallowUnknownFields()
+	return jsonDecoder.Decode(h)
 }
 
 // Append appends hooks unless the new hooks contain a hook with an ID that already exists
diff --git a/internal/hook/hook_test.go b/internal/hook/hook_test.go
index e9f29e4..4b8115d 100644
--- a/internal/hook/hook_test.go
+++ b/internal/hook/hook_test.go
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ var hooksLoadFromFileTests = []struct {
 	{"", false, true},
 	// failures
 	{"missing.json", false, false},
+	{"testdata/unrecognized.yaml", false, false},
 }
 
 func TestHooksLoadFromFile(t *testing.T) {
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ func TestHooksLoadFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range hooksLoadFromFileTests {
 		h := &Hooks{}
 		err := h.LoadFromFile(tt.path, tt.asTemplate)
+		t.Log(err)
 		if (err == nil) != tt.ok {
 			t.Errorf(err.Error())
 		}
diff --git a/internal/hook/testdata/unrecognized.yaml b/internal/hook/testdata/unrecognized.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d889b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/hook/testdata/unrecognized.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+- id: webhook
+  unrecognized-execute-command: /home/adnan/redeploy-go-webhook.sh
+  command-working-directory: /home/adnan/go
+  response-message: I got the payload!
+  response-headers:
+  - name: Access-Control-Allow-Origin
+    value: '*'
+  pass-arguments-to-command:
+  - source: payload
+    name: head_commit.id
+  - source: payload
+    name: pusher.name
+  - source: payload
+    name: pusher.email
+  trigger-rule:
+    and:
+    - match:
+        type: payload-hmac-sha1
+        secret: mysecret
+        parameter:
+          source: header
+          name: X-Hub-Signature
+    - match:
+        type: value
+        value: refs/heads/master
+        parameter:
+          source: payload
+          name: ref
diff --git a/webhook.go b/webhook.go
index 9ea45aa..d9cef0c 100644
--- a/webhook.go
+++ b/webhook.go
@@ -194,19 +194,19 @@ func main() {
 		err := newHooks.LoadFromFile(hooksFilePath, *asTemplate)
 
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("couldn't load hooks from file! %+v\n", err)
-		} else {
-			log.Printf("found %d hook(s) in file\n", len(newHooks))
-
-			for _, hook := range newHooks {
-				if matchLoadedHook(hook.ID) != nil {
-					log.Fatalf("error: hook with the id %s has already been loaded!\nplease check your hooks file for duplicate hooks ids!\n", hook.ID)
-				}
-				log.Printf("\tloaded: %s\n", hook.ID)
-			}
-
-			loadedHooksFromFiles[hooksFilePath] = newHooks
+			log.Fatalf("couldn't load hooks from file! %+v\n", err)
 		}
+
+		log.Printf("found %d hook(s) in file\n", len(newHooks))
+
+		for _, hook := range newHooks {
+			if matchLoadedHook(hook.ID) != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("error: hook with the id %s has already been loaded!\nplease check your hooks file for duplicate hooks ids!\n", hook.ID)
+			}
+			log.Printf("\tloaded: %s\n", hook.ID)
+		}
+
+		loadedHooksFromFiles[hooksFilePath] = newHooks
 	}
 
 	newHooksFiles := hooksFiles[:0]