1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tasks/spellcheck.rb b/tasks/spellcheck.rb
index 002518d9ee..5b185c1ed6 100644
--- a/tasks/spellcheck.rb
+++ b/tasks/spellcheck.rb
@@ -17,17 +17,31 @@
 
 namespace :spellcheck do
   task :fetch_common do
-    sh "wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chef/chef_dictionary/master/chef.txt -O chef_dictionary.txt"
+    sh "wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chef/chef_dictionary/master/chef.txt -O chef_dictionary.txt"
   end
 
-  task run: :fetch_common do
+  task run: [:config_check, :fetch_common]  do
     sh 'cspell "**/*"'
   end
 
   desc "List the unique unrecognized words in the project."
-  task unknown_words: :fetch_common  do
+  task unknown_words: [:config_check, :fetch_common]  do
     sh 'cspell "**/*" --wordsOnly --no-summary | sort | uniq'
   end
+
+  task :config_check do
+    require 'json'
+
+    config_file = 'cspell.json'
+
+    unless File.readable?(config_file)
+      abort "Spellcheck config file '#{config_file}' not found, skipping spellcheck"
+    end
+
+    unless (JSON.parse(File.read(config_file)) rescue false)
+      abort "Failed to parse config file '#{config_file}', skipping spellcheck"
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 desc "Run spellcheck on the project."