diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/bobrc b/bob/devtools/data/bobrc
index 67ee10a5ef7c72f5d35ee0fefa0ad5ffaf08f34a..2c07a27b37049ed94095f650d57dccb4407ebe32 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/bobrc
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/bobrc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "bob_data_folder": "./bob_data",
+    "bob_data_folder": "./bob_data"
 }
diff --git a/bob/devtools/test_ci.py b/bob/devtools/test_ci.py
index 43d4891bb080a2dbf07f3b1275f2a12d3bcb6ffa..cc0ff5bb70fdceaf86b0a2d5d890a3c2920f434f 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/test_ci.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/test_ci.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # coding=utf-8
+import json
 
 from .ci import is_private
+from .constants import BOBRC_PATH
 
 
 def test_is_private():
@@ -9,3 +11,9 @@ def test_is_private():
     base_url = "https://gitlab.idiap.ch"
     assert not is_private(base_url, "bob/bob.extension")
     assert is_private(base_url, "bob/private")
+
+
+def test_bobrc_json_validity():
+
+    with open(BOBRC_PATH) as f:
+        json.load(f)