diff --git a/next.config.js b/next.config.js
index 8835879..2e59a24 100644
--- a/next.config.js
+++ b/next.config.js
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ const nextConfig = {
   experimental: {
     externalDir: true,
   },
+  compiler: {
+    removeConsole: process.env.NODE_ENV === "production",
+  },
 };
 
 module.exports = nextConfig;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19e7c84..aaad44d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf dist renderer/.next renderer/out",
     "start": "tsc && electron .",
     "dev": "tsc && electron .",
-    "build": "tsc && next build renderer",
+    "build": "tsc && npm run validate-schema && next build renderer",
     "tsc": "tsc",
     "pack-app": "tsc && npm run build && electron-builder --dir",
     "dist": "tsc && npm run build && cross-env DEBUG=* electron-builder",
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@
     "publish-mac-arm-app": "tsc && npm run build && electron-builder --mac --arm64 --publish always",
     "dist:appstore": "CSC_KEY_PASSWORD=$PASSWORD CSC_LINK=$(openssl base64 -in $CERTIFICATE_PATH) npm run dist:mac-mas",
     "enable-store": "sed -i '' -e 's/APP_STORE_BUILD: false,/APP_STORE_BUILD: true,/' common/feature-flags.ts",
-    "disable-store": "sed -i '' -e 's/APP_STORE_BUILD: true,/APP_STORE_BUILD: false,/' common/feature-flags.ts"
+    "disable-store": "sed -i '' -e 's/APP_STORE_BUILD: true,/APP_STORE_BUILD: false,/' common/feature-flags.ts",
+    "validate-schema": "node scripts/validate-schema.js"
   },
   "build": {
     "productName": "Upscayl",
diff --git a/renderer/components/main-content/onboarding-dialog.tsx b/renderer/components/main-content/onboarding-dialog.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a43508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renderer/components/main-content/onboarding-dialog.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+import { useState } from "react";
+import {
+  Dialog,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogDescription,
+  DialogFooter,
+  DialogHeader,
+  DialogTitle,
+} from "../ui/dialog";
+
+type OnboardingStep = {
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  type: "info" | "settings";
+  settings?: {
+    type: "switch" | "input";
+    label: string;
+    key: string;
+  }[];
+};
+
+const onboardingSteps: OnboardingStep[] = [
+  {
+    title: "Welcome to Upscayl 🎉",
+    description: "Let's get you started with a few quick steps.",
+    type: "info",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Choose Your Preferences",
+    description: "Configure your initial settings.",
+    type: "settings",
+    settings: [
+      {
+        type: "switch",
+        label: "Enable automatic updates",
+        key: "autoUpdate",
+      },
+      {
+        type: "input",
+        label: "Default output folder",
+        key: "outputFolder",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "You're All Set!",
+    description: "You can now start upscaling your images.",
+    type: "info",
+  },
+];
+
+export function OnboardingDialog({
+  open,
+  onOpenChange,
+}: {
+  open: boolean;
+  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
+}) {
+  const [currentStep, setCurrentStep] = useState(0);
+  const [settings, setSettings] = useState<Record<string, any>>({});
+
+  const currentStepData = onboardingSteps[currentStep];
+  const isLastStep = currentStep === onboardingSteps.length - 1;
+  const isFirstStep = currentStep === 0;
+
+  const handleNext = () => {
+    if (isLastStep) {
+      onOpenChange(false);
+      // Here you can handle saving the settings
+      console.log("Final settings:", settings);
+    } else {
+      setCurrentStep((prev) => prev + 1);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleSettingChange = (key: string, value: any) => {
+    setSettings((prev) => ({ ...prev, [key]: value }));
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
+      <DialogContent className="flex h-[80%] w-full max-w-[80%] flex-col items-center justify-center">
+        <DialogHeader>
+          <DialogTitle className="text-center text-4xl">
+            {currentStepData.title}
+          </DialogTitle>
+          <DialogDescription className="text-center text-lg">
+            {currentStepData.description}
+          </DialogDescription>
+        </DialogHeader>
+
+        {currentStepData.type === "settings" && currentStepData.settings && (
+          <div className="grid gap-4 py-4">
+            {currentStepData.settings.map((setting) => (
+              <div
+                key={setting.key}
+                className="grid grid-cols-2 items-center gap-4"
+              >
+                <label htmlFor={setting.key} className="text-right">
+                  {setting.label}
+                </label>
+                {setting.type === "switch" && (
+                  <input
+                    type="checkbox"
+                    className="toggle"
+                    defaultChecked
+                    id={setting.key}
+                    checked={settings[setting.key] || false}
+                    onChange={(e) =>
+                      handleSettingChange(setting.key, e.target.checked)
+                    }
+                  />
+                )}
+                {setting.type === "input" && (
+                  <input
+                    className="input input-bordered"
+                    id={setting.key}
+                    value={settings[setting.key] || ""}
+                    onChange={(e) =>
+                      handleSettingChange(setting.key, e.target.value)
+                    }
+                  />
+                )}
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        <DialogFooter>
+          <button onClick={handleNext} className="btn btn-secondary">
+            {isLastStep ? "Get Started" : "Next"}
+          </button>
+          {!isFirstStep && (
+            <button
+              onClick={() => setCurrentStep((prev) => prev - 1)}
+              className="btn btn-primary"
+            >
+              Back
+            </button>
+          )}
+        </DialogFooter>
+      </DialogContent>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/renderer/components/sidebar/upscayl-tab/select-model.tsx b/renderer/components/sidebar/upscayl-tab/select-model-dialog.tsx
similarity index 97%
rename from renderer/components/sidebar/upscayl-tab/select-model.tsx
rename to renderer/components/sidebar/upscayl-tab/select-model-dialog.tsx
index 76d85d1..8bb366f 100644
--- a/renderer/components/sidebar/upscayl-tab/select-model.tsx
+++ b/renderer/components/sidebar/upscayl-tab/select-model-dialog.tsx
@@ -17,18 +17,15 @@ import { selectedModelIdAtom } from "@/atoms/user-settings-atom";
 import { customModelIdsAtom } from "@/atoms/models-list-atom";
 import useTranslation from "@/components/hooks/use-translation";
 
-export default function SelectModel() {
+const SelectModelDialog = () => {
   const t = useTranslation();
   const [selectedModelId, setSelectedModelId] = useAtom(selectedModelIdAtom);
-  console.log("🚀 => selectedModelId:", selectedModelId);
 
   const customModelIds = useAtomValue(customModelIdsAtom);
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
   const [zoomedModel, setZoomedModel] = useState<ModelId | null>(null);
 
   const handleModelSelect = (model: ModelId | string) => {
-    console.log("🚀 => model:", model);
-
     setSelectedModelId(model);
     setOpen(false);
   };
@@ -160,4 +157,6 @@ export default function SelectModel() {
       </Dialog>
     </div>
   );
-}
+};
+
+export default SelectModelDialog;
diff --git a/renderer/components/sidebar/upscayl-tab/upscayl-steps.tsx b/renderer/components/sidebar/upscayl-tab/upscayl-steps.tsx
index cc74e98..50d41ca 100644
--- a/renderer/components/sidebar/upscayl-tab/upscayl-steps.tsx
+++ b/renderer/components/sidebar/upscayl-tab/upscayl-steps.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { ELECTRON_COMMANDS } from "@common/electron-commands";
 import { useToast } from "@/components/ui/use-toast";
 import { translationAtom } from "@/atoms/translations-atom";
 import { SelectImageScale } from "../settings-tab/select-image-scale";
-import SelectModel from "./select-model";
+import SelectModelDialog from "./select-model-dialog";
 import { ImageFormat } from "@/lib/valid-formats";
 
 interface IProps {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ function UpscaylSteps({
           <p className="step-heading">{t("APP.MODEL_SELECTION.TITLE")}</p>
           <p className="mb-2 text-sm">{t("APP.MODEL_SELECTION.DESCRIPTION")}</p>
 
-          <SelectModel />
+          <SelectModelDialog />
         </div>
 
         {!batchMode && (
diff --git a/renderer/pages/index.tsx b/renderer/pages/index.tsx
index 00d37ac..b0cecdc 100644
--- a/renderer/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/renderer/pages/index.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import getDirectoryFromPath from "@common/get-directory-from-path";
 import { FEATURE_FLAGS } from "@common/feature-flags";
 import { ImageFormat, VALID_IMAGE_FORMATS } from "@/lib/valid-formats";
 import { initCustomModels } from "@/components/hooks/use-custom-models";
+import { OnboardingDialog } from "@/components/main-content/onboarding-dialog";
 
 const Home = () => {
   const t = useAtomValue(translationAtom);
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ const Home = () => {
         doubleUpscaylCounter={doubleUpscaylCounter}
         setDimensions={setDimensions}
       />
+      <OnboardingDialog open={false} onOpenChange={() => {}} />
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/scripts/generate-schema.js b/scripts/generate-schema.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34899db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate-schema.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+function generateSchema(json) {
+  if (json === null) {
+    return { type: "null" };
+  }
+
+  const type = Array.isArray(json) ? "array" : typeof json;
+  const schema = { type };
+
+  switch (type) {
+    case "object":
+      const properties = {};
+      const required = [];
+
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(json)) {
+        properties[key] = generateSchema(value);
+        required.push(key);
+      }
+
+      schema.properties = properties;
+      if (required.length > 0) {
+        schema.required = required;
+      }
+      break;
+
+    case "array":
+      if (json.length > 0) {
+        // Assume all items in array are of the same type as the first item
+        schema.items = generateSchema(json[0]);
+      }
+      break;
+  }
+
+  return schema;
+}
+
+module.exports = { generateSchema };
+
+// Example usage:
+/*
+const obj = {
+    name: "John",
+    age: 30,
+    address: {
+        street: "123 Main St",
+        city: "Boston"
+    },
+    hobbies: ["reading", "swimming"]
+};
+
+const schema = generateSchema(obj);
+console.log(JSON.stringify(schema, null, 2));
+*/
diff --git a/scripts/validate-schema.js b/scripts/validate-schema.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffa7986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/validate-schema.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const Ajv = require("ajv");
+const path = require("path");
+const fs = require("fs");
+const { generateSchema } = require("./generate-schema");
+
+const ajv = new Ajv();
+
+console.log("Validating language files...");
+
+// Load the base language file (en.json)
+const enJsonPath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "renderer", "locales", "en.json");
+const enJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(enJsonPath, "utf-8"));
+
+// Generate the schema for en.json
+const enSchema = generateSchema(enJson);
+const validate = ajv.compile(enSchema);
+
+// Validate other language files
+const localesDir = path.join(__dirname, "..", "renderer", "locales");
+const languageFiles = fs
+  .readdirSync(localesDir)
+  .filter((file) => file !== "en.json");
+
+languageFiles.forEach((file) => {
+  const filePath = path.join(localesDir, file);
+  const jsonData = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8"));
+
+  const valid = validate(jsonData);
+
+  if (!valid) {
+    console.error(`Errors in ${file}:`);
+    console.error(validate.errors);
+  } else {
+    console.log(`${file} is valid.`);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index b5e2cd7..32941c9 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
       "@common/*": ["./common/*"]
     }
   },
-  "include": ["./electron/**/*", "./common/**/*", "./renderer/**/*"],
+  "include": [
+    "./electron/**/*",
+    "./common/**/*",
+    "./renderer/**/*",
+    "scripts/generate-schema.js",
+    "scripts/validate-schema.js"
+  ],
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "public", "renderer"]
 }