diff --git a/pype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/pype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 8f991c7673..de8db5aa81 100644
--- a/pype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/pype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -169,91 +169,113 @@
         },
         "ValidateColorSets": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateMeshHasOverlappingUVs": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateMeshArnoldAttributes": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateMeshShaderConnections": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateMeshSingleUVSet": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateMeshHasUVs": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateMeshLaminaFaces": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateMeshNonManifold": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateMeshNormalsUnlocked": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateMeshUVSetMap1": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateMeshVerticesHaveEdges": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateNoAnimation": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateNoNamespace": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateNoNullTransforms": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateNoUnknownNodes": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateNodeNoGhosting": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateShapeDefaultNames": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateShapeRenderStats": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateTransformZero": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateCameraAttributes": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateAssemblyName": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateAssRelativePaths": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ExtractPlayblast": {
             "capture_preset": {
diff --git a/pype/settings/defaults/project_settings/nuke.json b/pype/settings/defaults/project_settings/nuke.json
index d209a67106..f808f9caa5 100644
--- a/pype/settings/defaults/project_settings/nuke.json
+++ b/pype/settings/defaults/project_settings/nuke.json
@@ -30,19 +30,23 @@
         },
         "ValidateOutputResolution": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateGizmo": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateScript": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ValidateNukeWriteBoundingBox": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
         },
         "ExtractThumbnail": {
             "enabled": true,