diff --git a/src/cmd/cmd.lint.js b/src/cmd/cmd.lint.js
index fc6eac2..02ff13d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cmd.lint.js
+++ b/src/cmd/cmd.lint.js
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ const linter = require('../linter')
 const path = require('path')
 
 module.exports = {
-    run(args) {
+    async run(args) {
         if(!args.spec) {
             throw 'No spec provided!'
         }
 
         let spec = require(path.resolve(process.cwd(), args.spec))
-        let result = linter.lint(spec)
+        let result = await linter.lint(spec)
         if(!result.success) {
             console.error('Errors while linting!')
             process.exit(-1)
diff --git a/src/linter.js b/src/linter.js
index f0c5b0b..9a5300b 100644
--- a/src/linter.js
+++ b/src/linter.js
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ function regex(regex) {
 }
 
 async function validateOnApiBuilder(spec) {
-    let res = await axios.post(`${apibuilder_baseurl}/validations`, {
-        data: spec
-    })
-    console.log(res)
+    try {
+        let res = await axios.post(`${apibuilder_baseurl}/validations`, spec)
+        return res.data
+    }catch(err) {
+        return err.response.data
+    }
+    
+    
 }
 
 const linterMappings = [
@@ -64,10 +68,17 @@ const linterMappings = [
 
 module.exports.validate = validateOnApiBuilder
 
-module.exports.lint = function(spec) {
+module.exports.lint = async function(spec) {
     let results = {
         success: true
     }
+
+    let apibuilder_result = await validateOnApiBuilder(spec)
+    if(!apibuilder_result) {
+        results.success = false
+        results.apibuilder = apibuilder_result.errors
+        apibuilder_result.errors.forEach(console.error)
+    }
     linterMappings.forEach(element => {
         let value = objectPath.get(spec, element.path);
         element.linters.forEach(linter => {
diff --git a/templates/default.json b/templates/default.json
index e339a74..b0439de 100644
--- a/templates/default.json
+++ b/templates/default.json
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "name": "",
-  "description": "",
+  "apidoc": {
+  },
+  "name": "service",
+  "description": "description",
   "info": {},
   "imports": [],
   "headers": [],
@@ -18,18 +20,19 @@
   "resources": {
     "healthcheck": {
         "path": "/_internal_/healthcheck",
-        "operations": {
-          "method": "GET",
-          "path": "/healthcheck",
-          "description": "Simple healthcheck endpoint to test the status of the service.",
-          "responses": {
-            "200": { "type": "healthcheck", "description": "Get the current health status of the service." }
+        "operations": [
+          {
+            "method": "GET",
+            "path": "/healthcheck",
+            "description": "Simple healthcheck endpoint to test the status of the service.",
+            "responses": {
+              "200": { "type": "healthcheck", "description": "Get the current health status of the service." }
+            }
           }
-        }
+        ]
+
     }
   },
-  "attributes": {},
-  "annotations": {
-    
-  }
+  "attributes": [],
+  "annotations": {}
 }
diff --git a/tests/lint.test.js b/tests/lint.test.js
index 621fc24..6710e59 100644
--- a/tests/lint.test.js
+++ b/tests/lint.test.js
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ describe('linter for spec', () => {
     })  
 })
 
-describe('apibuilder validator', () => {
-    it('validates the spec', () => {
-        linter.validate(require('../templates/default.json'))
+describe('apibuilder validator', async () => {
+    await it('validates the spec', async () => {
+        let result = await linter.validate(require('../templates/default.json'))        
+        expect(result.valid).to.be.true
     })
 })
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