diff --git a/pkgutils/configchecker.go b/pkgutils/configchecker.go
index f4fa2121..23863063 100644
--- a/pkgutils/configchecker.go
+++ b/pkgutils/configchecker.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dmachard/go-dnscollector/dnsutils"
 	"github.com/dmachard/go-dnscollector/pkgconfig"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/relabel"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -85,6 +87,19 @@ func CheckConfig(userConfigPath string, dmRef dnsutils.DNSMessage) error {
 	defaultConfig.IngoingTransformers.Relabeling.Remove = append(defaultConfig.IngoingTransformers.Relabeling.Remove, pkgconfig.RelabelingConfig{})
 	defaultConfig.IngoingTransformers.Relabeling.Rename = append(defaultConfig.IngoingTransformers.Relabeling.Rename, pkgconfig.RelabelingConfig{})
 
+	// add fake value in relabel.Config because yaml tag is set to omitempty
+	// avoid this type of exception in future ....
+	defaultConfig.Loggers.LokiClient.RelabelConfigs = append(defaultConfig.Loggers.LokiClient.RelabelConfigs,
+		&relabel.Config{
+			TargetLabel:  "target",
+			SourceLabels: []model.LabelName{"source"},
+			Separator:    "separator",
+			Replacement:  "replacement",
+			Action:       relabel.Action("action"),
+			Regex:        relabel.Regexp{},
+		},
+	)
+
 	// Convert default config to map
 	// And get unique YAML keys
 	defaultConfigMap, err := convertConfigToMap(defaultConfig)
diff --git a/pkgutils/configchecker_test.go b/pkgutils/configchecker_test.go
index 33130427..8019e834 100644
--- a/pkgutils/configchecker_test.go
+++ b/pkgutils/configchecker_test.go
@@ -356,3 +356,49 @@ pipelines:
 		t.Errorf("Expected error, but got nil")
 	}
 }
+
+// test for issue https://github.com/dmachard/go-dnscollector/issues/643
+func TestConfig_CheckConfig_SpecificsItems(t *testing.T) {
+	userConfigFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "user-config.yaml")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Error creating temporary file:", err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(userConfigFile.Name())
+	defer userConfigFile.Close()
+
+	userConfigContent := `
+multiplexer:
+  collectors:
+    - name: tap
+      dnstap:
+        listen-ip: 0.0.0.0
+        listen-port: 6000
+  loggers:
+    - name: loki
+      lokiclient:
+        server-url: "https://grafana-loki.example.com/loki/api/v1/push"
+        job-name: "dnscollector"
+        mode: "flat-json"
+        tls-insecure: true
+        tenant-id: fake
+        relabel-configs:
+          - source_labels: ["__dns_qtype"]
+            target_label: "qtype"
+            replacement: "test"
+            action: "update"
+            separator: ","
+            regex: "test"
+  routes:
+    - from: [ tap ]
+      to: [ loki ]
+`
+	err = os.WriteFile(userConfigFile.Name(), []byte(userConfigContent), 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Error writing to user configuration file:", err)
+	}
+
+	dm := dnsutils.GetReferenceDNSMessage()
+	if err := CheckConfig(userConfigFile.Name(), dm); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed: Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+}