diff --git a/init.mk b/init.mk
index 47eb983..c8b3aa3 100644
--- a/init.mk
+++ b/init.mk
@@ -47,19 +47,39 @@ confirm:
 ########################################################################################################################
 # Core Dependencies
 GIT  ?= $(shell which git)
-DOCKER  ?= $(shell which docker)
+DOCKER ?= $(shell which docker)
+AWS_CLI ?= $(shell which aws)
+
+# Ensures that all dependencies are installed
+prereqs: git docker aws-cli ssh-pub-key
+
+docker:
+ifeq (, $(DOCKER))
+	@echo "\033[31mX Docker is not installed or incorrectly configured. https://www.docker.com/ \033[0m"
+else
+	@echo "\033[32m✔ Docker\033[0m"
+endif
 
-# Ensures git is installed - does not enforce version, please use latest
 git:
 ifeq (, $(GIT))
-	$(error "Docker is not installed or incorrectly configured. https://www.docker.com/")
-#else
-#	@$(DOCKER) --version
+	@echo "\033[31mX Git is not installed or incorrectly configured. https://git-scm.com/downloads/ \033[0m"
+else
+	@echo "\033[32m✔ Git\033[0m"
 endif
 
-EXECUTABLES = $(GIT) $(DOCKER) aws
-K := $(foreach exec,$(EXECUTABLES),\
-        $(if $(shell which $(exec)),some string,$(error "No $(exec) found in PATH. Please install it.")))
+aws-cli:
+ifeq (, $(AWS_CLI))
+	@echo "\033[31mX AWS (CLI) is not installed or incorrectly configured. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2.html/ \033[0m"
+else
+	@echo "\033[32m✔ AWS (CLI)\033[0m"
+endif
+
+ssh-pub-key:
+ifeq (,$(wildcard ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub))
+	@echo "\033[31m! SSH Public Key is not found here: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub . Please make sure that you have a key and pass it via '$(SSH_PUBLIC_KEY)' variable. \033[0m"
+else
+	@echo "\033[32m✔ SSH Public Key\033[0m"
+endif
 
 # This ensures we include main.mk and variables.mk only if it's there. If not we don't error out (IE in case of bootstrap)
 -include $(INFRA_DIR)/icmk/variables.mk
diff --git a/main.mk b/main.mk
index 063f27c..9f5e368 100644
--- a/main.mk
+++ b/main.mk
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SERVICE_NAME ?= $(ENV)-$(SVC)
 .PHONY: auth help
 all: help
 
-env.debug: icmk.debug os.debug aws.debug
+env.debug: prereqs icmk.debug os.debug aws.debug
 icmk.debug:
 	@echo "\033[32m=== ICMK Info ===\033[0m"
 	@echo "\033[36mENV\033[0m: $(ENV)"
@@ -124,14 +124,6 @@ ECHO = @echo
 
 # Dependencies
 ########################################################################################################################
-# Ensures docker is installed - does not enforce version, please use latest
-docker:
-ifeq (, $(DOCKER))
-	$(error "Docker is not installed or incorrectly configured. https://www.docker.com/")
-#else
-#	@$(DOCKER) --version
-endif
-
 # Ensures docker-compose is installed - does not enforce.
 docker-compose: docker
 ifeq (, $(COMPOSE))