diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 62c317eb8a..89c7f80b50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -20,27 +20,28 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git fetch origin master:master
           ANY_CHANGED=false
-          JS_ANY_CHANGED=false
-          JS_ALL_CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --diff-filter=ACMRT --name-only master -- tests/**/*.js tests/**/*.ts scripts/**/*.js scripts/**/*.mts scripts/**/*.ts sites/**/*.js sites/**/*.ts | tr '\n' ' ')
-          if [ -n "${JS_ALL_CHANGED_FILES}" ]; then
-            JS_ANY_CHANGED=true
-            ANY_CHANGED=true
-          fi
-          echo "js_all_changed_files=$JS_ALL_CHANGED_FILES" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "js_any_changed=$JS_ANY_CHANGED" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          CHANNELS_ANY_CHANGED=false
-          CHANNELS_ALL_CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --diff-filter=ACMRT --name-only master --  sites/**/*.channels.xml | tr '\n' ' ')
-          if [ -n "${CHANNELS_ALL_CHANGED_FILES}" ]; then
-            CHANNELS_ANY_CHANGED=true
-            ANY_CHANGED=true
-          fi
-          echo "channels_all_changed_files=$CHANNELS_ALL_CHANGED_FILES" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "channels_any_changed=$CHANNELS_ANY_CHANGED" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "any_changed=$ANY_CHANGED" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          JS_FILES="tests/**/*.js tests/**/*.ts scripts/**/*.js scripts/**/*.mts scripts/**/*.ts sites/**/*.js sites/**/*.ts"
+          CHANNELS_FILES="sites/**/*.channels.xml"
+          WORKERS_FILES="workers.txt"
+          for PREFIX in JS CHANNELS WORKERS; do
+            CHANGED_FILES_VAR="${PREFIX}_FILES"
+            CHANGED_FILES_PATTERN=${!CHANGED_FILES_VAR}
+            if [ -n "${CHANGED_FILES_PATTERN}" ]; then
+              HAS_CHANGES=false
+              CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --diff-filter=ACMRT --name-only master -- ${CHANGED_FILES_PATTERN} | tr '\n' ' ')
+              if [ -n "${CHANGED_FILES}" ]; then
+                ANY_CHANGED=true
+                HAS_CHANGES=true
+                echo "${PREFIX,,}_all_changed_files=${CHANGED_FILES}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+              fi
+              echo "${PREFIX,,}_any_changed=${HAS_CHANGES}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+            fi
+          done
+          echo "any_changed=${ANY_CHANGED}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         if: steps.files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
         with:
-          node-version: 22
+          node-version: 24
           cache: 'npm'
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: steps.files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
@@ -53,4 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           npm run postinstall
           npm run channels:lint -- ${{ steps.files.outputs.channels_all_changed_files }}
-          npm run channels:validate -- ${{ steps.files.outputs.channels_all_changed_files }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          npm run channels:validate -- ${{ steps.files.outputs.channels_all_changed_files }}
+      - name: Check changed workers.txt file
+        if: steps.files.outputs.workers_any_changed == 'true'
+        run: npm run workers:validate
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 08be0dcd58..d94d9d6170 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "guides:update": "tsx scripts/commands/guides/update.ts",
     "guides:export": "tsx scripts/commands/guides/export.ts",
     "workers:load": "tsx scripts/commands/workers/load.ts",
+    "workers:validate": "tsx scripts/commands/workers/validate.ts",
     "grab": "tsx scripts/commands/epg/grab.ts",
     "lint": "npx eslint \"{scripts,tests,sites}/**/*.{ts,mts,js}\"",
     "test": "cross-env TZ=Pacific/Nauru npx jest --runInBand",
diff --git a/scripts/commands/workers/validate.ts b/scripts/commands/workers/validate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8834c749b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/commands/workers/validate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { Storage } from '@freearhey/storage-js'
+import { ROOT_DIR } from '../../constants'
+import { program } from 'commander'
+import chalk from 'chalk'
+
+program.parse(process.argv)
+
+interface ValidationError {
+  line: number
+  type: 'missing_crlf' | 'contains_spaces'
+  content: string
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const rootStorage = new Storage(ROOT_DIR)
+  
+  if (!await rootStorage.exists('workers.txt')) {
+    console.log(chalk.red('workers.txt file not found!'))
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  const workersTxt = await rootStorage.load('workers.txt')
+  const lines = workersTxt.split('\n')
+  
+  let totalFiles = 0
+  let totalErrors = 0
+  let totalWarnings = 0
+
+  const errors: ValidationError[] = []
+  
+  lines.forEach((line, index) => {
+    const lineNum = index + 1
+
+    if (lineNum === lines.length && line.trim() === '') return
+
+    if (!line.endsWith('\r')) {
+      errors.push({ line: lineNum, type: 'missing_crlf', content: line.replace(/\r/g, '') })
+      totalErrors++
+    }
+
+    if (line.includes(' ')) {
+      errors.push({ line: lineNum, type: 'contains_spaces', content: line.replace(/\r/g, '') })
+      totalErrors++
+    }
+  })
+
+  if (errors.length) {
+    console.log(chalk.underline('workers.txt'))
+    console.table(errors, ['line', 'type', 'content'])
+    console.log()
+    totalFiles++
+  }
+
+  const totalProblems = totalWarnings + totalErrors
+  if (totalProblems > 0) {
+    console.log(
+      chalk.red(
+        `${totalProblems} problems (${totalErrors} errors, ${totalWarnings} warnings) in ${totalFiles} file(s)`
+      )
+    )
+    if (totalErrors > 0) {
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+main()
diff --git a/tests/commands/workers/validate.test.ts b/tests/commands/workers/validate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32f95e261d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/commands/workers/validate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { execSync } from 'child_process'
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
+
+interface ExecError {
+  status: number
+  stdout: string
+}
+
+const ENV_VAR = 'cross-env ROOT_DIR=tests/__data__/output'
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  fs.emptyDirSync('tests/__data__/output')
+})
+
+describe('workers:validate', () => {
+  it('will show a message if workers.txt does not exist', () => {
+    try {
+      const cmd = `${ENV_VAR} npm run workers:validate`
+      const stdout = execSync(cmd, { encoding: 'utf8' })
+      if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') console.log(cmd, stdout)
+      process.exit(1)
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect((error as ExecError).status).toBe(1)
+      expect((error as ExecError).stdout).toContain('workers.txt file not found!')
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('will show a message if workers.txt contains validation error', () => {
+    try {
+      fs.writeFileSync('tests/__data__/output/workers.txt', 'worker1.example.com\nworker 2.example.com\r\nworker3.example.com')
+      const cmd = `${ENV_VAR} npm run workers:validate`
+      const stdout = execSync(cmd, { encoding: 'utf8' })
+      if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') console.log(cmd, stdout)
+      process.exit(1)
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect((error as ExecError).status).toBe(1)
+      expect((error as ExecError).stdout).toContain(`
+┌─────────┬──────┬───────────────────┬────────────────────────┐
+│ (index) │ line │ type              │ content                │
+├─────────┼──────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────────┤
+│ 0       │ 1    │ 'missing_crlf'    │ 'worker1.example.com'  │
+│ 1       │ 2    │ 'contains_spaces' │ 'worker 2.example.com' │
+│ 2       │ 3    │ 'missing_crlf'    │ 'worker3.example.com'  │
+└─────────┴──────┴───────────────────┴────────────────────────┘
+
+3 problems (3 errors, 0 warnings) in 1 file(s)
+`)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('does not display errors if there are none', () => {
+    try {
+      fs.writeFileSync('tests/__data__/output/workers.txt', 'worker1.example.com\r\nworker2.example.com\r\nworker3.example.com\r\n')
+      const cmd = `${ENV_VAR} npm run workers:validate`
+      const stdout = execSync(cmd, { encoding: 'utf8' })
+      if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') console.log(cmd, stdout)
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') console.log((error as ExecError).stdout)
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/workers.txt b/workers.txt
index 8c3abe8a95..91c1949df1 100644
--- a/workers.txt
+++ b/workers.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 worker-9dd4.onrender.com
-raw.githubusercontent.com/StrangeDrVN/epg/public/output
\ No newline at end of file
+raw.githubusercontent.com/StrangeDrVN/epg/public/output