diff --git a/custom/default-cfconfig/compareDefault.cfm b/custom/default-cfconfig/compareDefault.cfm
index 1fad340..e916498 100644
--- a/custom/default-cfconfig/compareDefault.cfm
+++ b/custom/default-cfconfig/compareDefault.cfm
@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
 <cfscript>
     default = deserializeJSON( fileRead( expandPath( "./.CFConfig-default.json" ) ) );
     empty = deserializeJSON( fileRead( expandPath('{lucee-config}.CFConfig.json') ) );
-    
+
+    ignore = [ "salt", "hspw" ];
+    problems = 0;
+
     for ( cfg in default.keyList() ){
-        if (!structKeyExists( empty, cfg ) ){
+        if ( arrayContains( ignore, cfg ) ) {
+            //ignore
+        } else if (!structKeyExists( empty, cfg ) ){
             systemOutput("", true );
             systemOutput("#cfg# missing in empty .CFConfig.json", true );
+            problems++;
         } else {
-            if ( empty[cfg].toJson() neq default[cfg].toJson() ){
+            if ( empty[ cfg ].toJson() neq default[ cfg ].toJson() ){
                 systemOutput("", true );
                 systemOutput("#cfg# is different!", true );
-                systemOutput("#chr(9)# empty  : #empty[cfg].toJson()# ", true );
-                systemOutput("#chr(9)# default: #default[cfg].toJson()# ", true );
+                systemOutput("#chr(9)# empty  : #empty[ cfg ].toJson()# ", true );
+                systemOutput("#chr(9)# default: #default[ cfg ].toJson()# ", true );
+                problems++;
             }
         }
     }
+
+    if ( problems > 0 ){
+        throw "#problems# config elements were different!";
+    }
 </cfscript>
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