diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index a9e7a60..154716c 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ impl Client {
         client_server_map: ClientServerMap,
         transaction_mode: bool,
         default_server_role: Option<Role>,
+        server_info: BytesMut,
     ) -> Result<Client, Error> {
         loop {
             // Could be StartupMessage or SSLRequest
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ impl Client {
                     let secret_key: i32 = rand::random();
 
                     auth_ok(&mut stream).await?;
-                    server_parameters(&mut stream).await?;
+                    write_all(&mut stream, server_info).await?;
                     backend_key_data(&mut stream, process_id, secret_key).await?;
                     ready_for_query(&mut stream).await?;
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 79c2c0b..d2e050b 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ pub async fn parse(path: &str) -> Result<Config, Error> {
         let mut dup_check = HashSet::new();
         let mut primary_count = 0;
 
+        if shard.1.servers.len() == 0 {
+            println!("> Shard {} has no servers configured", shard.0);
+            return Err(Error::BadConfig);
+        }
+
         for server in &shard.1.servers {
             dup_check.insert(server);
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 05903d6..37f820f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ async fn main() {
     );
     println!("> Connection timeout: {}ms", config.general.connect_timeout);
 
-    let pool = ConnectionPool::from_config(config.clone(), client_server_map.clone()).await;
+    let mut pool = ConnectionPool::from_config(config.clone(), client_server_map.clone()).await;
     let transaction_mode = config.general.pool_mode == "transaction";
     let default_server_role = match config.query_router.default_role.as_ref() {
         "any" => None,
@@ -98,11 +98,20 @@ async fn main() {
         }
     };
 
+    let server_info = match pool.validate().await {
+        Ok(info) => info,
+        Err(err) => {
+            println!("> Could not validate connection pool: {:?}", err);
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
     println!("> Waiting for clients...");
 
     loop {
         let pool = pool.clone();
         let client_server_map = client_server_map.clone();
+        let server_info = server_info.clone();
 
         let (socket, addr) = match listener.accept().await {
             Ok((socket, addr)) => (socket, addr),
@@ -124,6 +133,7 @@ async fn main() {
                 client_server_map,
                 transaction_mode,
                 default_server_role,
+                server_info,
             )
             .await
             {
diff --git a/src/messages.rs b/src/messages.rs
index 5f17d8d..cd99de7 100644
--- a/src/messages.rs
+++ b/src/messages.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ use crate::errors::Error;
 
 // This is a funny one. `psql` parses this to figure out which
 // queries to send when using shortcuts, e.g. \d+.
-//
-// TODO: Actually get the version from the server itself.
-//
-const SERVER_VESION: &str = "12.9 (Ubuntu 12.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)";
+// No longer used. Keeping it here until I'm sure we don't need it again.
+const _SERVER_VESION: &str = "12.9 (Ubuntu 12.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)";
 
 /// Tell the client that authentication handshake completed successfully.
 pub async fn auth_ok(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
@@ -27,12 +25,12 @@ pub async fn auth_ok(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
 /// Send server parameters to the client. This will tell the client
 /// what server version and what's the encoding we're using.
 //
-// TODO: Forward these from the server instead of hardcoding.
+// No longer used. Keeping it here until I'm sure we don't need it again.
 //
-pub async fn server_parameters(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub async fn _server_parameters(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let client_encoding = BytesMut::from(&b"client_encoding\0UTF8\0"[..]);
     let server_version =
-        BytesMut::from(&format!("server_version\0{}\0", SERVER_VESION).as_bytes()[..]);
+        BytesMut::from(&format!("server_version\0{}\0", _SERVER_VESION).as_bytes()[..]);
 
     // Client encoding
     let len = client_encoding.len() as i32 + 4; // TODO: add more parameters here
diff --git a/src/pool.rs b/src/pool.rs
index 8c92bc6..3432330 100644
--- a/src/pool.rs
+++ b/src/pool.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /// Pooling and failover and banlist.
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use bb8::{ManageConnection, Pool, PooledConnection};
+use bytes::BytesMut;
 use chrono::naive::NaiveDateTime;
 
 use crate::config::{Address, Config, Role, User};
@@ -105,6 +106,38 @@ impl ConnectionPool {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Connect to all shards and grab server information.
+    /// Return server information we will pass to the clients
+    /// when they connect.
+    pub async fn validate(&mut self) -> Result<BytesMut, Error> {
+        let mut server_infos = Vec::new();
+
+        for shard in 0..self.shards() {
+            // TODO: query all primary and replicas in the shard configuration.
+            let connection = match self.get(Some(shard), None).await {
+                Ok(conn) => conn,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    println!("> Shard {} down or misconfigured.", shard);
+                    return Err(err);
+                }
+            };
+
+            let mut proxy = connection.0;
+            let _address = connection.1;
+            let server = &mut *proxy;
+
+            server_infos.push(server.server_info());
+        }
+
+        // TODO: compare server information to make sure
+        // all shards are running identical configurations.
+        if server_infos.len() == 0 {
+            return Err(Error::AllServersDown);
+        }
+
+        Ok(server_infos[0].clone())
+    }
+
     /// Get a connection from the pool.
     pub async fn get(
         &mut self,