diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index 20e543fc3..1be6bbf38 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -164,10 +164,15 @@ validate-schema: ## validates values files against schema in common/clustergroup
 
 .PHONY: validate-prereq
 validate-prereq: ## verify pre-requisites
+	$(eval GLOBAL_PATTERN := $(shell yq -r .global.pattern values-global.yaml))
+	@if [ $(NAME) != $(GLOBAL_PATTERN) ]; then\
+		echo "";\
+		echo "WARNING: folder directory is \"$(NAME)\" and global.pattern is set to \"$(GLOBAL_PATTERN)\"";\
+		echo "this can create problems. Please make sure they are the same!";\
+		echo "";\
+	fi
 	@if [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then\
 	  echo "Checking prerequisites:";\
-	  for t in $(EXECUTABLES); do if ! which $$t > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "No $$t in PATH"; exit 1; fi; done;\
-	  echo "  Check for '$(EXECUTABLES)': OK";\
 	  echo -n "  Check for python-kubernetes: ";\
 	  if ! ansible -m ansible.builtin.command -a "{{ ansible_python_interpreter }} -c 'import kubernetes'" localhost > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "Not found"; exit 1; fi;\
 	  echo "OK";\