diff --git a/cli/app.go b/cli/app.go
index bc3dfbf..b0158af 100644
--- a/cli/app.go
+++ b/cli/app.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if *validate {
-		validateRules(flag.Args(), LintRules)
+		validateRules(flag.Args())
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -74,14 +74,13 @@ func main() {
 	applyRules(ruleSets, flag.Args(), applyOptions)
 }
 
-func validateRules(filenames []string, rules string) {
-	ruleSet, err := assertion.ParseRules(rules)
+func validateRules(filenames []string) {
+	builtInRuleSet, err := loadBuiltInRuleSet("assets/lint-rules.yml")
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Unable to parse validation rules")
-		fmt.Println(err.Error())
+		fmt.Printf("Unable to load build-in rules for validation: %v\n", err)
 		return
 	}
-	ruleSets := []assertion.RuleSet{ruleSet}
+	ruleSets := []assertion.RuleSet{builtInRuleSet}
 	applyOptions := ApplyOptions{
 		QueryExpression: "Violations[]",
 	}
diff --git a/cli/lint-rules.go b/cli/assets/lint-rules.yml
similarity index 93%
rename from cli/lint-rules.go
rename to cli/assets/lint-rules.yml
index ad8d75f..af3f03a 100644
--- a/cli/lint-rules.go
+++ b/cli/assets/lint-rules.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-package main
-
-// LintRules string containing YAML for -validate option
-var LintRules = `---
+---
 version: 1
 description: Rules for config-lint
 type: LintRules
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ rules:
     assertions:
       - every:
           key: rules
-          assertions:
+          expressions:
             - key: id
               op: present
 
@@ -88,13 +85,13 @@ rules:
             op: present
 
   - id: VALID_EXPRESSION
-    message: "There are mutually exclusive in the same expression: key,or,xor,and,not,every,some,none"
+    message: "These are mutually exclusive in the same expression: key,or,xor,and,not,every,some,none"
     resource: LintRule
     severity: FAILURE
     assertions:
       - every:
           key: "assertions[]"
-          assertions:
+          expressions:
             - xor:
               - key: "@"
                 op: has-properties
@@ -120,4 +117,3 @@ rules:
               - key: "@"
                 op: has-properties
                 value: none
-`