diff --git a/src/Refitter/GenerateCommand.cs b/src/Refitter/GenerateCommand.cs
index 5d0d50bf..08b48844 100644
--- a/src/Refitter/GenerateCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Refitter/GenerateCommand.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public override ValidationResult Validate(CommandContext context, Settings setti
         if (!settings.NoLogging)
             Analytics.Configure();
 
-        return new SettingsValidator().Validate(settings);
+        return SettingsValidator.Validate(settings);
     }
 
     public override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(CommandContext context, Settings settings)
diff --git a/src/Refitter/SettingsValidator.cs b/src/Refitter/SettingsValidator.cs
index d587432f..4f0df347 100644
--- a/src/Refitter/SettingsValidator.cs
+++ b/src/Refitter/SettingsValidator.cs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 namespace Refitter;
 
-public class SettingsValidator
+public static class SettingsValidator
 {
-    public ValidationResult Validate(Settings settings)
+    public static ValidationResult Validate(Settings settings)
     {
         if (BothSettingsFilesAreEmpty(settings) || BothSettingsFilesArePresent(settings))
         {