diff --git a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/config/OpenviduConfig.java b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/config/OpenviduConfig.java
index 909fbccc..9d78cdfc 100644
--- a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/config/OpenviduConfig.java
+++ b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/config/OpenviduConfig.java
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ public class OpenviduConfig {
 		Gson gson = new Gson();
 		JsonArray kmsUrisArray = gson.fromJson(kmsUris, JsonArray.class);
 		this.kmsUrisList = JsonUtils.toStringList(kmsUrisArray);
+		for (String uri : kmsUrisList) {
+			this.checkWebsocketUri(uri);
+		}
 	}
 
 	public void initiateOpenViduWebhookEndpoint(String endpoint) throws Exception {
@@ -451,4 +454,14 @@ public class OpenviduConfig {
 		log.info("OpenVidu Webhook events: {}", this.getOpenViduWebhookEvents().toString());
 	}
 
+	public void checkWebsocketUri(String uri) throws MalformedURLException {
+		try {
+			String parsedUri = uri.replaceAll("^ws://", "http://").replaceAll("^wss://", "https://");
+			new URL(parsedUri);
+		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+			log.error("URI {} is not a valid WebSocket endpoint", uri);
+			throw e;
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/kurento/kms/Kms.java b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/kurento/kms/Kms.java
index a403317b..e7b6ede9 100644
--- a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/kurento/kms/Kms.java
+++ b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/kurento/kms/Kms.java
@@ -68,13 +68,15 @@ public class Kms {
 		this.uri = uri;
 		this.id = "KMS-" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(6).toUpperCase();
 
+		String parsedUri = uri.replaceAll("^ws://", "http://").replaceAll("^wss://", "https://");
+		URL url = null;
 		try {
-			String parsedUri = "http://" + uri.replaceAll("^ws://", "").replaceAll("^wss://", "");
-			URL url = new URL(parsedUri);
-			this.ip = url.getHost();
+			url = new URL(parsedUri);
 		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-			log.error("KMS uri {} is not a valid WebSocket endpoint", uri);
+			log.error(e.getMessage());
 		}
+		this.ip = url.getHost();
+
 		this.loadManager = loadManager;
 	}