diff --git a/telegram_stats_bot/main.py b/telegram_stats_bot/main.py
index e74214d..760bf4c 100644
--- a/telegram_stats_bot/main.py
+++ b/telegram_stats_bot/main.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import os
 
 import telegram
 from telegram.error import BadRequest
-from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, Filters, CallbackContext
+from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, Filters, CallbackContext, JobQueue
 from telegram.ext.dispatcher import run_async
 from telegram.update import Update
 import appdirs
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ def log_message(update: Update, context: CallbackContext):
                 store.append_data('user_events', i)
 
 
+def test_can_read_all_group_messages(context: CallbackContext):
+    if not context.bot.can_read_all_group_messages:
+        logger.error("Bot privacy is set to enabled, cannot log messages!!!")
+
+
 @run_async
 def update_usernames(context: CallbackContext):  # context.job.context contains the chat_id
     user_ids = stats.get_message_user_ids()
@@ -199,7 +204,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     log_handler = MessageHandler(Filters.chat(chat_id=args.chat_id), log_message)
     dispatcher.add_handler(log_handler)
 
-    job_queue = updater.job_queue
+    job_queue: JobQueue = updater.job_queue
     update_users_job = job_queue.run_repeating(update_usernames, interval=3600, first=0, context=args.chat_id)
+    test_privacy_job = job_queue.run_once(test_can_read_all_group_messages, 0)
 
     updater.start_polling()