diff --git a/nemo_run/core/execution/lepton.py b/nemo_run/core/execution/lepton.py
index 9609b952..eaf65810 100644
--- a/nemo_run/core/execution/lepton.py
+++ b/nemo_run/core/execution/lepton.py
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ def move_data(self, sleep: float = 10) -> None:
                 image="busybox:1.37.0",  # Use a very low resource container
                 command=cmd,
             ),
-            mounts=[
-                Mount(path=mount["path"], mount_path=mount["mount_path"]) for mount in self.mounts
-            ],
+            mounts=[Mount(**mount) for mount in self.mounts],
         )
         spec.resource_requirement = ResourceRequirement(
             resource_shape="cpu.small",
@@ -161,6 +159,15 @@ def _valid_node_ids(self, node_group_id: DedicatedNodeGroup, client: APIClient)
 
         return valid_node_ids
 
+    def _validate_mounts(self):
+        """
+        Ensure the required arguments are specified for mounts.
+        """
+        for mount in self.mounts:
+            # Verify that 'path' and 'mount_path' are both present in the mounts list
+            if not all(key in mount for key in ["path", "mount_path"]):
+                raise RuntimeError("Must specify a 'path' and 'mount_path' for all mounts")
+
     def create_lepton_job(self, name: str):
         """
         Creates a distributed PyTorch job using the provided project/cluster IDs.
@@ -192,9 +199,7 @@ def create_lepton_job(self, name: str):
             max_failure_retry=None,
             max_job_failure_retry=None,
             envs=envs,
-            mounts=[
-                Mount(path=mount["path"], mount_path=mount["mount_path"]) for mount in self.mounts
-            ],
+            mounts=[Mount(**mount) for mount in self.mounts],
             image_pull_secrets=[],
             ttl_seconds_after_finished=None,
             intra_job_communication=True,
@@ -211,6 +216,7 @@ def create_lepton_job(self, name: str):
         return created_job
 
     def launch(self, name: str, cmd: list[str]) -> tuple[str, str]:
+        self._validate_mounts()
         name = name.replace("_", "-").replace(".", "-")  # to meet K8s requirements
         launch_script = f"""
 wget -O init.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leptonai/scripts/main/lepton_env_to_pytorch.sh
diff --git a/test/core/execution/test_lepton.py b/test/core/execution/test_lepton.py
index d6d6a5fe..cbe93a97 100644
--- a/test/core/execution/test_lepton.py
+++ b/test/core/execution/test_lepton.py
@@ -396,6 +396,55 @@ def test_nproc_per_node_default(self):
 
         assert executor.nproc_per_node() == 1
 
+    def test_valid_storage_mounts(self):
+        executor = LeptonExecutor(
+            container_image="nvcr.io/nvidia/test:latest",
+            nemo_run_dir="/workspace/nemo_run",
+            mounts=[{"path": "/workspace", "mount_path": "/workspace"}],
+        )
+
+        assert executor._validate_mounts() is None
+
+    def test_valid_storage_mounts_with_mount_from(self):
+        executor = LeptonExecutor(
+            container_image="nvcr.io/nvidia/test:latest",
+            nemo_run_dir="/workspace/nemo_run",
+            mounts=[
+                {"path": "/workspace", "mount_path": "/workspace", "from": "local-storage:nfs"}
+            ],
+        )
+
+        assert executor._validate_mounts() is None
+
+    def test_missing_storage_mount_options(self):
+        executor = LeptonExecutor(
+            container_image="nvcr.io/nvidia/test:latest",
+            nemo_run_dir="/workspace/nemo_run",
+            mounts=[{"path": "/workspace"}],
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+            executor._validate_mounts()
+
+    def test_missing_storage_mount_options_mount_path(self):
+        executor = LeptonExecutor(
+            container_image="nvcr.io/nvidia/test:latest",
+            nemo_run_dir="/workspace/nemo_run",
+            mounts=[{"mount_path": "/workspace"}],
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+            executor._validate_mounts()
+
+    def test_valid_storage_mounts_with_random_args(self):
+        executor = LeptonExecutor(
+            container_image="nvcr.io/nvidia/test:latest",
+            nemo_run_dir="/workspace/nemo_run",
+            mounts=[{"path": "/workspace", "mount_path": "/workspace", "random": True}],
+        )
+
+        assert executor._validate_mounts() is None
+
     @patch("nemo_run.core.execution.lepton.APIClient")
     def test_status_running_and_ready(self, mock_APIClient):
         mock_instance = MagicMock()