diff --git a/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py b/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py
index 3fbc8674..65031587 100644
--- a/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py
+++ b/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Task(IdObjectBase, AccessMixin, SetupUploadMixin):
                 self.name = task_name
         else:
             # this is an existing task, let's try to verify stuff
-            self._validate()
+            self._validate(check_output_dest_credentials=False)
 
         if self.data is None:
             raise ValueError("Task ID \"{}\" could not be found".format(self.id))
@@ -184,7 +184,11 @@ class Task(IdObjectBase, AccessMixin, SetupUploadMixin):
         self._artifacts_manager = Artifacts(self)
         self._hyper_params_manager = HyperParams(self)
 
-    def _validate(self, check_output_dest_credentials=True):
+    def _validate(self, check_output_dest_credentials=False):
+        if not self._is_remote_main_task():
+            self._storage_uri = self.get_output_destination(raise_on_error=False, log_on_error=False) or None
+            return
+
         raise_errors = self._raise_on_validation_errors
         output_dest = self.get_output_destination(raise_on_error=False, log_on_error=False)
         if output_dest and check_output_dest_credentials:
diff --git a/clearml/task.py b/clearml/task.py
index 4f196d11..9d7db26a 100644
--- a/clearml/task.py
+++ b/clearml/task.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Task(_Task):
         auto_resource_monitoring=True,  # type: bool
         auto_connect_streams=True,  # type: Union[bool, Mapping[str, bool]]
     ):
-        # type: (...) -> Task
+        # type: (...) -> "Task"
         """
         Creates a new Task (experiment) if:
 
@@ -2984,10 +2984,6 @@ class Task(_Task):
             self._connect_dictionary(a_dict, name)
             return an_object
 
-    def _validate(self, check_output_dest_credentials=False):
-        if running_remotely():
-            super(Task, self)._validate(check_output_dest_credentials=False)
-
     def _dev_mode_stop_task(self, stop_reason, pid=None):
         # make sure we do not get called (by a daemon thread) after at_exit
         if self._at_exit_called: