diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AccountApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AccountApiController.php
index 3358c5ac7301..02697ba039de 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AccountApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AccountApiController.php
@@ -34,25 +34,8 @@ class AccountApiController extends BaseAPIController
         $this->accountRepo = $accountRepo;
     }
 
-    public function register(Request $request)
+    public function register(RegisterRequest $request)
     {
-        $validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
-            'email' => 'required|unique:users',
-            'first_name' => 'required',
-            'last_name' => 'required',
-            'password' => 'required',
-        ]);
-
-        if ($validator->fails()) {
-
-            foreach($validator->errors()->all() as $message)
-            {
-                return $this->errorResponse(['message'=>$message],400);
-            }
-
-
-        }
-
 
         $account = $this->accountRepo->create($request->first_name, $request->last_name, $request->email, $request->password);        
         $user = $account->users()->first();
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/RegisterRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/RegisterRequest.php
index 8709d42cc0a0..91a27556924c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/RegisterRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/RegisterRequest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 use Auth;
 use App\Http\Requests\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request as InputRequest;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Validation\Factory;
+use App\Libraries\Utils;
+use Response;
 
 class RegisterRequest extends Request
 {
@@ -11,6 +15,13 @@ class RegisterRequest extends Request
      *
      * @return bool
      */
+
+    public function __construct(InputRequest $req)
+    {
+        $this->req = $req;
+    }
+
+
     public function authorize()
     {
         return true;
@@ -23,6 +34,7 @@ class RegisterRequest extends Request
      */
     public function rules()
     {
+
         $rules = [
             'email' => 'required|unique:users',
             'first_name' => 'required',
@@ -32,4 +44,24 @@ class RegisterRequest extends Request
 
         return $rules;
     }
+
+    public function response(array $errors)
+    {
+        /* If the user is not validating from a mobile app - pass through parent::response */
+        if(!isset($this->req->api_secret))
+            return parent::response($errors);
+
+        /* If the user is validating from a mobile app - pass through first error string and return error */
+        foreach($errors as $error) {
+            foreach ($error as $key => $value) {
+
+                $message['error'] = ['message'=>$value];
+                $message = json_encode($message, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
+                $headers = Utils::getApiHeaders();
+
+                return Response::make($message, 400, $headers);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }