diff --git a/app/Jobs/Account/CreateAccount.php b/app/Jobs/Account/CreateAccount.php
index 70fe64a2606f..bef43ff33d91 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/Account/CreateAccount.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/Account/CreateAccount.php
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ class CreateAccount
             $sp794f3f->hosted_client_count = config('ninja.quotas.free.clients');
             $sp794f3f->hosted_company_count = config('ninja.quotas.free.max_companies');
             $sp794f3f->account_sms_verified = true;
+
+            if(in_array($this->getDomain($this->request['email']), ['gmail.com', 'hotmail.com', 'outlook.com', 'yahoo.com'])){
+                $sp794f3f->account_sms_verified = false;
+            }
+
             // $sp794f3f->trial_started = now();
             // $sp794f3f->trial_plan = 'pro';
         }
@@ -155,4 +160,19 @@ class CreateAccount
 
         return $sp794f3f;
     }
+
+    private function getDomain($email)
+    {
+        if( filter_var( $email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL ) ) {
+            // split on @ and return last value of array (the domain)
+            $domain = explode('@', $email);
+         
+            $domain_name = end($domain);
+
+            return $domain_name;
+        }
+
+        return 'gmail.com';
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/config/database.php b/config/database.php
index 9a5e95716ae4..68d2b6a06926 100644
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@@ -95,12 +95,6 @@ return [
             'strict'         => env('DB_STRICT', false),
             'engine'         => 'InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC',
             'options'        => [],
-            // 'options'        => [
-            //     PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT => false,
-            //     PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_KEY => env("DB_CLIENT_KEY", ''),
-            //     PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CERT => env("DB_CLIENT_CERT", ''),
-            //     PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => env("DB_CA_CERT", ''),
-            // ],
         ],
 
         'db-ninja-01a' => [