diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index f13d26ee64a1..276ed694ff2f 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -205,11 +205,14 @@ class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
             return response()->json(['message' => $exception->getMessage()], 400);
         } elseif ($exception instanceof StripeConnectFailure) {
             return response()->json(['message' => $exception->getMessage()], 400);
-        } elseif ($exception instanceof QueryException) {
-            return response()->json(['message' => 'We had a problem executing this query. Please retry.'], 500);
         } 
 
 
+        // elseif ($exception instanceof QueryException) {
+        //     return response()->json(['message' => 'We had a problem executing this query. Please retry.'], 500);
+        // } 
+
+
 
         return parent::render($request, $exception);
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Setup/StoreSetupRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Setup/StoreSetupRequest.php
index 5432ea689e69..7329a49b0456 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Setup/StoreSetupRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Setup/StoreSetupRequest.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class StoreSetupRequest extends Request
             'terms_of_service' => 'required',
             'first_name'       => 'required',
             'last_name'        => 'required',
-            'email'            => 'required|email:rfc,dns',
+            'email'            => 'required|email',
             'password'         => 'required',
         ];