diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 84f209b3dd32..ac07484b66d1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ install:
   - travis_retry composer install --prefer-dist;
 
 before_script:
-  # prevent MySQL went away error 
+  # prevent MySQL went away error
   - mysql -u root -e 'SET @@GLOBAL.wait_timeout=28800;'
   # copy configuration files
   - cp .env.example .env
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AccountApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AccountApiController.php
index f36252bc8d16..4ac5d99018f9 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AccountApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AccountApiController.php
@@ -34,8 +34,26 @@ class AccountApiController extends BaseAPIController
         $this->accountRepo = $accountRepo;
     }
 
-    public function register(RegisterRequest $request)
+    public function register(Request $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();