diff --git a/app/library/App/Controllers/UserController.php b/app/library/App/Controllers/UserController.php
index a1af0c8..3d3fb53 100755
--- a/app/library/App/Controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/app/library/App/Controllers/UserController.php
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 namespace App\Controllers;
 
 use App\Model\User;
+use Phalcon\Validation;
+use Phalcon\Validation\Validator\Email;
 use PhalconRest\Mvc\Controllers\CrudResourceController;
+use PhalconApi\Exception;
+use PhalconApi\Constants\ErrorCodes;
 
 class UserController extends CrudResourceController
 {
@@ -101,4 +105,36 @@ class UserController extends CrudResourceController
         }
     }
 
+    protected function beforeHandleWrite()
+    {
+        $email_field = 'email';
+
+        $validation = new Validation();
+
+        $validation->add(
+            $email_field,
+            new Email(
+                [
+                    "message" => "The e-mail is not valid",
+                ]
+            )
+        );
+
+        $data = $this->getPostedData();
+
+        if (!isset($data[$email_field])) {
+
+            $message = $validation->validate($data[$email_field]);
+            if (count($message)) {
+                throw new Exception(ErrorCodes::DATA_FAILED, 'Unable to create item', [
+                    'messages' => $message,
+                    'data' => $data[$email_field]
+                ]);
+            }
+
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
 }
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