diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Email_validation.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Email_validation.php
index b8bb720cd..c1ba9a01a 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Email_validation.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Email_validation.php
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ class Email_validation extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 
 	function post() {
 
+		$success = false;
 		if($_POST['token']) {
 			// This will redirect internally on success unless the channel is auto_created
-			if(! account_approve(trim(basename($_POST['token'])))) {
-				notice('Token verification failed.');
-			}
-			else {
+			if(account_approve(trim(basename($_POST['token'])))) {
+				$success = true;
 				if(get_config('system','auto_channel_create')) {
 					$next_page = get_config('system', 'workflow_channel_next', 'profiles');		
 				}
@@ -21,7 +20,9 @@ class Email_validation extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
+		if(! $success) {
+			notice( t('Token verification failed.') . EOL);
+		}
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/include/account.php b/include/account.php
index 3ac485974..40cf281c3 100644
--- a/include/account.php
+++ b/include/account.php
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ function account_deny($hash) {
 
 function account_approve($hash) {
 
-	$ret = array('success' => false);
+	$ret = false;
 
 	// Note: when the password in the register table is 'verify', the uid actually contains the account_id
 
diff --git a/view/tpl/email_validation.tpl b/view/tpl/email_validation.tpl
index f049a040f..9913e0971 100644
--- a/view/tpl/email_validation.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/email_validation.tpl
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 <div class="descriptive-paragraph" style="font-size: 1.2em;"><p>{{$desc}}</p></div>
 
-<form action="email_validation" method="post">
+<form action="email_validation/{{$email}}" method="post">
 {{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$token}}
 
-<div class="pull-right">
-	<a href="email_resend/{{$email}}" class="btn btn-warning">{{$resend}}</a>
-</div>
-<div class="submit-wrapper" >
+<div class="pull-right submit-wrapper">
 	<button type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-primary">{{$submit}}</button>
 </div>
+<div class="resend-email" >
+	<a href="email_resend/{{$email}}" class="btn btn-warning">{{$resend}}</a>
+</div>
 </form>
 <div class="clear"></div>