diff --git a/public/js/directives/form.directive.js b/public/js/directives/form.directive.js
index 4b84b871d..d67f7f29f 100644
--- a/public/js/directives/form.directive.js
+++ b/public/js/directives/form.directive.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 angular.module('rallly')
 .service('FormHelper', function(){
-    this.emailRegexString = '^([\\w-\\.]+@([\\w-]+\\.)+[\\w-]{2,4})?$';
+    this.emailRegexString = '^\s+@\s+$';
     this.emailRegex = new RegExp(this.emailRegexString);
     this.prettyError = function(errors, field){
         if (errors.required) return field + " is required";