diff --git a/backend/helpers/email.js b/backend/helpers/email.js
index c2d6965..67d11aa 100644
--- a/backend/helpers/email.js
+++ b/backend/helpers/email.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const nodemailer = require ('nodemailer');
 
 module.exports = {
-  validateEmailFromAlexaResponse: function (email) {
+  transformEmailFromAlexaResponse: function (email) {
     //email from alexa response will contain words instead of symbols, like :
     //at = @
     //underscore = _
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ module.exports = {
       .replace (/dash/gi, '-')
       .replace (/dot/gi, '.');
 
-    //Validate here with some email validation regex
+    return transformedEmail;
+  },
 
-    //return true if email is valid
-    return true;
+  isEmailValid : function(email){
+      let validEmailRegex = /^(([^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
+
+      return validEmailRegex.test(email);
   },
 
   sendEmal: function (name, fromEmail, message, toEmail) {
diff --git a/backend/models/alexa.js b/backend/models/alexa.js
index 271eb77..3ba0c56 100644
--- a/backend/models/alexa.js
+++ b/backend/models/alexa.js
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ module.exports = {
               repromptSpeech
             );
           } else if (!intent.slots.Message.value) {
+            intent.slots.Email.value = emailHelper.transformEmailFromAlexaResponse(intent.slots.Message.value);
             if (
-              !emailHelper.validateEmailFromAlexaResponse (
+              !emailHelper.isEmailValid (
                 intent.slots.Email.value
               )
             ) {