diff --git a/Pearlception/.vscode/launch.json b/Pearlception/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96d10d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pearlception/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        /*{
+            "name": "Debug Local File",
+            "type": "Ruby",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/main.rb"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Listen for rdebug-ide",
+            "type": "Ruby",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+            "remoteHost": "127.0.0.1",
+            "remotePort": "1234",
+            "remoteWorkspaceRoot": "${workspaceRoot}"
+        },*/
+        {
+            "name": "Rails server",
+            "type": "Ruby",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/bin/rails",
+            "args": [
+                "server"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "RSpec - all",
+            "type": "Ruby",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/bin/rspec",
+            "args": [
+                "-I",
+                "${workspaceRoot}"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "RSpec - active spec file only",
+            "type": "Ruby",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/bin/rspec",
+            "args": [
+                "-I",
+                "${workspaceRoot}",
+                "${file}"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Cucumber",
+            "type": "Ruby",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/bin/cucumber"
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Pearlception/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/Pearlception/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index d620036..e32a2a1 100644
--- a/Pearlception/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/Pearlception/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   protect_from_forgery with: :exception
-  protected
+protected
+  
   def authenticate_user
     if session[:user_id]
        # set current user object to @current_user object variable
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
       return false
     end
   end
+
   def save_login_state
     if session[:user_id]
       redirect_to(:controller => 'sessions', :action => 'home')
@@ -19,4 +21,5 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
       return true
     end
   end
+  
 end
diff --git a/Pearlception/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb b/Pearlception/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
index bc9c912..3b8ced9 100644
--- a/Pearlception/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
+++ b/Pearlception/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
   include ApplicationHelper
+
   #protected
   def new
       Apartment::Tenant.switch!
   end
 
-
+  #Method to create a new User
   def create
-    @user = User.new(sign_up_params)
-    if params[:password] == nil || params[:password_confirmation] == nil
+    user_params = sign_up_params
+    @user = User.new(user_params)
+    if user_params[:password] == "" || user_params[:password_confirmation] == ""
+        puts "NO PASSWORD ERROR"
         flash[:error] = "Need a password to sign up"
         redirect_to '/signin'
+        return 
     end
     if params[:company_serial]
-      params.require(:user).permit(:company_id)
       company = Company.find_by(company_token: params[:company_serial])
       if company
         @user.company_id = company.id
@@ -21,18 +24,38 @@ class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
           @user.admin = true
         end
       else
+        flash[:alert] = "The serial key provided was invalid."
+        redirect_to '/'
       end
     else
+      flash[:alert] = "A company serial key must be provided to register."
+      redirect_to '/'
     end
-    @user.save
-    sign_in @user
-    if !@user.admin
-      Apartment::Tenant.switch(Company.find(@user.company_id).company_name.gsub(/'/,'').gsub(/\s/,''))
+  
+    if @user == ""
+      flash[:alert] = "Please provide a password to register with."
+      redirect_to '/'
+    else
+      @user.save
+      begin
+        sign_in @user
+      rescue 
+        flash[:error] = "Email already in use"
+        redirect_to '/signin' and return 
+      end
+      if !@user.admin
+        Apartment::Tenant.switch(Company.find(@user.company_id).company_name.gsub(/'/,'').gsub(/\s/,''))
+      end
+      redirect_to "/" and return
     end
-    redirect_to "/"
+    
   end
 
+  private
+
+  #Param checking method for creation of a new user 
   def sign_up_params
     params.require(:user).permit(:email, :password, :password_confirmation)
   end
+
 end
diff --git a/Pearlception/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb b/Pearlception/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
index 2b4870e..b19f09c 100644
--- a/Pearlception/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/Pearlception/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 class SessionsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
   include ApplicationHelper
-  #def new
-   #   Apartment::Tenant.switch!
-  #end
+
+  def new
+    super
+  end
 
   def create
+    puts "NOW IN CREATE"
+    params = sign_in_params
+    @user = User.find_by(email: params[:email])
+    if @user == nil || !@user.valid_password?(params[:password])
+      redirect_to "/signin"
+      return
+    end 
+    super
+    #Do we need this code below? It was never running before
     resource = warden.authenticate!(:scope => :user)
     sign_in(:user, resource)
     if !current_user.admin
@@ -12,4 +22,11 @@ class SessionsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
     end
     redirect_to "/"
   end
+
+private
+  
+  def sign_in_params
+    params.require(:user).permit(:email,:password,:remember_me)
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/Pearlception/app/models/user.rb b/Pearlception/app/models/user.rb
index 1c27f7e..b04846f 100644
--- a/Pearlception/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/Pearlception/app/models/user.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :runs
   # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
   # :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
+
+  validates :email, presence: true, uniqueness: true
+
   devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
          :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
 
diff --git a/Pearlception/app/views/registrations/new.html.erb b/Pearlception/app/views/registrations/new.html.erb
index 7450e9a..1b5405c 100644
--- a/Pearlception/app/views/registrations/new.html.erb
+++ b/Pearlception/app/views/registrations/new.html.erb
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 <%= render "shared/links" %>-->
 <div class="container">
+<p class="alert alert-container" align="center"><%= flash[:error] %> </p>
   <div class="row new_user_row">
     <div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
       <div class="panel panel-primary">
diff --git a/Pearlception/db/migrate/20170329193000_make_user_email_uniq.rb b/Pearlception/db/migrate/20170329193000_make_user_email_uniq.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..485f788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pearlception/db/migrate/20170329193000_make_user_email_uniq.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class MakeUserEmailUniq < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+  def change
+    change_column :users, :email, :string, {unique: true, null: false , default: ""}
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Pearlception/db/schema.rb b/Pearlception/db/schema.rb
index a2a9051..dcdd10a 100644
--- a/Pearlception/db/schema.rb
+++ b/Pearlception/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170210202948) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170329193000) do
 
   create_table "companies", force: :cascade, options: "ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8" do |t|
     t.string   "company_name"