diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/UsernameUUID.php b/app/Http/Middleware/UsernameUUID.php
index 2463df6..29a93cf 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/UsernameUUID.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/UsernameUUID.php
@@ -20,8 +20,18 @@ class UsernameUUID
         $input = $request->all();
         if (isset($input['uuid']))
         {
-            $username = $input['uuid'];
-            $input['uuid'] = UUID::toUUID($username);
+            try
+            {
+              $username = $input['uuid'];
+              $input['uuid'] = UUID::toUUID($username);
+            }
+            catch(\InvalidArgumentException $iae)
+            {
+                report($iae);
+
+                $request->session()->flash('error', $iae->getMessage());
+                return redirect(route('register'));
+            }
 
             $request->replace($input);
         }
diff --git a/app/UUID/UUID.php b/app/UUID/UUID.php
index f0ca005..cee10d1 100644
--- a/app/UUID/UUID.php
+++ b/app/UUID/UUID.php
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ class UUID
             $username
         ])->body(), true);
 
-        return $response[0]['id'];
+        if (isset($response[0]))
+        {
+          return $response[0]['id'];
+
+        }
+
+        throw new \InvalidArgumentException("You must supply a valid, premium Minecraft account to sign up.");
     }
 
     // Note: Caching could simply be assigning the username to it's UUID, however, to make this work, we'd need to loop over all cache items, which would be slighly ineffective
diff --git a/resources/views/auth/register.blade.php b/resources/views/auth/register.blade.php
index b63ddc2..6b0ed88 100644
--- a/resources/views/auth/register.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/auth/register.blade.php
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 @extends('layouts.app')
 
 @section('content')
+
+<x-global-errors></x-global-errors>
+
 <div class="container">
     <div class="row justify-content-center">
         <div class="col-md-8">
+
+            @if (session()->has('error'))
+                <div class="alert alert-danger">
+                  <i class="fas fa-exclamation"></i><b> Please verify your submission</b>
+                  <p>
+                    {{ session('error') }}
+                  </p>
+                </div>
+            @endif
+
             <div class="card">
                 <div class="card-header">{{ __('Register') }}</div>
 
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php
index ea847eb..197d3eb 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <!-- Scripts -->
     <script src="{{ asset('js/app.js') }}" defer></script>
 
+  
     <!-- Fonts -->
     <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//fonts.gstatic.com">
     <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito" rel="stylesheet">
@@ -79,5 +80,7 @@
             @yield('content')
         </main>
     </div>
+
+
 </body>
 </html>