diff --git a/src/main/java/Team5/SmartTowns/users/UserController.java b/src/main/java/Team5/SmartTowns/users/UserController.java
index 40fd1f345ee52a03fdaf24975025231340654533..e9fd1bef1b655dad57a0550739cbaad74e996e38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/Team5/SmartTowns/users/UserController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/Team5/SmartTowns/users/UserController.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class UserController {
 //        return mav;
 //    }
 
-    @PostMapping("/login/register")
+    @PostMapping("/register")
     public ModelAndView registerUser(@Valid @ModelAttribute("user") NewUser user, BindingResult bindingResult, Model model) {
         ModelAndView mav = new ModelAndView("users/login", model.asMap());
         // TODO VALIDATE EMAIL INPUT
@@ -51,19 +51,12 @@ public class UserController {
         if (bindingResult.hasErrors()) {
             ModelAndView modelAndView = new ModelAndView("users/login");
             modelAndView.addObject("errors", bindingResult);
+            modelAndView.addObject("error", "");
             return modelAndView;
         }
-
-        if ( userRepository.doesUserExist(user.getEmail()) ) {
-            mav.addObject("errors", "Email already in use");
-            return mav;
-        }
-
         try {
             userRepository.addUser(user.name, user.email, user.password);
-            mav.addObject("error", "");
-            //TODO return user creation success
-            return mav;
+            return new ModelAndView("redirect:/login?register");
         } catch (DataAccessException e) {
             mav.addObject("error", "User exists");
         }
@@ -83,6 +76,7 @@ public class UserController {
     }
 
 
+
     /* USER MAPPING & FUNCTIONS */
     @GetMapping("/profile/{username}")
     public ModelAndView getUserPage(@PathVariable String username) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 52e81d219c68d4702643665e6f9d58c7aebb8308..fc40c9e4004d1b4e83234ecefecf308e3e4871b8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/towns
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/
 spring.datasource.username=root
 spring.datasource.password=comsc
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/users/login.html b/src/main/resources/templates/users/login.html
index a7b40ae5f9b2f83fb3034a5b48674d621e29011a..6119dcce66cb09b8a4dd9ef7a2e3da77bfa80278 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/users/login.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/users/login.html
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
         <div class="container" th:classappend="${status}" id="container">
             <div class="form-container sign-up">
                 <h1 class="form-title">Create Account</h1>
-                <form th:object="${user}" action="#" th:action="@{/login/register}" th:method="POST" onsubmit="return registerFormValidation()">
+                <form th:object="${user}" action="#" th:action="@{/register}" th:method="POST" onsubmit="return registerFormValidation()">
                     <div th:if="${error.equals('User exists')}" class="alert alert-error">User already exist</div>
+                    <div th:text="${errors}" class="alert alert-error"></div>
                     <label>
                         <input class="input" th:field="*{name}" id="register-username" type="text" placeholder="Name">
                     </label>
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
                 <form  name="f" th:action="@{/login}" th:method="POST">
                     <div th:if="${param.error}" class="alert alert-error">Invalid Username or Password</div>
                     <div th:if="${param.logout}" class="alert alert-success">Successfully Logged out</div>
+                    <div th:if="${param.register}" class="alert alert-success">Account Created Successfully</div>
                     <label>
                         <input class="input" id="username" type="text" name="username" placeholder="Email">
                     </label>