diff --git a/join/index.html b/join/index.html
index df284b3..1eee12c 100644
--- a/join/index.html
+++ b/join/index.html
@@ -17,16 +17,15 @@
     <p>
       Welcome! Please use only lowercase letters and numbers for your username. After you have an account, <a href="https://exozy.me/about/">learn more about exozyme</a> or try our <a href="https://exozy.me/quickstart/">quickstart guide</a>.
     </p>
-    <form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
-      <input type="text" placeholder="Secret code" name="code">
-      <input type="text" placeholder="First name" name="firstname">
-      <input type="text" placeholder="Last name" name="lastname">
-      <input type="text" placeholder="Email" name="email">
-      <input type="text" placeholder="Username" name="username">
-      <input type="password" placeholder="Strong password" name="password">
-      <input type="password" placeholder="Confirm password" name="confirmpassword">
+    <form method="post" action="/api/join">
+      <input type="text" placeholder="Secret code" name="code" required>
+      <input type="text" placeholder="First name" name="firstname" required>
+      <input type="text" placeholder="Last name" name="lastname" required>
+      <input type="email" placeholder="Email" name="email" required>
+      <input type="text" pattern="[a-z][a-z0-9]*" placeholder="Username" name="username" required>
+      <input type="password" placeholder="Strong password" name="password" required>
+      <input type="password" placeholder="Confirm password" name="confirmpassword" required>
       <input type="submit" value="Join!" style="font-family:monospace;" name="submit">
     </form>
-    <script src="script.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/join/script.js b/join/script.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3001369..0000000
--- a/join/script.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-const url = 'https://exozy.me/api/'
-const form = document.querySelector('form')
-
-form.addEventListener('submit', (e) => {
-  e.preventDefault()
-  
-  const data = new Object()
-  data['type'] = 'new'
-  
-  for (const s of ['code', 'firstname', 'lastname', 'email', 'username', 'password']) {
-    data[s] = document.getElementsByName(s)[0].value
-    if (data[s] == '') {
-      alert('Please fill out the form completely')
-      return
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (/^[a-z0-9]+$/.test(data['username']) === false || (data['username'][0] >= '0' && data['username'][0] <= '9')) {
-    alert('Username can only contain lowercase letters and numbers and can\'t start with a number')
-    return
-  }
-
-  if (data['password'] != document.getElementsByName('confirmpassword')[0].value) {
-    alert('Passwords don\'t match')
-    return
-  }
-
-  console.log(data)
-  
-  fetch(url, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    body: JSON.stringify(data),
-  }).then((response) => {
-    alert(response.statusText)
-  })
-})