diff --git a/app/models/provider.rb b/app/models/provider.rb
index 783fc5e19..79d6a8fca 100644
--- a/app/models/provider.rb
+++ b/app/models/provider.rb
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ class Provider < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_presence_of :symbol, :name, :contact_name, :contact_email
   validates_uniqueness_of :symbol, message: "This name has already been taken"
   validates_format_of :contact_email, :with => /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/i, message: "contact_email should be an email"
-  validates_format_of :website, :with => /https?:\/\/[\S]+/ , if: :website?, message: "Website should be an url"
+  validates_format_of :website, :with => /https?:\/\/[\S]+/ , if: :website?, message: "Website should be a URL"
   validates_inclusion_of :role_name, :in => %w( ROLE_FOR_PROFIT_PROVIDER ROLE_CONTRACTUAL_PROVIDER ROLE_CONSORTIUM_LEAD ROLE_ALLOCATOR ROLE_MEMBER ROLE_REGISTRATION_AGENCY ROLE_ADMIN ROLE_DEV ), :message => "Role %s is not included in the list"
   validates_inclusion_of :organization_type, :in => %w(nationalInstitution nationalLibrary academicInstitution academicLibrary researchInstitution governmentAgency publisher professionalSociety serviceProvider vendor), :message => "organization type %s is not included in the list", if: :organization_type?
   validates_inclusion_of :focus_area, :in => %w(biomedicalAndHealthSciences earthSciences humanities mathematicsAndComputerScience physicalSciencesAndEngineering socialSciences general), :message => "focus area %s is not included in the list", if: :focus_area?
   validate :freeze_symbol, :on => :update
-  validates_format_of :ror_id, :with => /\A(?:(http|https):\/\/)?(?:ror\.org\/)?(0\w{6}\d{2})\z/, if: :ror_id?
+  validates_format_of :ror_id, :with => /\A(http|https):\/\/ror\.org\/0\w{6}\d{2}\z/, if: :ror_id?, message: "ROR ID should be a URL"
   validates_format_of :twitter_handle, :with => /\A@[a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,15}\z/, if: :twitter_handle?
 
   # validates :technical_contact, contact: true
diff --git a/spec/models/provider_spec.rb b/spec/models/provider_spec.rb
index 42ddb967d..1b85201dc 100644
--- a/spec/models/provider_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/provider_spec.rb
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
     it { should validate_presence_of(:contact_email) }
     it { should validate_presence_of(:contact_name) }
     it { is_expected.to strip_attribute(:name) }
-    it {
-      expect(provider).to be_valid
-    }
+    it { expect(provider).to be_valid }
   end
 
   describe "admin" do
diff --git a/spec/requests/providers_spec.rb b/spec/requests/providers_spec.rb
index d5ab92913..95dea1ed8 100644
--- a/spec/requests/providers_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/providers_spec.rb
@@ -419,15 +419,10 @@
                         "country" => "GB" } } }
       end
 
-      it 'returns status code 422' do
-        post '/providers', params, headers
-
-        expect(last_response.status).to eq(422)
-      end
-
       it 'returns a validation failure message' do
         post '/providers', params, headers
 
+        expect(last_response.status).to eq(422)
         expect(json["errors"].first).to eq("source"=>"contact_email", "title"=>"Can't be blank")
       end
     end
@@ -469,13 +464,23 @@
       it 'updates the record' do
         put "/providers/#{provider.symbol}", params, headers
 
+        expect(last_response.status).to eq(200)
         expect(json.dig('data', 'attributes', 'contactName')).to eq("timAus")
       end
+    end
 
-      it 'returns status code 200' do
+    context 'ror_id in wrong format' do
+      let(:params) do
+        { "data" => { "type" => "providers",
+                      "attributes" => {
+                        "rorId" => "ror.org/05njkjr15" } } }
+      end
+
+      it 'raises error' do
         put "/providers/#{provider.symbol}", params, headers
 
-        expect(last_response.status).to eq(200)
+        expect(last_response.status).to eq(422)
+        expect(json["errors"].first).to eq("source" => "ror_id", "title" => "Ror id should be a url")
       end
     end
 
@@ -496,13 +501,8 @@
       it 'updates the record' do
         put "/providers/#{provider.symbol}", params, headers
 
-        expect(json.dig('data', 'attributes', 'contactName')).to eq("timAus")
-      end
-
-      it 'returns status code 200' do
-        put "/providers/#{provider.symbol}", params, headers
-
         expect(last_response.status).to eq(200)
+        expect(json.dig('data', 'attributes', 'contactName')).to eq("timAus")
       end
     end