diff --git a/backend/Pipfile b/backend/Pipfile
index 0ee5d8e..778105e 100644
--- a/backend/Pipfile
+++ b/backend/Pipfile
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ openai = "==1.23.2"
 llama-index-readers-file = "==0.1.19"
 httpx = "==0.27.0"
 pymupdf = "==1.24.2"
+pydantic = {extras = ["email"], version = "==2.7.1"}
+python-multipart = "==0.0.9"
 
 [dev-packages]
 
diff --git a/backend/Pipfile.lock b/backend/Pipfile.lock
index daf1f79..26e665f 100644
--- a/backend/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/backend/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "fa9c5313c4d53977c1a5dcab6a14d23e55dbe3b4ce6520fe2d0a6c957ebbeb1d"
+            "sha256": "65638357e5510f64031dc36b3f7368a06de6512a2f4459dfea5f802c371cc4e4"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -309,6 +309,21 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
             "version": "==1.9.0"
         },
+        "dnspython": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:5ef3b9680161f6fa89daf8ad451b5f1a33b18ae8a1c6778cdf4b43f08c0a6e50",
+                "sha256:e8f0f9c23a7b7cb99ded64e6c3a6f3e701d78f50c55e002b839dea7225cff7cc"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
+            "version": "==2.6.1"
+        },
+        "email-validator": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:200a70680ba08904be6d1eef729205cc0d687634399a5924d842533efb824b84",
+                "sha256:97d882d174e2a65732fb43bfce81a3a834cbc1bde8bf419e30ef5ea976370a05"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.1.1"
+        },
         "fastapi": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:239403f2c0a3dda07a9420f95157a7f014ddb2b770acdbc984f9bdf3ead7afdb",
@@ -1201,6 +1216,9 @@
             "version": "==0.16.3"
         },
         "pydantic": {
+            "extras": [
+                "email"
+            ],
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:e029badca45266732a9a79898a15ae2e8b14840b1eabbb25844be28f0b33f3d5",
                 "sha256:e9dbb5eada8abe4d9ae5f46b9939aead650cd2b68f249bb3a8139dbe125803cc"
@@ -1368,6 +1386,15 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
             "version": "==1.0.1"
         },
+        "python-multipart": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:03f54688c663f1b7977105f021043b0793151e4cb1c1a9d4a11fc13d622c4026",
+                "sha256:97ca7b8ea7b05f977dc3849c3ba99d51689822fab725c3703af7c866a0c2b215"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
+            "version": "==0.0.9"
+        },
         "pytz": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:2a29735ea9c18baf14b448846bde5a48030ed267578472d8955cd0e7443a9812",
diff --git a/backend/app/main.py b/backend/app/main.py
index 54772df..3da25ac 100644
--- a/backend/app/main.py
+++ b/backend/app/main.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import json
 from typing import List, Any
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Depends, Body
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Depends, Body, Form
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ConfigDict
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ConfigDict, EmailStr
 
 from app.db import DB
 from app.llm import summarise_text
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ class PageCreate(BaseModel):
 class Email(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True)
 
-    to: str
-    from_: str = Field(..., alias="from")
-    subject: str
-    text: str
-    html: str
-    attachments: int
-    attachment_info: Any = Field(..., alias="attachment-info")
-    spam_score: Any
-    spam_report: Any
+    to: EmailStr = Form(...)
+    from_: EmailStr = Form(..., alias="from")
+    subject: str = Form(...)
+    text: str = Form(...)
+    html: str = Form(...)
+    attachments: int = Form(...)
+    attachment_info: Any = Form(..., alias="attachment-info")
+    spam_score: Any = Form(...)
+    spam_report: Any = Form(...)
 
 
 @app.get("/api/health")
@@ -167,6 +167,6 @@ async def post_index_route(payload: PageCreate, user=Depends(get_current_user)):
 
 
 @app.post("/api/email")
-async def post_index_route(payload: Any = Body(None)):
+async def post_index_route(payload: Email):
     print(payload)
     return "OK"