diff --git a/eveonline/forms.py b/eveonline/forms.py
index 3e66e054..4dcb5e23 100644
--- a/eveonline/forms.py
+++ b/eveonline/forms.py
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ class UpdateKeyForm(forms.Form):
                                                        self.cleaned_data['api_key']):
                 raise forms.ValidationError(u'API not of type account')
 
+        if not EveApiManager.check_api_is_full(self.cleaned_data['api_id'],
+                                               self.cleaned_data['api_key']):
+                raise forms.ValidationError(u'API supplied is not a full api key')
+
         return self.cleaned_data
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diff --git a/services/managers/eve_api_manager.py b/services/managers/eve_api_manager.py
index 18084bfe..d010a1c1 100644
--- a/services/managers/eve_api_manager.py
+++ b/services/managers/eve_api_manager.py
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ class EveApiManager():
 
         return False
 
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def check_api_is_full(api_id, api_key):
+        try:
+            api = evelink.api.API(api_key=(api_id, api_key))
+            account = evelink.account.Account(api=api)
+            info = account.key_info()
+            return info[0]['access_mask'] == "268435455"
+
+        except evelink.api.APIError as error:
+            print error
+
+        return False
+
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_api_info(api_id, api_key):
         try:
diff --git a/templates/registered/addapikey.html b/templates/registered/addapikey.html
index 9f809683..023e209f 100644
--- a/templates/registered/addapikey.html
+++ b/templates/registered/addapikey.html
@@ -14,12 +14,8 @@
         <div class="col-md-4 col-md-offset-4">
             <div class="row">
                 <p class="text-center">
-                The minimum permission required for
-                Alliance services: CharacterInfo
+                    Full API Key is required for auth services
                 </p>
-                <p class="text-center">
-                <a target="_blank" href="https://community.eveonline.com/support/api-key/CreatePredefined?accessMask=115878208">Create a standard API key</a>
-                    <br/>
                 <a target="_blank" href="https://community.eveonline.com/support/api-key/CreatePredefined?accessMask=268435455">Create a full API key</a>
                 </p>
                 <form class="form-signin" role="form" action="{% url 'auth_add_api_key' %}" method="POST">