diff --git a/eveonline/forms.py b/eveonline/forms.py
index bade5b41..a12baab0 100644
--- a/eveonline/forms.py
+++ b/eveonline/forms.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 from django import forms
-
+from services.managers.eve_api_manager import EveApiManager
 
 class UpdateKeyForm(forms.Form):
     api_id = forms.CharField(max_length=254, required=True, label="Key ID")
-    api_key = forms.CharField(max_length=254, required=True, label="Verification Code")
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+    api_key = forms.CharField(max_length=254, required=True, label="Verification Code")
+
+    def clean(self):
+        if not EveApiManager.check_api_is_type_account(self.cleaned_data['api_id'],
+                                                       self.cleaned_data['api_key']):
+                raise forms.ValidationError(u'API not of type account')
+
+        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 99489c53..47c8528f 100644
--- a/services/managers/eve_api_manager.py
+++ b/services/managers/eve_api_manager.py
@@ -34,3 +34,15 @@ class EveApiManager():
 
         return ticker
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def check_api_is_type_account(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]['type'] == "account"
+
+        except evelink.api.APIError as error:
+            print error
+
+        return False
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diff --git a/templates/registered/addapikey.html b/templates/registered/addapikey.html
index e395b961..61d6ef41 100644
--- a/templates/registered/addapikey.html
+++ b/templates/registered/addapikey.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
                 Alliance services: CharacterInfo
                 </p>
                 <p class="text-center">
-                <a target="_blank" href="https://community.eveonline.com/support/api-key/CreatePredefined?accessMask=8921088">Create a standard API key</a>
+                <a target="_blank" href="https://community.eveonline.com/support/api-key/CreatePredefined?accessMask=82323776">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>