diff --git a/task-manager/package-lock.json b/task-manager/package-lock.json
index 45c3664..427acee 100644
--- a/task-manager/package-lock.json
+++ b/task-manager/package-lock.json
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@
       "requires": {
         "memory-pager": "^1.0.2"
       }
+    },
+    "validator": {
+      "version": "10.9.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validator/-/validator-10.9.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hZJcZSWz9poXBlAkjjcsNAdrZ6JbjD3kWlNjq/+vE7RLLS/+8PAj3qVVwrwsOz/WL8jPmZ1hYkRvtlUeZAm4ug=="
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/task-manager/package.json b/task-manager/package.json
index 17ad41f..6deae9d 100644
--- a/task-manager/package.json
+++ b/task-manager/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "mongodb": "^3.1.10",
-    "mongoose": "^5.3.16"
+    "mongoose": "^5.3.16",
+    "validator": "^10.9.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/task-manager/src/db/mongoose.js b/task-manager/src/db/mongoose.js
index 4983b98..d84a814 100644
--- a/task-manager/src/db/mongoose.js
+++ b/task-manager/src/db/mongoose.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+const validator = require('validator')
 
 mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/task-manager-api', {
   useNewUrlParser: true,
@@ -7,13 +8,43 @@ mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/task-manager-api', {
 
 const User = mongoose.model('User', {
   name: {
-    type: String
+    type: String,
+    required: true,
+    trim: true
+  },
+  email: {
+    type: String,
+    required: true,
+    trim: true,
+    lowercase: true,
+    validate(value) {
+      if (!validator.isEmail(value)) {
+        throw new Error('Email is invalid')
+      }
+    }
   },
   age: {
-    type: Number
+    type: Number,
+    default: 0,
+    validate(value) {
+      if (value < 0) {
+        throw new Error('Age must be a positive number')
+      }
+    }
   }
 })
 
+const me = new User({
+  name: '    Jason    ',
+  email: 'J@SON-WILLIAMS.CA        '
+})
+
+me.save().then(() => {
+  console.log(me)
+}).catch((error) => {
+  console.log('Error!', error)
+})
+
 const Task = mongoose.model('Task', {
   description: {
     type: String
@@ -23,24 +54,13 @@ const Task = mongoose.model('Task', {
   }
 })
 
-const task = new Task({
-  description: 'Learn the Mongoose library',
-  completed: false
-})
-
-task.save().then(() => {
-  console.log(task);
-}).catch((error) => {
-  console.log('Error!', error)
-})
-
-// const me = new User({
-//   name: 'Jason',
-//   age: 'Mike'
+// const task = new Task({
+//   description: 'Learn the Mongoose library',
+//   completed: false
 // })
 //
-// me.save().then(() => {
-//   console.log(me)
+// task.save().then(() => {
+//   console.log(task);
 // }).catch((error) => {
 //   console.log('Error!', error)
 // })