diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 91f7f611..39ebce75 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1973,6 +1973,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "plume-api 0.3.0",
  "plume-common 0.3.0",
  "plume-models 0.3.0",
+ "reqwest 0.9.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket_contrib 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket_csrf 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/fdb-hiroshima/rocket_csrf?rev=4a72ea2ec716cb0b26188fb00bccf2ef7d1e031c)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0254f681..a6495f19 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ heck = "0.3.0"
 lettre = { git = "https://github.com/lettre/lettre", rev = "c988b1760ad8179d9e7f3fb8594d2b86cf2a0a49" }
 lettre_email = { git = "https://github.com/lettre/lettre", rev = "c988b1760ad8179d9e7f3fb8594d2b86cf2a0a49" }
 num_cpus = "1.10"
+reqwest = "0.9"
 rocket = "0.4.0"
 rocket_contrib = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["json"] }
 rocket_i18n = { git = "https://github.com/Plume-org/rocket_i18n", rev = "e922afa7c366038b3433278c03b1456b346074f2" }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f9aaba9e..42640992 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ extern crate num_cpus;
 extern crate plume_api;
 extern crate plume_common;
 extern crate plume_models;
+extern crate reqwest;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rocket;
 extern crate rocket_contrib;
diff --git a/src/routes/blogs.rs b/src/routes/blogs.rs
index 7c6b3497..12da8e4e 100644
--- a/src/routes/blogs.rs
+++ b/src/routes/blogs.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use plume_models::{
     blog_authors::*, blogs::*, instance::Instance, medias::*, posts::Post, safe_string::SafeString,
     users::User, Connection, PlumeRocket,
 };
+use reqwest::Client;
 use routes::{errors::ErrorPage, Page, RespondOrRedirect};
 use template_utils::{IntoContext, Ructe};
 
@@ -183,12 +184,17 @@ fn valid_domain(domain: &str, valid_domains: State<Mutex<HashMap<String, Instant
     let mutex = valid_domains.inner().lock();
     let mut validation_map = mutex.unwrap();
 
+    let random_id = utils::random_hex();
     validation_map.insert(
-        utils::random_hex(),
+        random_id.clone(),
         Instant::now().checked_add(Duration::new(60, 0)).unwrap(),
     );
 
-    true
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let validation_uri = format!("https://{}/domain_validation/{}", domain, random_id);
+    let resp = client.get(&validation_uri).send();
+
+    resp.unwrap().status().is_success()
 }
 
 #[post("/blogs/new", data = "<form>")]