diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/StatuslabelsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/StatuslabelsController.php
index aabb5e74f2..88fb6c0398 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/StatuslabelsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/StatuslabelsController.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Str;
 use View;
 use App\Helpers\Helper;
 use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
 
@@ -90,12 +91,17 @@ class StatuslabelsController extends Controller
      *
      * @return Redirect
      */
-    public function postCreate()
+    public function postCreate(Request $request)
     {
 
         // create a new model instance
         $statuslabel = new Statuslabel();
-        $statustype = Statuslabel::getStatuslabelTypesForDB(Input::get('statuslabel_types'));
+
+        if (!$request->has('statuslabel_types')) {
+            return redirect()->back()->withInput()->withErrors(['statuslabel_types' => trans('validation.statuslabel_type')]);
+        }
+
+        $statustype = Statuslabel::getStatuslabelTypesForDB($request->input('statuslabel_types'));
 
         // Save the Statuslabel data
         $statuslabel->name              = e(Input::get('name'));
@@ -116,11 +122,14 @@ class StatuslabelsController extends Controller
 
     }
 
-    public function store()
+    public function store(Request $request)
     {
 
-      // create a new status label instance
         $statuslabel = new Statuslabel();
+        if (!$request->has('statuslabel_types')) {
+            return JsonResponse::create(["error" => trans('validation.statuslabel_type')], 500);
+        }
+
         $statustype = Statuslabel::getStatuslabelTypesForDB(Input::get('statuslabel_types'));
         $statuslabel->name            = e(Input::get('name'));
         $statuslabel->user_id         = Auth::user()->id;
@@ -135,7 +144,7 @@ class StatuslabelsController extends Controller
             // Redirect to the new Statuslabel  page
             return JsonResponse::create($statuslabel);
         }
-        return JsonResponse::create(["error" => "Failed validation: ".print_r($statuslabel->getErrors()->first(), true)], 500);
+        return JsonResponse::create(["error" => $statuslabel->getErrors()->first()], 500);
 
     }
 
@@ -168,7 +177,7 @@ class StatuslabelsController extends Controller
      * @param  int  $statuslabelId
      * @return Redirect
      */
-    public function postEdit($statuslabelId = null)
+    public function postEdit(Request $request, $statuslabelId = null)
     {
         // Check if the Statuslabel exists
         if (is_null($statuslabel = Statuslabel::find($statuslabelId))) {
@@ -176,6 +185,10 @@ class StatuslabelsController extends Controller
             return redirect()->to('admin/settings/statuslabels')->with('error', trans('admin/statuslabels/message.does_not_exist'));
         }
 
+        if (!$request->has('statuslabel_types')) {
+            return redirect()->back()->withInput()->withErrors(['statuslabel_types' => trans('validation.statuslabel_type')]);
+        }
+
 
         // Update the Statuslabel data
         $statustype = Statuslabel::getStatuslabelTypesForDB(Input::get('statuslabel_types'));
diff --git a/app/Models/Statuslabel.php b/app/Models/Statuslabel.php
index a7a01be50f..e06dfc9b5d 100755
--- a/app/Models/Statuslabel.php
+++ b/app/Models/Statuslabel.php
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ class Statuslabel extends Model
 
 
     protected $rules = array(
-      'name'  => 'required|string|unique:status_labels,name,NULL,deleted_at',
-      //'statuslabel_types' => 'required|in:deployable,pending,archived,undeployable',
-      'notes'   => 'string',
+        'name'  => 'required|string|unique:status_labels,name,NULL,deleted_at',
+        'notes'   => 'string',
+        'deployable' => 'required',
+        'pending' => 'required',
+        'archived' => 'required',
     );
 
     protected $fillable = ['name'];
@@ -47,14 +49,14 @@ class Statuslabel extends Model
     public function getStatuslabelType()
     {
 
-        if ($this->pending == 1) {
+        if (($this->pending == '1') && ($this->archived == '0')  && ($this->deployable == '0')) {
             return 'pending';
-        } elseif ($this->archived == 1) {
+        } elseif (($this->pending == '0') && ($this->archived == '1')  && ($this->deployable == '0')) {
             return 'archived';
-        } elseif ($this->deployable == 1) {
-            return 'deployable';
-        } else {
+        } elseif (($this->pending == '0') && ($this->archived == '0')  && ($this->deployable == '0')) {
             return 'undeployable';
+        } else {
+            return 'deployable';
         }
     }
 
@@ -74,12 +76,13 @@ class Statuslabel extends Model
             $statustype['pending'] = 0;
             $statustype['deployable'] = 0;
             $statustype['archived'] = 1;
-
+            
         } else {
             $statustype['pending'] = 0;
             $statustype['deployable'] = 0;
             $statustype['archived'] = 0;
-        } 
+
+        }
 
         return $statustype;
     }
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/validation.php b/resources/lang/en/validation.php
index 5e2deb1131..2d4fda6f7a 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/validation.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/validation.php
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ return array(
     ),
     "unique"           => "The :attribute has already been taken.",
     "url"              => "The :attribute format is invalid.",
+    "statuslabel_type" => "You must select a valid status label type",
 
 
     /*