diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php
index 5f2d57ffd4..5e4a84ea4b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php
@@ -166,15 +166,8 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
     public function slacktest(Request $request)
     {
 
-        \Log::error(strncmp($request->input('slack_endpoint'), 'https://hooks.slack.com/', 24));
-        \Log::error('Endpoint: '.$request->input('slack_endpoint'));
-        \Log::error('Request: '.print_r($request->all(), true));
-        // \Log::error('Rules: '.print_r(Setting::rules(), true));
-
-       
-
         $validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
-            'slack_endpoint'                      => 'url|required_with:slack_channel|starts_with:https://hooks.slack.com|nullable',
+            'slack_endpoint'                      => 'url|required_with:slack_channel|starts_with:https://hooks.slack.com/|nullable',
             'slack_channel'                       => 'required_with:slack_endpoint|starts_with:#|nullable',
         ]);
 
@@ -182,35 +175,7 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
             return response()->json(['message' => 'Validation failed', 'errors' => $validator->errors()], 422);
         }
 
-
-        // if (($request->filled('slack_endpoint')) && ((strncmp($request->input('slack_endpoint'), "https://hooks.slack.com/", 24) !== 0))) {
-        //     return response()->json(['message' => 'Oops! Please check the endpoint URL. Slack endpoints should start with https://hooks.slack.com. Your current endpoint is '.$request->input('slack_endpoint'), ['errors' => 'Invalid slack endpoint.']], 422);
-            
-        // } 
-
-        // if (($request->filled('slack_channel')) && (strpos($request->input('slack_channel'), '#') !== 0)) {
-        //     return response()->json(['message' => 'Oops! Please check the channel name. Slack channels should begin with #.', ['errors' => 'Invalid slack endpoint.']], 422);
-        // } 
-
-
-        // if (!$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
-        //     'slack_endpoint'   => 'url"',
-        //     'slack_channel'   => 'required_with:slack_endpoint|starts_with:#|nullable',
-        // ])) {
-
-            \Log::error('Fails validation with '.$request->input('slack_endpoint'));
-            
-
-        // Only attempt the slack request if the validation passes
-        // if (!$request->validate([
-        //     'slack_endpoint'   => 'url|required_with:slack_channel|starts_with:https://hooks.slack.com|nullable',
-        //     'slack_channel'   => 'required_with:slack_endpoint|starts_with:#|nullable',
-        // ])) {
-        //   return response()->json(['message' => $validator->errors()], 422);
-        //} else {
-
-            \Log::error('Passes validation with '.$request->input('slack_endpoint'));
-
+        // If validation passes, continue to the curl request
             $slack = new Client([
                 'base_url' => e($request->input('slack_endpoint')),
                 'defaults' => [