diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
index 8e7559673e..587116de42 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Requests;
 
+use App\Http\Requests\Traits\MayContainCustomFields;
 use App\Models\Asset;
 use App\Models\Company;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 
 class StoreAssetRequest extends ImageUploadRequest
 {
+    use MayContainCustomFields;
     /**
      * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
      *
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ class StoreAssetRequest extends ImageUploadRequest
             'company_id' => $idForCurrentUser,
             'assigned_to' => $assigned_to ?? null,
         ]);
+
+        //$this->after();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Traits/MayContainCustomFields.php b/app/Http/Requests/Traits/MayContainCustomFields.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8acdacb07b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Traits/MayContainCustomFields.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests\Traits;
+
+trait MayContainCustomFields
+{
+    //public function after()
+    //{
+    //    dd($this);
+    //    $request_data = $this;
+    //}
+
+    public function withValidator($validator)
+    {
+        $validator->after(function ($validator) {
+            $custom_fields = $this->collect()->keys()->filter(function ($attributes) {
+                return str_starts_with($attributes, '_snipeit_');
+            });
+            if (count($custom_fields) > 0) {
+                if ($this->method() == 'POST') {
+                    dd($this->model_id);
+                } elseif ($this->method() == 'PUT' || $this->method() == 'PATCH') {
+                    dd($this->asset());
+                }
+            }
+
+        });
+    }
+}
+