diff --git a/fboard/etc/cgi/register.php b/fboard/etc/cgi/register.php
index e69de29..bfd2db7 100644
--- a/fboard/etc/cgi/register.php
+++ b/fboard/etc/cgi/register.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+ini_set('display_errors', 1);
+ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+
+function test_input($data) {
+  $data = trim($data);
+  $data = stripslashes($data);
+  $data = htmlspecialchars($data, ENT_QUOTES);
+  return $data;
+}
+
+$password = test_input($_POST["password"]);
+
+if ($password != $_POST["password"]) {
+	return; //the password is not the same as the one given after sanitizing
+}
+
+$password2 = test_input($_POST["password2"]);
+
+if ($password != $password2){
+	return; // the passwords do not match
+}
+
+$username = test_input($_POST["username"]);
+
+$pattern = "/[^a-zA-z0-9_\-]/"; //remove any character that is not:	a-z A-Z _ -
+$username = preg_replace($pattern, "", $username);
+
+if (strlen($usename) < 2) {
+	return;
+}
+
+//there needs to be a way to check if username is allready taken
+
+$base_dir = "./../..";
+$user_dir = $base_dir . "/user/" . username;
+echo user_dir;
+mkdir($user_dir);
+?>
diff --git a/fboard/pages/register.php b/fboard/pages/register.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a7e512d..0000000
--- a/fboard/pages/register.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
-<body>
-<h1>Register new user</h1>
-<p>You might want to review the source code of fBoard before you register</p>
-<form action="../cgi/register.php">
-<input type="text" id="user_name" required>
-<input type="password" id="password" required>
-<input type="password" id="verify_password" required>
-</form>
-</body></html>
diff --git a/fboard/register/index.php b/fboard/register/index.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5f25ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fboard/register/index.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<body>
+<h1>Register new user</h1>
+<p>You might want to review the source code of fBoard before you register</p>
+<?php $script = "../etc/cgi/register.php"; //script location
+?>
+<form action="<?php echo $script; ?>" method="post">
+User name: <input type="text" id="username" required><br>
+Full name: <input type="text" id="full_name"><br>
+Email: <input type="text" id="email"><br>
+Password: <input type="password" id="password" required><br>
+Verify password: <input type="password" id="password2" required><br>
+<input type="submit">
+</form>
+</body></html>
