diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index a0b5d4d..c7d7202 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ function validatePledge(body, PledgeModel = Pledge) {
   // errors get saved here
   let errors = []
 
-	let submit = body.submit
-  if (submit != 'Save Pledge') {
-		errors.push("This request seems to have been tampered with. Are you sure it wasn't you doing the tampering?")
-	}
-
   let robo = body.robo
   if(robo != 'no') {
     errors.push('Only humans are allowed to donate money. Robots are too digital 🙁')
@@ -194,6 +189,12 @@ function validatePledge(body, PledgeModel = Pledge) {
 router.post('/pledge', async (req, res) => {
   if (DEBUG) console.debug('New pledge:', req.body)
 
+  // check that the right submit button was pressed
+  let submit = req.body.submit
+  if (submit != 'Save Pledge') {
+		errors.push("This request seems to have been tampered with. Are you sure it wasn't you doing the tampering?")
+	}
+
   // process the pledge with our handy function
   let {pledge, errors} = validatePledge(req.body, UnverifiedPledge)