diff --git a/src/app/pages/community/community-edit-form/community-edit-form.component.html b/src/app/pages/community/community-edit-form/community-edit-form.component.html
index 058c57e..0a2797b 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/community/community-edit-form/community-edit-form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/pages/community/community-edit-form/community-edit-form.component.html
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                   <td class="uk-text-left">
                     <div *ngIf="community.managers != null">
                       <div *ngFor='let manager of community.managers, let i = index; trackBy:trackByFn'>
-                          <div *ngIf="!community.managers[i].match('^[a-z0-9._%+-]+@[a-z0-9.-]+\.[a-z]{2,4}$') && community.managers[i] != '' "
+                          <div *ngIf="!validEmail(community.managers[i]) && community.managers[i] != '' "
                               class="uk-width-large uk-text-danger uk-text-small uk-margin-top"> Please add a valid email. </div>
                           <input placeholder="Type managers" type="text" class="form-control uk-input uk-width-large@l uk-width-medium@s"
                                                       id="{{'manager'+i}}" name="{{'manager'+i}}" [(ngModel)] = "community.managers[i]" (input)="change()">
diff --git a/src/app/pages/community/community-edit-form/community-edit-form.component.ts b/src/app/pages/community/community-edit-form/community-edit-form.component.ts
index e0110b0..9866b44 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/community/community-edit-form/community-edit-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/community/community-edit-form/community-edit-form.component.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ export class CommunityEditFormComponent implements OnInit{
       }
     }
 
+    public validEmail(email: string): boolean {
+        return Validator.emailValidator(email);
+    }
+
     public updateCommunity() {
       if (!Session.isLoggedIn()) {
         this._router.navigate(['/user-info'], { queryParams: