From 8aea9dc1c1adece2dfacedf82f6257a51bd68028 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cheng Jiyuqing <chengjiyuqing@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 15:55:58 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] bug fix

---
 frontend/src/components/SignupPage.js | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SignupPage.js b/frontend/src/components/SignupPage.js
index 1aff845b..afae8eef 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SignupPage.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SignupPage.js
@@ -79,8 +79,14 @@ function SignupPage() {
       .post(URL_USER_SVC, { username, email, password })
       .catch((err) => {
         if (err.response.status === STATUS_CODE_BAD_REQUEST) {
-          setDoesUserExist(true);
-          setErrorDialog("This username already exists. Please login instead");
+          if (err.response.message === "Email is in the wrong format!") {
+            setErrorDialog(err.response.message);
+          } else {
+            setDoesUserExist(true);
+            setErrorDialog(
+              "This username already exists. Please login instead"
+            );
+          }
         } else {
           setErrorDialog("Please try again later");
         }