diff --git a/signup/index.php b/signup/index.php
index d1d6da8..9c5edca 100644
--- a/signup/index.php
+++ b/signup/index.php
@@ -1,68 +1,55 @@
 <?php
-$title = "sign up for the tilde.club!";
+$title = "Sign up for the tilde.club!";
 include __DIR__."/../header.php";
 
 function esc($v) {
     return isset($_REQUEST[$v]) ? htmlspecialchars($_REQUEST[$v]) : "";
 }
+
+function isGmail($email) {
+    return strpos($email, '@gmail.com') !== false;
+}
+
+$gmailError = false;
+if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
+    $email = esc('email');
+    if (isGmail($email)) {
+        $gmailError = true;
+    } else {
+        // Process the form here
+        include 'signup-handler.php';
+    }
+}
 ?>
 
-<h1 id="fancyboi">sign up to join tilde.club</h1>
+<h1 id="fancyboi">Sign up to join tilde.club</h1>
 
+<div class="grid">
+    <div class="row">
+        <div class="col">
+            <p>We're excited you're here! Let's get you signed up!</p>
+            <p>Fill out this form and we'll get back to you with account info.</p>
+            <?php if ($gmailError): ?>
+                <p><strong>We don't accept Gmail addresses due to Google not allowing emails to go through due to a recent spam issue.</strong></p>
+            <?php else: ?>
 
-	<div class="grid">
-		<div class="row">
+            <form method="post">
+                <div>
+                    <p>Your desired username (numbers and lowercase letters only, no spaces)</p>
+                    <input class="form-control" name="username" value="<?= esc("username") ?>" type="text" required>
+                </div>
 
-			<div class="col">
+                <div>
+                    <p>Email to contact you with account info</p>
+                    <input class="form-control" name="email" value="<?= esc("email") ?>" type="text" required>
+                </div>
 
-<p>we're excited you're here! let's get you signed up!</p>
-<p>fill out this form and we'll get back to you with account info</p>
-<p><strong>(GMail currently not accepting our emails. Add root@tilde.club to whitelist)</strong></p>
+                <!-- Rest of your form fields -->
 
-
-<table>
-	<tr>
-		<td>
-			<form method="post">
-			    <?php include 'signup-handler.php'; ?>
-
-			    <div>
-				    <p>your desired username (numbers and lowercase letters only, no spaces)</p>
-				    <input class="form-control" name="username" value="<?=esc("username")?>" type="text" required>
-			    </div>
-
-			    <div>
-				<p>email to contact you with account info</p>
-				<input class="form-control" name="email" value="<?=esc("email")?>" type="text" required>
-			    </div>
-
-			    <div>
-				<p>what interests you about tilde.club? we want to make sure you're a real human being :)</p>
-				<textarea required class="form-control" name="interest" id="" cols="40" rows="7"><?=esc("interest")?></textarea>
-			    </div>
-
-			    <div>
-				<p>SSH public key</p>
-				<textarea required class="form-control" name="sshkey" id="" cols="40" rows="10"><?=esc("sshkey")?></textarea>
-				<p>if you don't have a key, don't worry! <a href="https://tilde.club/wiki/ssh.html">check out our guide to ssh keys</a> and make sure that you only put your pubkey here</p>
-			    </div>
-
-			    <p>
-				<em>signing up implies that you agree to abide by <a href="/wiki/code-of-conduct.html">our code of conduct</a></em>
-				<br>
-				no drama. be respectful. have fun. we're all trying, and we're all in this together :)
-			    </p>
-                            <p>you must be at least 13 years or older to sign up and use tilde.club.</p>
-
-			    <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">submit</button>
-
-			</form>
-
-		</td>
-	</tr>
-</table>
-
-	</div>
+                <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Submit</button>
+            </form>
+        </div>
+    </div>
 </div>
 
-<?php include __DIR__."/../footer.php";
+<?php include __DIR__."/../footer.php"; ?>