diff --git a/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleaseModule.cs b/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleaseModule.cs
index d7a170b10..69fd534f5 100644
--- a/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleaseModule.cs
+++ b/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleaseModule.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using FluentValidation;
 using Nancy;
 using Nancy.ModelBinding;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ using NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Parser.Model;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Validation;
 using Lidarr.Http.Extensions;
+using Lidarr.Http.REST;
 using HttpStatusCode = System.Net.HttpStatusCode;
 
 namespace Lidarr.Api.V1.Indexers
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Lidarr.Api.V1.Indexers
         private readonly IPrioritizeDownloadDecision _prioritizeDownloadDecision;
         private readonly IDownloadService _downloadService;
         private readonly Logger _logger;
+        private ResourceValidator<ReleaseResource> _releaseValidator;
 
         private readonly ICached<RemoteAlbum> _remoteAlbumCache;
 
@@ -43,17 +46,25 @@ namespace Lidarr.Api.V1.Indexers
             _downloadService = downloadService;
             _logger = logger;
 
+            _releaseValidator = new ResourceValidator<ReleaseResource>();
+            _releaseValidator.RuleFor(s => s.IndexerId).ValidId();
+            _releaseValidator.RuleFor(s => s.Guid).NotEmpty();
+
             GetResourceAll = GetReleases;
             Post["/"] = x => DownloadRelease(this.Bind<ReleaseResource>());
 
-            PostValidator.RuleFor(s => s.IndexerId).ValidId();
-            PostValidator.RuleFor(s => s.Guid).NotEmpty();
-
             _remoteAlbumCache = cacheManager.GetCache<RemoteAlbum>(GetType(), "remoteAlbums");
         }
 
         private Response DownloadRelease(ReleaseResource release)
         {
+            var validationFailures = _releaseValidator.Validate(release).Errors;
+
+            if (validationFailures.Any())
+            {
+                throw new ValidationException(validationFailures);
+            }
+
             var remoteAlbum = _remoteAlbumCache.Find(GetCacheKey(release));
 
             if (remoteAlbum == null)
diff --git a/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleasePushModule.cs b/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleasePushModule.cs
index 9ecf45a78..e484cdd85 100644
--- a/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleasePushModule.cs
+++ b/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleasePushModule.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using FluentValidation;
+using FluentValidation.Results;
 using Nancy;
 using Nancy.ModelBinding;
 using NLog;
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ using Lidarr.Http.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Datastore;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Indexers;
+using Lidarr.Http.REST;
+using System;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Exceptions;
+using HttpStatusCode = System.Net.HttpStatusCode;
 
 namespace Lidarr.Api.V1.Indexers
 {
@@ -20,6 +25,7 @@ namespace Lidarr.Api.V1.Indexers
         private readonly IProcessDownloadDecisions _downloadDecisionProcessor;
         private readonly IIndexerFactory _indexerFactory;
         private readonly Logger _logger;
+        private ResourceValidator<ReleaseResource> _releaseValidator;
 
         public ReleasePushModule(IMakeDownloadDecision downloadDecisionMaker,
                                  IProcessDownloadDecisions downloadDecisionProcessor,
@@ -31,19 +37,39 @@ namespace Lidarr.Api.V1.Indexers
             _indexerFactory = indexerFactory;
             _logger = logger;
 
-            Post["/push"] = x => ProcessRelease(this.Bind<ReleaseResource>());
+            _releaseValidator = new ResourceValidator<ReleaseResource>();
+            _releaseValidator.RuleFor(s => s.Title).NotEmpty();
+            _releaseValidator.RuleFor(s => s.DownloadUrl).NotEmpty();
+            _releaseValidator.RuleFor(s => s.DownloadProtocol).NotEmpty();
+            _releaseValidator.RuleFor(s => s.PublishDate).NotEmpty();
 
-            PostValidator.RuleFor(s => s.Title).NotEmpty();
-            PostValidator.RuleFor(s => s.DownloadUrl).NotEmpty();
-            PostValidator.RuleFor(s => s.DownloadProtocol).NotEmpty();
-            PostValidator.RuleFor(s => s.PublishDate).NotEmpty();
+            Post["/push"] = x => ProcessRelease();
         }
 
-        private Response ProcessRelease(ReleaseResource release)
+        private Response ProcessRelease()
         {
-            _logger.Info("Release pushed: {0} - {1}", release.Title, release.DownloadUrl);
 
-            var info = release.ToModel();
+            var resource = new ReleaseResource();
+
+            try
+            {
+                resource = Request.Body.FromJson<ReleaseResource>();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                throw new NzbDroneClientException(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ex.Message);
+            }
+
+            var validationFailures = _releaseValidator.Validate(resource).Errors;
+
+            if (validationFailures.Any())
+            {
+                throw new ValidationException(validationFailures);
+            }
+
+            _logger.Info("Release pushed: {0} - {1}", resource.Title, resource.DownloadUrl);
+
+            var info = resource.ToModel();
 
             info.Guid = "PUSH-" + info.DownloadUrl;
 
@@ -52,7 +78,14 @@ namespace Lidarr.Api.V1.Indexers
             var decisions = _downloadDecisionMaker.GetRssDecision(new List<ReleaseInfo> { info });
             _downloadDecisionProcessor.ProcessDecisions(decisions);
 
-            return MapDecisions(decisions).First().AsResponse();
+            var firstDecision = decisions.FirstOrDefault();
+
+            if (firstDecision?.RemoteAlbum.ParsedAlbumInfo == null)
+            {
+                throw new ValidationException(new List<ValidationFailure> { new ValidationFailure("Title", "Unable to parse", resource.Title) });
+            }
+
+            return MapDecisions(new[] { firstDecision }).AsResponse();
         }
 
         private void ResolveIndexer(ReleaseInfo release)
diff --git a/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleaseResource.cs b/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleaseResource.cs
index 229d4a863..9620a929d 100644
--- a/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleaseResource.cs
+++ b/src/Lidarr.Api.V1/Indexers/ReleaseResource.cs
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ namespace Lidarr.Api.V1.Indexers
         //TODO: besides a test I don't think this is used...
         public DownloadProtocol DownloadProtocol { get; set; }
 
-        //public bool IsDaily { get; set; }
-        //public bool IsAbsoluteNumbering { get; set; }
-        //public bool IsPossibleSpecialEpisode { get; set; }
-        //public bool Special { get; set; }
-
         // Sent when queuing an unknown release
 
         [JsonProperty(DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Ignore)]