diff --git a/src/api/identity.rs b/src/api/identity.rs
index b61258cf..855a0fdc 100644
--- a/src/api/identity.rs
+++ b/src/api/identity.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ pub fn routes() -> Vec<Route> {
         post_prelogin,
         prelogin_password,
         register_verification_email,
+        register_verification_email_clicked,
         register_finish,
         prevalidate,
         authorize,
@@ -1034,6 +1035,13 @@ struct RegisterVerificationData {
     // receiveMarketingEmails: bool,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+struct RegisterVerificationEmailClickedData {
+    email: String,
+    email_verification_token: String,
+}
+
 #[derive(rocket::Responder)]
 enum RegisterVerificationResponse {
     #[response(status = 204)]
@@ -1096,6 +1104,25 @@ async fn register_verification_email(
     }
 }
 
+#[post("/accounts/register/verification-email-clicked", data = "<data>")]
+async fn register_verification_email_clicked(
+    data: Json<RegisterVerificationEmailClickedData>,
+    conn: DbConn,
+) -> EmptyResult {
+    let data = data.into_inner();
+    let token_valid = auth::decode_register_verify(&data.email_verification_token)
+        .is_ok_and(|claims| claims.verified && claims.sub.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&data.email));
+    let user_exists = User::find_by_mail(&data.email, &conn)
+        .await
+        .is_some_and(|user| !user.password_hash.is_empty() || user.private_key.is_some());
+
+    if !token_valid || user_exists {
+        err!("Expired link. Please restart registration or try logging in. You may already have an account")
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[post("/accounts/register/finish", data = "<data>")]
 async fn register_finish(data: Json<RegisterData>, ip: ClientIp, conn: DbConn) -> JsonResult {
     crate::ratelimit::check_limit_unauthenticated(&ip.ip)?;
diff --git a/src/mail.rs b/src/mail.rs
index 2efb8d70..d63357c6 100644
--- a/src/mail.rs
+++ b/src/mail.rs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ pub async fn send_verify_email(address: &str, user_id: &UserId) -> EmptyResult {
 
 pub async fn send_register_verify_email(email: &str, token: &str) -> EmptyResult {
     let mut query = url::Url::parse("https://query.builder").unwrap();
-    query.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("email", email).append_pair("token", token);
+    query.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("email", email).append_pair("token", token).append_pair("fromEmail", "true");
     let Some(query_string) = query.query() else {
         err!("Failed to build verify URL query parameters")
     };