diff --git a/autotests/account/validation/account-validation.cpp b/autotests/account/validation/account-validation.cpp
index 32ce9d8..47b91f9 100644
--- a/autotests/account/validation/account-validation.cpp
+++ b/autotests/account/validation/account-validation.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void AccountValidationTest::checkSecret_data()
 
     QTest::newRow("null value") << QString() << false;
     QTest::newRow("empty secret") << QString(QLatin1String("")) << false;
-    QTest::newRow("valid secret") << QString(QLatin1String("something")) << true;
+    QTest::newRow("valid secret") << QString(QLatin1String("ONSWG4TFOQ======")) << true;
 }
 
 void AccountValidationTest::checkTokenLength_data()
diff --git a/src/account/validation.cpp b/src/account/validation.cpp
index 49413f4..81074f5 100644
--- a/src/account/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/account/validation.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  */
 #include "validation.h"
 
+#include "../base32/base32.h"
+
 namespace accounts
 {
 
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ namespace accounts
 
     bool checkSecret(const QString &secret)
     {
-        return !secret.isEmpty();
+        return !secret.isEmpty() && base32::validate(secret);
     }
 
     bool checkName(const QString &name)