diff --git a/www-api/app/Config/Routes.php b/www-api/app/Config/Routes.php
index 13ad9b6c..be65a228 100644
--- a/www-api/app/Config/Routes.php
+++ b/www-api/app/Config/Routes.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ $routes->post('/en/wrench/api/v1/helpdata',           'WrenchFaq::helpgate');
 
 $routes->post('/en/wrench/api/v1/apigate',            'WrenchApi::apigate');
 $routes->post('/en/wrench/api/v1/generics',           'WrenchApi::apigate');
-$routes->post('/en/wrench/api/v1/createuser',         'WrenchApi::apigate');
+$routes->post('/en/wrench/api/v1/createuser',         'WrenchAccount::CreateNewAccount'); // 'WrenchApi::apigate'
 
 $routes->post('/en/wrench/api/v1/verifysignuplink',   'WrenchApi::apigate');
 $routes->post('/en/wrench/api/v1/completesignuplink', 'WrenchApi::apigate');
diff --git a/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchAccount.php b/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchAccount.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee7fa77c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchAccount.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Controllers;
+
+class WrenchAccount extends BaseController
+{
+
+
+    public function CreateNewAccount(){
+
+           $out=[];
+
+            $raw_json = file_get_contents('php://input');
+            $raw_array = json_decode($raw_json, true);
+            $in = $raw_array;
+
+            $in["action"] = WRENCHBOARD_ACCOUNT_PENDING;
+            $in["street1"] = $in["streetaddress"];
+            $in["zipcode"] = $in["zip"];
+            if (!isset($in["country"]) || $in["country"]==""){
+                $in["country"] = "US";
+            }
+            $in["loc"] = $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"];
+            $in["mobile"] = "MOBILE";
+
+            // $wrenchboard = new  \App\Models\BackendModel();
+            $ret = $this->wrenchboard->wrenchboard_api($in, $out);
+            $out['internal_return'] = $ret;
+
+            return  $this->summaryReturnData($in,$out); //json_encode( $final_out );
+
+    }
+}
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