diff --git a/app/api/events.js b/app/api/events.js
index 1cf72ae..e08ab70 100644
--- a/app/api/events.js
+++ b/app/api/events.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { API_ENDPOINTS, requestGet } from './index.js';
 
 export const fetchEvents = (auth) => {
-  const path = String(API_ENDPOINTS.GET_EVENTS);
   const opts = { Authorization: auth ? `Bearer ${auth}` : null };
-  return requestGet(path, null, opts);
+  return requestGet(API_ENDPOINTS.GET_EVENTS, null, opts);
 };
diff --git a/app/api/index.js b/app/api/index.js
index 408053b..37f1020 100644
--- a/app/api/index.js
+++ b/app/api/index.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { API_URL } from '../constants/constants.js';
 
 const DefaultRequestOptions = {};
 
-export const API_ENDPOINTS = {
+const endpoints = {
   // Events and Items
   GET_EVENTS: '/events',
 //   GET_ITEMS: '/items?eventId=:event_id',
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ export const API_ENDPOINTS = {
   PLACE_BID: '/bids/:item_id',
   PURCHASE_ITEM: '/sales',
 
-  // Login
-  LOGIN: '/auth',
-
   // User/Profile
   USER_SIGNUP: '/signup',
   USER_PROFILE: '/users/:user_id',
 
+  VALIDATE_SIGNUP_EMAIL: '/signup/validate/email',
+  VALIDATE_SIGNUP_NOM: '/signup/validate/nom',
+
   // Services
   APPLE_SIGNUP: '/auth/apple/login',
   APPLE_LINK: '/auth/apple/link',
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ const cacheBuster = () => {
 };
 
 export const getEndpointUrl = (endpoint) => {
-  if (!API_ENDPOINTS[endpoint]) {
+  if (!endpoints[endpoint]) {
     throw new Error('Invalid API endpoint specified');
   }
 
-  return `${API_URL}${API_ENDPOINTS[endpoint]}`; //`${cacheBuster()}`;
+  return `${API_URL}${endpoints[endpoint]}`; //`${cacheBuster()}`;
 };
 
 export const requestGet = (path, queryParams = [], requestOptions = {}) => {
diff --git a/app/api/profile.js b/app/api/profile.js
index 4c92f81..a674339 100644
--- a/app/api/profile.js
+++ b/app/api/profile.js
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 import { API_ENDPOINTS, requestGet } from './index.js';
 
-export const getEmailAvailability = (email) => {
-};
+export const getEmailAvailability = (email) => requestGet(`${API_ENDPOINTS.VALIDATE_SIGNUP_EMAIL}/&{encodeURI(email)}`);
 
-export const getNomAvailaibility = (nomDeBid) => {
-};
+export const getNomAvailaibility = (nomDeBid) => requestGet(`${API_ENDPOINTS.VALIDATE_SIGNUP_NOM}/${encodeURI(nomDeBid)}`);
 
-export const loginUser = (username, password) => {
-  const path = String(API_ENDPOINTS.LOGIN);
-  return requestPost({
-    path: API_ENDPOINTS.LOGIN,
-    body: { username, password },
-  });
-};
+export const loginUser = (username, password) => requestPost({
+  path: API_ENDPOINTS.LOGIN,
+  body: { username, password },
+});
 
-export const registerNewUser = (user) => {
-};
+export const registerNewUser = (user) => requestPost({
+  path: API_ENDPOINTS.USER_SIGNUP,
+  body: { user },
+});
diff --git a/app/components/AppHeader/AppHeader.container.js b/app/components/AppHeader/AppHeader.container.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..536ea7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/AppHeader/AppHeader.container.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+
+import { fetchEvents } from '../../actions/events.js';
+
+import AppHeader from './AppHeader.js';
+
+const matchDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
+  fetchEvents: () => dispatch(fetchEvents()),
+});
+
+export default connect(null, matchDispatchToProps)(AppHeader);
diff --git a/app/components/AppHeader/AppHeader.js b/app/components/AppHeader/AppHeader.js
index 3c58171..17233c8 100644
--- a/app/components/AppHeader/AppHeader.js
+++ b/app/components/AppHeader/AppHeader.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
 import { Header } from 'react-native-elements';
@@ -9,17 +9,28 @@ import HeaderContentRight from './HeaderContentRight.container.js';
 
 import styles from './AppHeader.styles.js';
 
-export default function AppHeader({ navigation }) {
-  return (
-    <Header
-      placement="left"
-      leftComponent={<HeaderContentRight navigation={navigation} />}
-      centerComponent={<HeaderTitle navigation={navigation} />}
-      rightComponent={<HeaderContentLeft navigation={navigation} />}
-    />
-  );
-}
+export default class AppHeader extends Component {
 
-AppHeader.propTypes = {
-  navigation: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-};
+  static get propTypes() {
+    return {
+      fetchEvents: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.props.fetchEvents();
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    const { navigation } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <Header
+        placement="left"
+        leftComponent={<HeaderContentRight navigation={navigation} />}
+        centerComponent={<HeaderTitle navigation={navigation} />}
+        rightComponent={<HeaderContentLeft navigation={navigation} />}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/screens/Event.container.js b/app/screens/Event.container.js
index 34132d3..18c7628 100644
--- a/app/screens/Event.container.js
+++ b/app/screens/Event.container.js
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ import Event from './Event.js';
 const matchStateToProps = (state) => {
   const event = getActiveEvent(state) || getDefaultEvent(state) || new EventRecord();
 
+  if (!event) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
   return {
     description: event.get('description'),
     endTime: event.get('endTime'),
@@ -27,8 +31,6 @@ const matchStateToProps = (state) => {
   };
 };
 
-const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
-  fetchEvents: () => dispatch(fetchEvents()),
-});
+const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({});
 
 export default connect(matchStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Event);
diff --git a/app/screens/Event.js b/app/screens/Event.js
index 79c6acc..ac1baf3 100644
--- a/app/screens/Event.js
+++ b/app/screens/Event.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export default class Event extends Component {
     return {
       description: PropTypes.string,
       endTime: PropTypes.string,
-      fetchEvents: PropTypes.func,
       id: PropTypes.string,
       images: PropTypes.arrayOf(
         PropTypes.shape({
@@ -60,10 +59,6 @@ export default class Event extends Component {
     super(props);
   }
 
-  componentDidMount() {
-    this.props.fetchEvents();
-  }
-
   render() {
     const {
       description,