diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 8864aae..a66860e 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ uvicorn[standard]==0.24.0
 sqlalchemy==2.0.23
 asyncpg==0.29.0
 pydantic==2.5.2
+email-validator==2.2.0
 pydantic-settings==2.1.0
 python-jose[cryptography]==3.3.0
 bcrypt==4.2.1
diff --git a/deploy/deploy_remote.sh b/deploy/deploy_remote.sh
index f3c6e45..c11e0af 100644
--- a/deploy/deploy_remote.sh
+++ b/deploy/deploy_remote.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ sudo -n systemctl daemon-reload
 sudo -n systemctl enable ai-agent-admin-backend.service
 sudo -n systemctl restart ai-agent-admin-backend.service
 
-mkdir -p "$WEB_DIR"
+sudo -n mkdir -p "$WEB_DIR"
+sudo -n chown ubuntu:ubuntu "$WEB_DIR"
 rm -rf "$WEB_DIR"/*
 cp -a "$APP_DIR/frontend/dist/." "$WEB_DIR/"