diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 164d3b7..54f0bf2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
 - Modified API tests to use `session` parameter.
+- Modified `api/owner` endpoint to use a specific data structure to create new owners
 
 ## [1.4.1] - 2023-05-02
 
diff --git a/src/Owner.hs b/src/Owner.hs
index f426636..a7ebe1d 100644
--- a/src/Owner.hs
+++ b/src/Owner.hs
@@ -275,6 +275,39 @@ instance Val Owner where
           , "crmToken" =: cT
           ]
 
+-- | Type to represent informational data for Owners from UI
+data OwnerData =
+  OwnerData
+    { od_first :: T.Text
+    , od_last :: T.Text
+    , od_name :: T.Text
+    , od_street :: T.Text
+    , od_city :: T.Text
+    , od_state :: T.Text
+    , od_postal :: T.Text
+    , od_country :: T.Text
+    , od_email :: T.Text
+    , od_website :: T.Text
+    , od_phone :: T.Text
+    }
+  deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+instance FromJSON OwnerData where
+  parseJSON =
+    withObject "OwnerData" $ \obj -> do
+      f <- obj .: "first"
+      l <- obj .: "last"
+      n <- obj .: "name"
+      s <- obj .: "street"
+      c <- obj .: "city"
+      st <- obj .: "state"
+      p <- obj .: "postal"
+      co <- obj .: "country"
+      e <- obj .: "email"
+      w <- obj .: "website"
+      ph <- obj .: "phone"
+      pure $ OwnerData f l n s c st p co e w ph
+
 -- Database actions
 -- | Function to upsert an Owner
 upsertOwner :: Owner -> Action IO ()
diff --git a/src/ZGoBackend.hs b/src/ZGoBackend.hs
index 44f7bbb..6cb8276 100644
--- a/src/ZGoBackend.hs
+++ b/src/ZGoBackend.hs
@@ -938,33 +938,44 @@ routes pipe config = do
                  ])
   --Upsert owner to DB
   post "/api/owner" $ do
+    s <- param "session"
+    u <- liftAndCatchIO $ run (findUser s)
     o <- jsonData
-    let q = payload (o :: Payload Owner)
-    if not (opayconf q)
-      then do
-        _ <- liftAndCatchIO $ run (upsertOwner q)
-        status created201
-      else do
-        known <- liftAndCatchIO $ listAddresses nodeUser nodePwd
-        if oaddress q `elem` map addy known
-          then do
-            _ <- liftAndCatchIO $ run (upsertOwner q)
-            status created201
-          else do
-            vkInfo <-
-              liftAndCatchIO $
-              makeZcashCall
-                nodeUser
-                nodePwd
-                "z_importviewingkey"
-                [Data.Aeson.String (T.strip (oviewkey q)), "no"]
-            let content = getResponseBody vkInfo :: RpcResponse Object
-            if isNothing (err content)
-              then do
-                _ <- liftAndCatchIO $ run (upsertOwner q)
-                status created201
-              else do
-                status internalServerError500
+    now <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+    let q = payload (o :: Payload OwnerData)
+    case parseUserBson =<< u of
+      Nothing -> status internalServerError500
+      Just u' -> do
+        liftAndCatchIO $
+          run $
+          upsertOwner $
+          Owner
+            Nothing
+            (uaddress u')
+            (od_name q)
+            "usd"
+            False
+            0
+            False
+            0
+            (od_first q)
+            (od_last q)
+            (od_email q)
+            (od_street q)
+            (od_city q)
+            (od_state q)
+            (od_postal q)
+            (od_phone q)
+            (od_website q)
+            (od_country q)
+            False
+            False
+            False
+            now
+            False
+            ""
+            ""
+        status accepted202
     --Get items associated with the given address
   get "/api/items" $ do
     addr <- param "address"