diff --git a/blogs/forms.py b/blogs/forms.py
index 3279350..3369745 100644
--- a/blogs/forms.py
+++ b/blogs/forms.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """forms for use in views"""
 
 from django import forms
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -137,6 +138,17 @@ class ContactForm(forms.Form):
     from_email = forms.EmailField(label="Email", max_length=200)
     subject = forms.CharField(label="Subject", max_length=200)
     message = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea)
+    bot_check = forms.CharField(
+        label="What is usually stored in a library?",
+        max_length=10,
+        help_text="Checking that you are human"
+        )
+
+    def clean_bot_check(self):
+        """validate the bot check"""
+        data = self.cleaned_data["bot_check"]
+        if data != "books":
+            raise ValidationError("Try again. Think of something with pages.")
 
 
 class SubscribeViaMastodon(forms.Form):
diff --git a/blogs/templates/contact.html b/blogs/templates/contact.html
index 5c972ec..b9233ea 100644
--- a/blogs/templates/contact.html
+++ b/blogs/templates/contact.html
@@ -10,16 +10,10 @@
 
     <div class="row">
         <div class="columns eight">
-            <label for="{{ form.from_email.id_for_label }}">Your email address:</label>
-            {% if errors %}  {{ form.from_email.errors }} {% endif %}
-            {{form.from_email}}
-            <label for="{{ form.subject.id_for_label }}">Subject:</label>
-            {% if errors %}  {{ form.subject.errors }} {% endif %}
-            {{form.subject}}
-            {% if errors %}  {{ form.message.errors }} {% endif %}
-            <label for="{{ form.message.id_for_label }}">Message:</label>
-            <textarea name="message" id="message" class="u-full-width"></textarea>
-            <input class="button-primary u-pull-right" type="submit" value="Register!">
+            {{form}}
+            <div>
+                <input class="button-primary u-pull-right" type="submit" value="Send!">
+            </div>
         </div>
     </div>
 </form>