diff --git a/server/src/validation/monitorValidation.ts b/server/src/validation/monitorValidation.ts
index 50004e088..4694143ac 100644
--- a/server/src/validation/monitorValidation.ts
+++ b/server/src/validation/monitorValidation.ts
@@ -79,36 +79,34 @@ export const createMonitorBodyValidation = z.object({
 	geoCheckInterval: z.number().min(300000).optional(),
 });
 
-export const editMonitorBodyValidation = z
-	.object({
-		name: z.string().optional(),
-		type: z.string().optional(),
-		url: z.string().optional(),
-		statusWindowSize: z.number().min(1).max(20).default(5),
-		statusWindowThreshold: z.number().min(1).max(100).default(60),
-		description: z.union([z.string(), z.null(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
-		interval: z.number().optional(),
-		notifications: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
-		secret: z.string().optional(),
-		ignoreTlsErrors: z.boolean().optional(),
-		useAdvancedMatching: z.boolean().optional(),
-		jsonPath: z.union([z.string(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
-		expectedValue: z.union([z.string(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
-		matchMethod: z.union([z.string(), z.null(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
-		port: z.number().min(1).max(65535).optional(),
-		cpuAlertThreshold: z.number().optional(),
-		memoryAlertThreshold: z.number().optional(),
-		diskAlertThreshold: z.number().optional(),
-		tempAlertThreshold: z.number().optional(),
-		gameId: z.union([z.string(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
-		grpcServiceName: z.union([z.string(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
-		selectedDisks: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
-		group: z.union([z.string().max(50).trim(), z.null(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
-		geoCheckEnabled: z.boolean().optional(),
-		geoCheckLocations: z.array(z.enum(GeoContinents)).optional(),
-		geoCheckInterval: z.number().min(300000).optional(),
-	})
-	.passthrough();
+export const editMonitorBodyValidation = z.object({
+	name: z.string().optional(),
+	type: z.string().optional(),
+	url: z.string().optional(),
+	statusWindowSize: z.number().min(1).max(20).default(5),
+	statusWindowThreshold: z.number().min(1).max(100).default(60),
+	description: z.union([z.string(), z.null(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
+	interval: z.number().optional(),
+	notifications: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+	secret: z.string().optional(),
+	ignoreTlsErrors: z.boolean().optional(),
+	useAdvancedMatching: z.boolean().optional(),
+	jsonPath: z.union([z.string(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
+	expectedValue: z.union([z.string(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
+	matchMethod: z.union([z.string(), z.null(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
+	port: z.number().min(1).max(65535).optional(),
+	cpuAlertThreshold: z.number().optional(),
+	memoryAlertThreshold: z.number().optional(),
+	diskAlertThreshold: z.number().optional(),
+	tempAlertThreshold: z.number().optional(),
+	gameId: z.union([z.string(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
+	grpcServiceName: z.union([z.string(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
+	selectedDisks: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+	group: z.union([z.string().max(50).trim(), z.null(), z.literal("")]).optional(),
+	geoCheckEnabled: z.boolean().optional(),
+	geoCheckLocations: z.array(z.enum(GeoContinents)).optional(),
+	geoCheckInterval: z.number().min(300000).optional(),
+});
 
 export const pauseMonitorParamValidation = z.object({
 	monitorId: z.string().min(1, "Monitor ID is required"),
diff --git a/server/src/validation/shared.ts b/server/src/validation/shared.ts
index 778330dfc..28fd13c82 100644
--- a/server/src/validation/shared.ts
+++ b/server/src/validation/shared.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,7 @@ export const nameValidation = z
 		"Names must contain at least 1 letter and may only include letters, currency symbols, spaces, apostrophes, hyphens (-), periods (.), and parentheses ()."
 	);
 
-export const lowercaseEmailValidation = z
-	.email()
-	.transform((val) => val.toLowerCase())
-	.refine((val) => val === val.toLowerCase(), {
-		message: "Email must be in lowercase",
-	});
+export const lowercaseEmailValidation = z.email().transform((val) => val.toLowerCase());
 
 export const booleanCoercion = z.preprocess((val) => {
 	if (val === "true" || val === true) return true;