diff --git a/issue.php b/issue.php
index c14e07a..a3eddfa 100644
--- a/issue.php
+++ b/issue.php
@@ -8,56 +8,24 @@
   <body>
 
    <?php
-   // Define form variables and set to empty values (or to the UA)
+
+   // Imports the functions needed to validate and submit data
+   require './php/submitIssue.php';
+
+   // Set initial values
    $subject = $detail = "";
    $ua_str = $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"];
 
-   // Define response variable & data variable as blank before POSTing
-   $giteaResponse = "";
-   $issueData = "";
-
-   // If the page is loading after submission then run this:
+   // If the page has been POSTed to then run this:
    if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST" ) {
-     $subject = validate($_POST["subject"]);
-     $detail = validate($_POST["detail"]);
-
-     // Get API Key for git.fjla.uk
-     require '/srv/php-keys/athena/gitea.php';
-
-     // Set httpHeaders
-     $httpHeaders = array(
-       "accept: application/json",
-       $giteaKey,
-       "Content-Type: application/json"
-     );
+     $title = cleanInput($_POST["subject"]);
+     $detail = cleanInput($_POST["detail"]);
 
      // Prepare $detail to POST
-     $body = "User Agent: " . $ua_str . "\n Server PHP Version: " . PHP_VERSION . "\n\n\n" . $detail;
+     $body = "User Agent: " . $ua_str . "\n\n Server PHP Version: " . PHP_VERSION . "\n\n" . $detail;
 
-     // Prepare the request
-     $rawData = array(
-       'body' => $body,
-       'title' => $subject
-     );
-
-     $issueData = json_encode($rawData);
-
-     // Prepare CURL
-     $curlConnection = curl_init('https://git.fjla.uk/api/v1/repos/fred.boniface/athena.fb-infra.uk/issues');
-     curl_setopt($curlConnection, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $issueData);
-     curl_setopt($curlConnection, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-     curl_setopt($curlConnection, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $httpHeaders);
-
-     // Get response and exit CURL
-     $giteaResponse = curl_exec($curlConnection);
-     curl_close($curlConnection);
-   }
-
-   function validate($data) {
-     $data = trim($data);
-     $data = stripslashes($data);
-     $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
-     return $data;
+     // Call POST function
+     sendInput($title,$body);
    }
    ?>
 
diff --git a/php/submitIssue.php b/php/submitIssue.php
index e1cae27..e501c05 100644
--- a/php/submitIssue.php
+++ b/php/submitIssue.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-function submitToGitea($title,$body) {
+function sendInput($title,$body) {
 
   // Get API Key for git.fjla.uk
   require '/srv/php-keys/athena/gitea.php';
@@ -32,3 +32,10 @@ function submitToGitea($title,$body) {
 
   return $response;
 }
+
+function cleanInput($data) {
+  $data = trim($data);
+  $data = stripslashes($data);
+  $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
+  return $data;
+}
