diff --git a/build/actions/auth.js b/build/actions/auth.js
index a6ba0e34..8c162908 100644
--- a/build/actions/auth.js
+++ b/build/actions/auth.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function() {
-  var Promise, _, events, form, helpers, resin, visuals;
+  var Promise, _, events, form, resin, validation, visuals;
 
   Promise = require('bluebird');
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   events = require('resin-cli-events');
 
-  helpers = require('../utils/helpers');
+  validation = require('../utils/validation');
 
   exports.login = {
     signature: 'login',
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
           message: 'Email:',
           name: 'email',
           type: 'input',
-          validate: helpers.validateEmail
+          validate: validation.validateEmail
         }, {
           message: 'Password:',
           name: 'password',
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           message: 'Email:',
           name: 'email',
           type: 'input',
-          validate: helpers.validateEmail
+          validate: validation.validateEmail
         }, {
           message: 'Username:',
           name: 'username',
@@ -98,12 +98,7 @@
           message: 'Password:',
           name: 'password',
           type: 'password',
-          validate: function(input) {
-            if (input.length < 8) {
-              return 'Password should be 8 characters long';
-            }
-            return true;
-          }
+          validate: validation.validatePassword
         }
       ]).then(resin.auth.register).then(resin.auth.loginWithToken).tap(function() {
         return events.send('user.signup');
diff --git a/build/utils/helpers.js b/build/utils/helpers.js
index 63dcdf90..93a55f80 100644
--- a/build/utils/helpers.js
+++ b/build/utils/helpers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function() {
-  var Promise, _, capitano, chalk, child_process, os, validEmail;
+  var Promise, _, capitano, chalk, child_process, os;
 
   Promise = require('bluebird');
 
@@ -15,21 +15,12 @@
 
   chalk = require('chalk');
 
-  validEmail = require('valid-email');
-
   exports.getGroupDefaults = function(group) {
     return _.chain(group).get('options').map(function(question) {
       return [question.name, question["default"]];
     }).object().value();
   };
 
-  exports.validateEmail = function(input) {
-    if (!validEmail(input)) {
-      return 'Email is not valid';
-    }
-    return true;
-  };
-
   exports.getOperatingSystem = function() {
     var platform;
     platform = os.platform();
diff --git a/build/utils/patterns.js b/build/utils/patterns.js
index 200b3153..9f280b59 100644
--- a/build/utils/patterns.js
+++ b/build/utils/patterns.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function() {
-  var Promise, _, chalk, form, helpers, resin, visuals;
+  var Promise, _, chalk, form, resin, validations, visuals;
 
   _ = require('lodash');
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   chalk = require('chalk');
 
-  helpers = require('./helpers');
+  validations = require('./validations');
 
   exports.selectDeviceType = function() {
     return resin.models.device.getSupportedDeviceTypes().then(function(deviceTypes) {
@@ -81,12 +81,7 @@
       return form.ask({
         message: 'Choose a Name for your new application',
         type: 'input',
-        validate: function(input) {
-          if (input.length < 4) {
-            return 'The application name should be at least 4 characters';
-          }
-          return true;
-        }
+        validate: validation.validateApplicationName
       });
     });
   };
diff --git a/build/utils/validation.js b/build/utils/validation.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5644caab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/utils/validation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+(function() {
+  var validEmail;
+
+  validEmail = require('valid-email');
+
+  exports.validateEmail = function(input) {
+    if (!validEmail(input)) {
+      return 'Email is not valid';
+    }
+    return true;
+  };
+
+  exports.validatePassword = function(input) {
+    if (input.length < 8) {
+      return 'Password should be 8 characters long';
+    }
+    return true;
+  };
+
+  exports.validateApplicationName = function(input) {
+    if (input.length < 4) {
+      return 'The application name should be at least 4 characters';
+    }
+    return true;
+  };
+
+}).call(this);
diff --git a/lib/actions/auth.coffee b/lib/actions/auth.coffee
index 3ed239a9..6d67cdc9 100644
--- a/lib/actions/auth.coffee
+++ b/lib/actions/auth.coffee
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ resin = require('resin-sdk')
 form = require('resin-cli-form')
 visuals = require('resin-cli-visuals')
 events = require('resin-cli-events')
-helpers = require('../utils/helpers')
+validation = require('../utils/validation')
 
 exports.login	=
 	signature: 'login'
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ exports.login	=
 				message: 'Email:'
 				name: 'email'
 				type: 'input'
-				validate: helpers.validateEmail
+				validate: validation.validateEmail
 			,
 				message: 'Password:'
 				name: 'password'
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ exports.signup =
 			message: 'Email:'
 			name: 'email'
 			type: 'input'
-			validate: helpers.validateEmail
+			validate: validation.validateEmail
 		,
 			message: 'Username:'
 			name: 'username'
@@ -109,11 +109,7 @@ exports.signup =
 			message: 'Password:'
 			name: 'password'
 			type: 'password',
-			validate: (input) ->
-				if input.length < 8
-					return 'Password should be 8 characters long'
-
-				return true
+			validate: validation.validatePassword
 		]
 
 		.then(resin.auth.register)
diff --git a/lib/utils/helpers.coffee b/lib/utils/helpers.coffee
index 366f0c8c..489feece 100644
--- a/lib/utils/helpers.coffee
+++ b/lib/utils/helpers.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ _.str = require('underscore.string')
 child_process = require('child_process')
 os = require('os')
 chalk = require('chalk')
-validEmail = require('valid-email')
 
 exports.getGroupDefaults = (group) ->
 	return _.chain(group)
@@ -15,12 +14,6 @@ exports.getGroupDefaults = (group) ->
 		.object()
 		.value()
 
-exports.validateEmail = (input) ->
-	if not validEmail(input)
-		return 'Email is not valid'
-
-	return true
-
 exports.getOperatingSystem = ->
 	platform = os.platform()
 	platform = 'osx' if platform is 'darwin'
diff --git a/lib/utils/patterns.coffee b/lib/utils/patterns.coffee
index 0f5860d4..2db990fc 100644
--- a/lib/utils/patterns.coffee
+++ b/lib/utils/patterns.coffee
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ form = require('resin-cli-form')
 visuals = require('resin-cli-visuals')
 resin = require('resin-sdk')
 chalk = require('chalk')
-helpers = require('./helpers')
+validations = require('./validations')
 
 exports.selectDeviceType = ->
 	resin.models.device.getSupportedDeviceTypes().then (deviceTypes) ->
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ exports.selectOrCreateApplication = ->
 		form.ask
 			message: 'Choose a Name for your new application'
 			type: 'input'
-			validate: (input) ->
-				if input.length < 4
-					return 'The application name should be at least 4 characters'
-
-				return true
+			validate: validation.validateApplicationName
 
 exports.selectProjectDirectory = ->
 	resin.settings.get('projectsDirectory').then (projectsDirectory) ->
diff --git a/lib/utils/validation.coffee b/lib/utils/validation.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8320ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/validation.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+validEmail = require('valid-email')
+
+exports.validateEmail = (input) ->
+	if not validEmail(input)
+		return 'Email is not valid'
+
+	return true
+
+exports.validatePassword = (input) ->
+	if input.length < 8
+		return 'Password should be 8 characters long'
+
+	return true
+
+exports.validateApplicationName = (input) ->
+	if input.length < 4
+		return 'The application name should be at least 4 characters'
+
+	return true