diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accreditation.ts b/src/controllers/api/accreditation.ts
index 848860b2..bf4bc9d1 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accreditation.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accreditation.ts
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ export class AccreditationController {
 	];
 
 	public static verifyValidator = [
-		body('accreditation').exists().bail(),
-		body('subjectDid').exists().bail(),
+		body('accreditation').exists().withMessage('accreditation should be a DID Url').bail(),
+		body('subjectDid').exists().isDID().bail(),
 		query('verifyStatus')
 			.optional()
 			.isBoolean()
@@ -121,11 +121,9 @@ export class AccreditationController {
 	public async issue(request: Request, response: Response) {
 		const result = validationResult(request);
 		if (!result.isEmpty()) {
-			return response
-				.json({
-					message: result.array(),
-				})
-				.status(400);
+			return response.status(400).json({
+				message: result.array(),
+			});
 		}
 
 		// Get strategy e.g. postgres or local
@@ -333,11 +331,9 @@ export class AccreditationController {
 	public async verify(request: Request, response: Response) {
 		const result = validationResult(request);
 		if (!result.isEmpty()) {
-			return response
-				.json({
-					message: result.array(),
-				})
-				.status(400);
+			return response.status(400).json({
+				message: result.array(),
+			});
 		}
 
 		// Extract did from params
diff --git a/src/middleware/auth/routes/api/accreditation-auth.ts b/src/middleware/auth/routes/api/accreditation-auth.ts
index bb2643ec..c83cded4 100644
--- a/src/middleware/auth/routes/api/accreditation-auth.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/auth/routes/api/accreditation-auth.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ export class AccreditationAuthRuleProvider extends AuthRuleProvider {
 	constructor() {
 		super();
 		this.registerRule('/accreditation/issue', 'POST', 'issue:accreditation:testnet');
-		this.registerRule('/accreditation/verify', 'POST', 'verify:accreditation:testnet');
+		this.registerRule('/accreditation/verify', 'POST', 'verify:accreditation:testnet', { skipNamespace: true });
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/attest-jwt.json b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/attest-jwt.json
index c8c0164e..e745b407 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/attest-jwt.json
+++ b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/attest-jwt.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"issuerDid": "did:cheqd:testnet:BjS4Nv8bVdxm2WW28MCfXA",
-	"subjectDid": "did:cheqd:testnet:33c96aca-9c65-4ebf-8807-b40b0fa928f4",
+	"subjectDid": "did:cheqd:testnet:GEMXDEg5EhL3YdG2qpbspB",
 	"schemas": [
 		{
 			"url": "https://schema.org/Person",
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 		}
 	],
 	"format": "jwt",
-	"accreditationName": "accreditAccreditation",
-	"parentAccreditation": "did:cheqd:testnet:BjS4Nv8bVdxm2WW28MCfXA?resourceName=accreditAuthorization&resoourceType=",
+	"accreditationName": "attestAccreditation",
+	"parentAccreditation": "did:cheqd:testnet:15b74787-6e48-4fd5-8020-eab24e990578?resourceName=accreditAccreditation&resourceType=VerifiableAccreditationToAccredit",
 	"rootAuthorization": "did:cheqd:testnet:5RpEg66jhhbmASWPXJRWrA?resourceName=authorizeAccreditation&resourceType=VerifiableAuthorisationForTrustChain"
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/sequential/accreditation/issue-verify-flow.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/sequential/accreditation/issue-verify-flow.spec.ts
index 2c39fc9e..cfdaffa2 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/sequential/accreditation/issue-verify-flow.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/sequential/accreditation/issue-verify-flow.spec.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ test(' Issue and verify a accredit accreditation', async ({ request }) => {
 });
 
 test(' Issue and verify a attest accreditation', async ({ request }) => {
-	const credentialData = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(`${PAYLOADS_PATH.ACCREDITATION}/accredit-jwt.json`, 'utf-8'));
+	const credentialData = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(`${PAYLOADS_PATH.ACCREDITATION}/attest-jwt.json`, 'utf-8'));
 	const issueResponse = await request.post(`/accreditation/issue?accreditationType=attest`, {
 		data: JSON.stringify(credentialData),
 		headers: {