diff --git a/app/methods/user_methods.py b/app/methods/user_methods.py
index 5d5c994..98b2845 100644
--- a/app/methods/user_methods.py
+++ b/app/methods/user_methods.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 import datetime, random, secrets
+import urllib.parse
 
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set, Union
 from pydantic import BaseModel, EmailStr, Field, PrivateAttr, ValidationError, validator
@@ -575,8 +576,8 @@ def email_user_auth_key_url(
     else: enable_to_str = '-- Not Set --'
     auth_key = user_obj.auth_key
 
-    user_login_url = f'{root_url}user/login?username={username}'
-    user_login_auth_key_url = f'{root_url}?user_id={user_id_random}&auth_key={new_auth_key}'
+    user_login_url = f'{root_url}user/login?username={urllib.parse.quote(username)}&email={urllib.parse.quote(to_email)}'
+    user_login_auth_key_url = f'{root_url}?user_id={urllib.parse.quote(user_id_random)}&auth_key={urllib.parse.quote(new_auth_key)}&valid_email={True}'
 
     subject = f'{account_short_name}: One Time Use Sign In Link ({new_auth_key})'
 
diff --git a/app/models/response_models.py b/app/models/response_models.py
index 6ffa24e..8a90af1 100644
--- a/app/models/response_models.py
+++ b/app/models/response_models.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ def mk_resp(
         log.debug(response)
         if status_code == 400: response.status_code = status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
         elif status_code == 401: response.status_code = status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
+        # elif status_code == 402: response.status_code = status.HTTP_402_X
         elif status_code == 403: response.status_code = status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
         elif status_code == 404: response.status_code = status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND
         elif status_code == 408: response.status_code = status.HTTP_408_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
diff --git a/app/routers/user.py b/app/routers/user.py
index f651947..bc37575 100644
--- a/app/routers/user.py
+++ b/app/routers/user.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ async def user_authenticate(
         username: Optional[str] = Query(None, min_length=3, max_length=50),
         password: Optional[str] = Query(None, min_length=8, max_length=100),
         auth_key: Optional[str] = Query(None, min_length=11, max_length=22),
+        valid_email: Optional[bool] = None,
         x_account_id: str = Header(...),
         inc_user_role_list: bool = False,
         inc_contact: bool = False,
@@ -301,6 +302,8 @@ async def user_authenticate(
             update_user_data = {}
             update_user_data['id'] = user_rec_result.get('user_id', None) # Using ID, not ID Random
             update_user_data['auth_key'] = None
+            if valid_email:
+                update_user_data['email_verified'] = True
 
             if user_rec_update_result := sql_update(table_name='user', data=update_user_data):
                 log.info(f'The user record was updated with a NULL auth_key. User ID: {user_id}')
@@ -356,6 +359,19 @@ async def user_authenticate(
         else:
             log.warning('The enable_to datetime was not set. Ignoring this check.')
 
+        update_user_data = {}
+        update_user_data['id'] = user_rec_result.get('user_id', None) # Using ID, not ID Random
+        if valid_email:
+            update_user_data['email_verified'] = True
+        update_user_data['logged_in_on'] = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+
+        if user_rec_update_result := sql_update(table_name='user', data=update_user_data):
+            log.info(f'The user record was updated with a NULL auth_key. User ID: {user_id}')
+        else:
+            log.error(f'The user record was not updated with a NULL auth_key. User ID: {user_id}')
+            log.debug(update_user_data)
+            log.debug(user_rec_update_result)
+
         # Try to load the user object
         if user_obj_result := load_user_obj(
                 user_id = user_id,