diff --git a/src/main/scala/code/model/dataAccess/Connectors.scala b/src/main/scala/code/model/dataAccess/Connectors.scala
index cd10478e2..76f2d0a21 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/code/model/dataAccess/Connectors.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/code/model/dataAccess/Connectors.scala
@@ -638,12 +638,17 @@ class MongoDBLocalStorage extends LocalStorage {
   }
 
   def createView(bankAccount: BankAccount, view: ViewCreationJSON): Box[View] = {
-    def generatePermalink(name: String): String = {
-      name.replaceAllLiterally(" ","").toLowerCase
+    val newViewPermalink = {
+      view.name.replaceAllLiterally(" ","").toLowerCase
     }
 
-    if(view.name=="Owner")
-      Failure("There is already an Owner view on this bank account")
+    val hostedAccount = HostedAccount.find(By(HostedAccount.accountID,bankAccount.id))
+    val existing = ViewImpl.find(
+        By(ViewImpl.permalink_, newViewPermalink),
+        By(ViewImpl.account, hostedAccount))
+
+    if(existing.isDefined)
+      Failure(s"There is already a view with permalink $newViewPermalink on this bank account")
     else
       for{
           account <- HostedAccount.find(By(HostedAccount.accountID,bankAccount.id))
@@ -651,7 +656,7 @@ class MongoDBLocalStorage extends LocalStorage {
             val createdView = ViewImpl.create.
               name_(view.name).
               description_(view.description).
-              permalink_(generatePermalink(view.name)).
+              permalink_(newViewPermalink).
               isPublic_(view.is_public).
               account(account)
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/code/api/API121Test.scala b/src/test/scala/code/api/API121Test.scala
index d90d68331..ffded5182 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/code/api/API121Test.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/code/api/API121Test.scala
@@ -971,6 +971,20 @@ class API1_2_1Test extends ServerSetup{
       And("we should get an error message")
       reply.body.extract[ErrorMessage].error.nonEmpty should equal (true)
     }
+
+    scenario("We will not create a view because the view already exists", API1_2, PostView) {
+      Given("We will use an access token")
+      val bankId = randomBank
+      val bankAccount : AccountJSON = randomPrivateAccount(bankId)
+      val view = randomView(true, "")
+      postView(bankId, bankAccount.id, view, user1)
+      When("the request is sent")
+      val reply = postView(bankId, bankAccount.id, view, user1)
+      Then("we should get a 400 code")
+      reply.code should equal (400)
+      And("we should get an error message")
+      reply.body.extract[ErrorMessage].error.nonEmpty should equal (true)
+    }
   }
 
   feature("Delete a view on a bank account"){
diff --git a/src/test/scala/code/api/API12Test.scala b/src/test/scala/code/api/API12Test.scala
index df0b8bf32..2e902ee0b 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/code/api/API12Test.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/code/api/API12Test.scala
@@ -967,6 +967,20 @@ class API1_2Test extends ServerSetup{
       And("we should get an error message")
       reply.body.extract[ErrorMessage].error.nonEmpty should equal (true)
     }
+
+    scenario("We will not create a view because the view already exists", API1_2, PostView) {
+      Given("We will use an access token")
+      val bankId = randomBank
+      val bankAccount : AccountJSON = randomPrivateAccount(bankId)
+      val view = randomView(true, "")
+      postView(bankId, bankAccount.id, view, user1)
+      When("the request is sent")
+      val reply = postView(bankId, bankAccount.id, view, user1)
+      Then("we should get a 400 code")
+      reply.code should equal (400)
+      And("we should get an error message")
+      reply.body.extract[ErrorMessage].error.nonEmpty should equal (true)
+    }
   }
 
   feature("Delete a view on a bank account"){