diff --git a/app/Http/Kernel.php b/app/Http/Kernel.php
index d267886..d74001a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Http/Kernel.php
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
      */
     protected $middleware = [
         \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\CheckForMaintenanceMode::class,
+        \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidatePostSize::class,
+        \App\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings::class,
+        \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ConvertEmptyStringsToNull::class,
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php b/app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..943e9a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings as BaseTrimmer;
+
+class TrimStrings extends BaseTrimmer
+{
+    /**
+     * The names of the attributes that should not be trimmed.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $except = [
+        'password',
+        'password_confirmation',
+    ];
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Projects/CreateRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Projects/CreateRequest.php
index ffa693b..c189cf7 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Projects/CreateRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Projects/CreateRequest.php
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ class CreateRequest extends Request {
 	public function rules()
 	{
 		return [
-			'name' => 'required|max:50',
-			'proposal_date' => 'date|date_format:Y-m-d',
-			'proposal_value' => 'numeric',
-			'customer_id' => 'numeric',
-			'customer_name' => 'required_without:customer_id|max:60',
-			'customer_email' => 'required_without:customer_id|email|unique:users,email',
-			'description' => 'max:255',
+			'name'           => 'required|max:50',
+			'proposal_date'  => 'nullable|date|date_format:Y-m-d',
+			'proposal_value' => 'nullable|numeric',
+			'customer_id'    => 'nullable|numeric',
+			'customer_name'  => 'nullable|required_without:customer_id|max:60',
+			'customer_email' => 'nullable|required_without:customer_id|email|unique:users,email',
+			'description'    => 'nullable|max:255',
 		];
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Users/UpdateRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Users/UpdateRequest.php
index 57ee8c1..ba3d4c2 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Users/UpdateRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Users/UpdateRequest.php
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ class UpdateRequest extends Request
     public function rules()
     {
         return [
-            'name' => 'required|min:5',
-            'username' => 'required|alpha_dash|min:4|unique:users,username,' . $this->segment(2),
-            'email' => 'required|email|unique:users,email,' . $this->segment(2),
-            'role' => 'required|array',
-            'password' => 'required_with:password_confirmation|between:6,15|confirmed',
+            'name'                  => 'required|min:5',
+            'username'              => 'required|alpha_dash|min:4|unique:users,username,' . $this->segment(2),
+            'email'                 => 'required|email|unique:users,email,' . $this->segment(2),
+            'role'                  => 'required|array',
+            'password'              => 'nullable|required_with:password_confirmation|between:6,15|confirmed',
             'password_confirmation' => 'required_with:password',
         ];
     }
diff --git a/routes/channels.php b/routes/channels.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f16a20b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/channels.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Broadcast Channels
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Here you may register all of the event broadcasting channels that your
+| application supports. The given channel authorization callbacks are
+| used to check if an authenticated user can listen to the channel.
+|
+*/
+
+Broadcast::channel('App.User.{id}', function ($user, $id) {
+    return (int) $user->id === (int) $id;
+});