diff --git a/app/controllers/Auth.scala b/app/controllers/Auth.scala
index 8c185dae50..d9fb530eef 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Auth.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Auth.scala
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ object Auth extends LilaController {
     }
   }
 
+  private def mustConfirmEmailByIP(ip: String): Fu[Boolean] =
+    api.recentByIpExists(ip) >>| Mod.ipIntelCache(ip).map(80 <)
+
   def signupPost = OpenBody { implicit ctx =>
     implicit val req = ctx.body
     NoTor {
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ object Auth extends LilaController {
             data => env.recaptcha.verify(~data.recaptchaResponse, req).flatMap {
               case false => BadRequest(html.auth.signup(forms.signup.website fill data, env.RecaptchaPublicKey)).fuccess
               case true =>
-                api.recentByIpExists(HTTPRequest lastRemoteAddress ctx.req) flatMap { mustConfirmEmail =>
+                mustConfirmEmailByIP(HTTPRequest lastRemoteAddress ctx.req) flatMap { mustConfirmEmail =>
                   lila.mon.user.register.website()
                   lila.mon.user.register.mustConfirmEmail(mustConfirmEmail)()
                   val email = env.emailAddress.validate(data.email) err s"Invalid email ${data.email}"
diff --git a/app/controllers/Mod.scala b/app/controllers/Mod.scala
index d6f6471552..4cd33e38cf 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Mod.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Mod.scala
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ object Mod extends LilaController {
       }
   }
 
-  private val ipIntelCache =
+  private[controllers] val ipIntelCache =
     lila.memo.AsyncCache[String, Int](ip => {
       import play.api.libs.ws.WS
       import play.api.Play.current