diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js
index 0ccb5f820..1051bb0ba 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ const updateModeration = (updateSettings, mod) => () => {
   updateSettings({moderation});
 };
 
+const updateEmailConfirmation = (updateSettings, verify) => () => {
+  updateSettings({requireEmailConfirmation: !verify});
+};
+
 const updateInfoBoxEnable = (updateSettings, infoBox) => () => {
   const infoBoxEnable = !infoBox;
   updateSettings({infoBoxEnable});
@@ -67,106 +71,123 @@ const CommentSettings = ({fetchingSettings, title, updateSettings, settingsError
     return <Card shadow="4"><Spinner/>Loading settings...</Card>;
   }
 
+  // just putting this here for shorthand below
+  const on = styles.enabledSetting;
+  const off = styles.disabledSetting;
+
   return (
     <div className={styles.commentSettingsSection}>
       <h3>{title}</h3>
-        <Card className={`${styles.configSetting} ${settings.moderation === 'PRE' ? styles.enabledSetting : styles.disabledSetting}`}>
-          <div className={styles.action}>
-            <Checkbox
-              onChange={updateModeration(updateSettings, settings.moderation)}
-              checked={settings.moderation === 'PRE'} />
-          </div>
-          <div className={styles.content}>
+      <Card className={`${styles.configSetting} ${settings.moderation === 'PRE' ? on : off}`}>
+        <div className={styles.action}>
+          <Checkbox
+            onChange={updateModeration(updateSettings, settings.moderation)}
+            checked={settings.moderation === 'PRE'} />
+        </div>
+        <div className={styles.content}>
           <div className={styles.settingsHeader}>{lang.t('configure.enable-pre-moderation')}</div>
           <p className={settings.moderation === 'PRE' ? '' : styles.disabledSettingText}>
             {lang.t('configure.enable-pre-moderation-text')}
           </p>
         </div>
-        </Card>
-        <Card className={`${styles.configSetting} ${settings.charCountEnable ? styles.enabledSetting : styles.disabledSetting}`}>
-          <div className={styles.action}>
-            <Checkbox
-              onChange={updateCharCountEnable(updateSettings, settings.charCountEnable)}
-              checked={settings.charCountEnable} />
-          </div>
-          <div className={styles.content}>
-            <div className={styles.settingsHeader}>{lang.t('configure.comment-count-header')}</div>
-            <p className={settings.charCountEnable ? '' : styles.disabledSettingText}>
-              <span>{lang.t('configure.comment-count-text-pre')}</span>
-              <input type='text'
-                className={`${styles.charCountTexfield} ${settings.charCountEnable && styles.charCountTexfieldEnabled}`}
-                htmlFor='charCount'
-                onChange={updateCharCount(updateSettings, settingsError)}
-                value={settings.charCount}/>
-              <span>{lang.t('configure.comment-count-text-post')}</span>
-                {
-                  errors.charCount &&
-                  <span className={styles.settingsError}>
-                    <br/>
-                    <Icon name="error_outline"/>
-                    {lang.t('configure.comment-count-error')}
-                  </span>
-                }
-            </p>
-          </div>
-        </Card>
-        <Card className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox} ${settings.infoBoxEnable ? styles.enabledSetting : styles.disabledSetting}`}>
-          <div className={styles.action}>
-            <Checkbox
-              onChange={updateInfoBoxEnable(updateSettings, settings.infoBoxEnable)}
-              checked={settings.infoBoxEnable} />
-          </div>
-          <div className={styles.content}>
-            {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream')}
-            <p>
-              {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream-desc')}
-            </p>
-            <div className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox} ${settings.infoBoxEnable ? null : styles.hidden}`} >
-              <div className={styles.content}>
-                <Textfield
-                  onChange={updateInfoBoxContent(updateSettings)}
-                  value={settings.infoBoxContent}
-                  label={lang.t('configure.include-text')}
-                  rows={3}/>
-              </div>
+      </Card>
+      <Card className={`${styles.configSetting} ${settings.requireEmailConfirmation ? on : off}`}>
+        <div className={styles.action}>
+          <Checkbox
+            onChange={updateEmailConfirmation(updateSettings, settings.requireEmailConfirmation)}
+            checked={settings.requireEmailConfirmation} />
+        </div>
+        <div className={styles.content}>
+          <div className={styles.settingsHeader}>{lang.t('configure.require-email-verification')}</div>
+          <p className={settings.requireEmailConfirmation ? '' : styles.disabledSettingText}>
+            {lang.t('configure.require-email-verification-text')}
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </Card>
+      <Card className={`${styles.configSetting} ${settings.charCountEnable ? on : off}`}>
+        <div className={styles.action}>
+          <Checkbox
+            onChange={updateCharCountEnable(updateSettings, settings.charCountEnable)}
+            checked={settings.charCountEnable} />
+        </div>
+        <div className={styles.content}>
+          <div className={styles.settingsHeader}>{lang.t('configure.comment-count-header')}</div>
+          <p className={settings.charCountEnable ? '' : styles.disabledSettingText}>
+            <span>{lang.t('configure.comment-count-text-pre')}</span>
+            <input type='text'
+              className={`${styles.charCountTexfield} ${settings.charCountEnable && styles.charCountTexfieldEnabled}`}
+              htmlFor='charCount'
+              onChange={updateCharCount(updateSettings, settingsError)}
+              value={settings.charCount}/>
+            <span>{lang.t('configure.comment-count-text-post')}</span>
+              {
+                errors.charCount &&
+                <span className={styles.settingsError}>
+                  <br/>
+                  <Icon name="error_outline"/>
+                  {lang.t('configure.comment-count-error')}
+                </span>
+              }
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </Card>
+      <Card className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox} ${settings.infoBoxEnable ? on : off}`}>
+        <div className={styles.action}>
+          <Checkbox
+            onChange={updateInfoBoxEnable(updateSettings, settings.infoBoxEnable)}
+            checked={settings.infoBoxEnable} />
+        </div>
+        <div className={styles.content}>
+          {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream')}
+          <p>
+            {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream-desc')}
+          </p>
+          <div className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox} ${settings.infoBoxEnable ? null : styles.hidden}`} >
+            <div className={styles.content}>
+              <Textfield
+                onChange={updateInfoBoxContent(updateSettings)}
+                value={settings.infoBoxContent}
+                label={lang.t('configure.include-text')}
+                rows={3}/>
             </div>
           </div>
-        </Card>
-        <Card className={styles.configSettingInfoBox}>
-          <div className={styles.content}>
-            {lang.t('configure.closed-comments-desc')}
-            <div>
-            <Textfield
-              onChange={updateClosedMessage(updateSettings)}
-              value={settings.closedMessage}
-              label={lang.t('configure.closed-comments-label')}
-              rows={3}/>
-            </div>
+        </div>
+      </Card>
+      <Card className={styles.configSettingInfoBox}>
+        <div className={styles.content}>
+          {lang.t('configure.closed-comments-desc')}
+          <div>
+          <Textfield
+            onChange={updateClosedMessage(updateSettings)}
+            value={settings.closedMessage}
+            label={lang.t('configure.closed-comments-label')}
+            rows={3}/>
           </div>
-        </Card>
-        <Card className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox}`}>
-          <div className={styles.content}>
-            {lang.t('configure.close-after')}
-            <br />
-            <Textfield
-              type='number'
-              pattern='[0-9]+'
-              style={{width: 50}}
-              onChange={updateClosedTimeout(updateSettings, settings.closedTimeout)}
-              value={getTimeoutAmount(settings.closedTimeout)}
-              label={lang.t('configure.closed-comments-label')} />
-            <div className={styles.configTimeoutSelect}>
-              <SelectField
-                label="comments closed time window"
-                value={getTimeoutMeasure(settings.closedTimeout)}
-                onChange={updateClosedTimeout(updateSettings, settings.closedTimeout, true)}>
-                <Option value={'hours'}>{lang.t('configure.hours')}</Option>
-                <Option value={'days'}>{lang.t('configure.days')}</Option>
-                <Option value={'weeks'}>{lang.t('configure.weeks')}</Option>
-              </SelectField>
-            </div>
+        </div>
+      </Card>
+      <Card className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox}`}>
+        <div className={styles.content}>
+          {lang.t('configure.close-after')}
+          <br />
+          <Textfield
+            type='number'
+            pattern='[0-9]+'
+            style={{width: 50}}
+            onChange={updateClosedTimeout(updateSettings, settings.closedTimeout)}
+            value={getTimeoutAmount(settings.closedTimeout)}
+            label={lang.t('configure.closed-comments-label')} />
+          <div className={styles.configTimeoutSelect}>
+            <SelectField
+              label="comments closed time window"
+              value={getTimeoutMeasure(settings.closedTimeout)}
+              onChange={updateClosedTimeout(updateSettings, settings.closedTimeout, true)}>
+              <Option value={'hours'}>{lang.t('configure.hours')}</Option>
+              <Option value={'days'}>{lang.t('configure.days')}</Option>
+              <Option value={'weeks'}>{lang.t('configure.weeks')}</Option>
+            </SelectField>
           </div>
-        </Card>
+        </div>
+      </Card>
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json b/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
index 3718732fe..76749ffd7 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
     "configure": {
       "enable-pre-moderation": "Enable pre-moderation",
       "enable-pre-moderation-text": "Moderators must approve any comment before it is published.",
+      "require-email-verification": "Require Email Confirmation",
+      "require-email-verification-text": "New Users must verify their email before commenting",
       "include-comment-stream": "Include Comment Stream Description for Readers.",
       "include-comment-stream-desc": "Write a message to be added to the top of your comment stream. Pose a topic, include community guidelines, etc.",
       "include-text": "Include your text here.",
@@ -129,6 +131,8 @@
     "configure": {
       "enable-pre-moderation": "Habilitar pre-moderación",
       "enable-pre-moderation-text": "Los moderadores deben aprobar cada comentario antes de que sea publicado.",
+      "require-email-verification": "Necesita confirmación de correo",
+      "require-email-verification-text": "Nuevos usuarios deben verificar sus correos antes de comentar",
       "include-comment-stream": "Incluir la Descripción a un Hilo de Comentario para los y las Lectoras.",
       "include-comment-stream-desc": "Escribir un mensaje que será agregado a la parte de arriba del tu hilo de comentarios. Por ejemplo, un tema, guias de comunidad, etc.",
       "include-text": "Incluir tu texto aqui.",
diff --git a/routes/admin/index.js b/routes/admin/index.js
index 2a37e8f0f..a3699143e 100644
--- a/routes/admin/index.js
+++ b/routes/admin/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
 
+// Get /email-confirmation expects a signed JWT in the hash
+router.get('/confirm-email', (req, res) => {
+  res.render('admin/confirm-email');
+});
+
 // Get /password-reset expects a signed token (JWT) in the hash.
 // Links to this endpoint are generated by /views/password-reset-email.ejs.
 router.get('/password-reset', (req, res) => {
diff --git a/routes/api/account/index.js b/routes/api/account/index.js
index 57647a89d..44749a488 100644
--- a/routes/api/account/index.js
+++ b/routes/api/account/index.js
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ router.post('/email/confirm', (req, res, next) => {
 
   UsersService
     .verifyEmailConfirmation(token)
-    .then(() => {
-      res.status(204).end();
+    .then(([, referer]) => {
+      res.json({redirectUri: referer});
     })
     .catch((err) => {
       next(err);
diff --git a/routes/api/users/index.js b/routes/api/users/index.js
index 3ea3f3213..d42c5039b 100644
--- a/routes/api/users/index.js
+++ b/routes/api/users/index.js
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ router.post('/:user_id/status', authorization.needed('ADMIN'), (req, res, next)
  * @param {String}     userID  the id for the user to send the email to
  * @param {String}     email   the email for the user to send the email to
  */
-const SendEmailConfirmation = (app, userID, email) => UsersService
-  .createEmailConfirmToken(userID, email)
+const SendEmailConfirmation = (app, userID, email, referer) => UsersService
+  .createEmailConfirmToken(userID, email, referer)
   .then((token) => {
     return mailer.sendSimple({
       app,                                 // needed to render the templates.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ router.post('/', (req, res, next) => {
 
         if (requireEmailConfirmation) {
 
-          SendEmailConfirmation(req.app, user.id, email)
+          SendEmailConfirmation(req.app, user.id, email, req.header('Referer'))
             .then(() => {
 
               // Then send back the user.
diff --git a/services/users.js b/services/users.js
index 0bf22e9e0..1a2c384d6 100644
--- a/services/users.js
+++ b/services/users.js
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ module.exports = class UsersService {
    * @param  {String} email The email that we are needing to get confirmed.
    * @return {Promise}
    */
-  static createEmailConfirmToken(userID, email) {
+  static createEmailConfirmToken(userID, email, referer) {
     if (!email || typeof email !== 'string') {
       return Promise.reject('email is required when creating a JWT for resetting passord');
     }
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ module.exports = class UsersService {
 
         const payload = {
           email,
+          referer,
           userID
         };
 
@@ -579,9 +580,9 @@ module.exports = class UsersService {
       .verifyToken(token, {
         subject: EMAIL_CONFIRM_JWT_SUBJECT
       })
-      .then(({userID, email}) => {
+      .then(({userID, email, referer}) => {
 
-        return UserModel
+        const userUpdate = UserModel
           .update({
             id: userID,
             profiles: {
@@ -595,7 +596,10 @@ module.exports = class UsersService {
               'profiles.$.metadata.confirmed_at': new Date()
             }
           });
+
+        return Promise.all([userUpdate, referer]);
       });
+
   }
 
 };
diff --git a/views/admin/confirm-email.ejs b/views/admin/confirm-email.ejs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d0475325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/admin/confirm-email.ejs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1">
+    <title>Confirm Email</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://code.getmdl.io/1.2.1/material.indigo-pink.min.css">
+
+    <style media="screen">
+      #root {
+        max-width: 400px;
+        padding-top: 100px;
+        margin: 0 auto;
+        background: #fff;
+      }
+
+      .coral-card-wide > .mdl-card__title {
+        color: #fff;
+        height: 176px;
+        background: #F47E6B url('/path/to/logo.jpg') center / cover;
+      }
+      .coral-card-wide > .mdl-card__menu {
+        color: #fff;
+      }
+
+      .error-console {
+        display: none;
+        margin-top: 10px;
+        border-radius: 4px;
+        background-color: pink;
+        color: red;
+        border: 1px solid red;
+        padding: 10px;
+      }
+
+      .error-console.active {
+        display: block;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="root">
+      <div class="coral-card-wide mdl-card mdl-shadow--2dp">
+        <div class="mdl-card__title">
+          <h2 class="mdl-card__title-text">Confirm Email Address</h2>
+        </div>
+        <div class="mdl-card__supporting-text">
+          Click the button below to confirm your new user account.
+        </div>
+        <div class="mdl-card__actions mdl-card--border">
+          <a class="mdl-button mdl-button--colored mdl-js-button mdl-js-ripple-effect" id="confirm-email">
+            Confirm
+          </a>
+          <div style="display: none" id="p2" class="mdl-progress mdl-js-progress mdl-progress__indeterminate"></div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+    </div>
+    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
+    <script defer src="https://code.getmdl.io/1.3.0/material.min.js"></script>
+    <script>
+      $(function () {
+        function showError(message) {
+          $('.error-console').text(message).addClass('active');
+        }
+
+        function handleClick (e) {
+          e.preventDefault();
+          $('#p2').css('display', 'block');
+          $('.error-console').removeClass('active');
+
+          $.ajax({
+            url: '/api/v1/account/email/confirm',
+            contentType: 'application/json',
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {
+              'X-CSRF-Token': '<%= csrfToken %>'
+            },
+            data: JSON.stringify({token: location.hash.replace('#', '')})
+          }).then(function (success) {
+            location.href = success.redirectUri;
+          }).catch(function (error) {
+            showError(error.responseText);
+          });
+        }
+
+        $('#confirm-email').on('click', handleClick);
+      });
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/views/email/email-confirm.ejs b/views/email/email-confirm.ejs
index da1b0e815..2644c2225 100644
--- a/views/email/email-confirm.ejs
+++ b/views/email/email-confirm.ejs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <p>A email confirmation has been requested for the following account: <b><%= email %></b>.</p>
-<p>To confirm the account, please visit the following link: <a href="http://example.com/email/confirm/endpoint#<%= token %>">http://example.com/email/confirm/endpoint#<%= token %></a></p>
+<p>To confirm the account, please visit the following link: <a href="<%= rootURL %>/admin/confirm-email#<%= token %>">http://example.com/email/confirm/endpoint#<%= token %></a></p>
 <p>If you did not request this, you can safely ignore this email.</p>
diff --git a/views/email/email-confirm.txt.ejs b/views/email/email-confirm.txt.ejs
index 764991d8d..4c7d7d312 100644
--- a/views/email/email-confirm.txt.ejs
+++ b/views/email/email-confirm.txt.ejs
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ A email confirmation has been requested for the following account:
 
 To confirm the account, please visit the following link:
 
-    http://example.com/email/confirm/endpoint#<%= token %>
+    <%= rootURL %>/confirm/endpoint#<%= token %>
 
 If you did not request this, you can safely ignore this email.