diff --git a/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb b/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb
index 1742f4b54..eb61bfc84 100644
--- a/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ module Epp::DomainsHelper
       if @domain.save && @domain.attach_contacts(domain_contacts) && @domain.attach_nameservers(domain_nameservers)
         render '/epp/domains/create'
       else
+        @domain.construct_epp_errors
+
         handle_errors
         render '/epp/error'
         raise ActiveRecord::Rollback
diff --git a/app/models/domain.rb b/app/models/domain.rb
index e9849254c..fdcd50d40 100644
--- a/app/models/domain.rb
+++ b/app/models/domain.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,62 @@ class Domain < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :name, :owner_contact, presence: true
   validates_associated :nameservers
 
+  # after_validation :construct_epp_errors
+
+  attr_accessor :epp_errors
+
+  EPP_CODE_MAP = {
+    '2302' => ['Domain name already exists', 'Domain name is reserved or restricted'],
+    '2306' => ['Registrant is missing', 'Nameservers count must be between 1-13', 'Admin contact is missing'],
+    '2303' => ['Contact was not found'],
+    '2005' => ['Hostname is invalid', 'IP is invalid']
+  }
+
+  EPP_OBJ_MAP = {
+    nameservers: 'ns',
+    name_dirty: 'domain'
+  }
+
+  def construct_epp_errors
+    epp_errors = []
+    errors.messages.each do |key, values|
+      if self.class.reflect_on_association(key)
+        epp_errors = collect_child_errors
+      else
+        epp_errors = collect_parent_errors(key, values)
+      end
+    end
+
+    errors[:epp_errors] = epp_errors
+    errors[:epp_errors].flatten!
+    # binding.pry
+  end
+
+  def collect_parent_errors(key, values)
+    epp_errors = []
+    values = [values] if values.is_a?(String)
+
+    values.each do |err|
+      if err.is_a?(Hash)
+        epp_errors << {code: find_epp_code(err[:msg]), msg: err[:msg], value: {val: err[:val], obj: err[:obj]}}
+      else
+        epp_errors << {code: find_epp_code(err), msg: err, value: {val: send(key), obj: EPP_OBJ_MAP[key]}}
+      end
+    end
+    epp_errors
+  end
+
+  def collect_child_errors
+
+  end
+
+  def find_epp_code(msg)
+    EPP_CODE_MAP.each do |code, values|
+      return code if values.include?(msg)
+    end
+    nil
+  end
+
   def name=(value)
     value.strip!
     write_attribute(:name, SimpleIDN.to_unicode(value))