diff --git a/src/actions/fetch.js b/src/actions/fetch.js
index 7a291cb..a6cd5cf 100644
--- a/src/actions/fetch.js
+++ b/src/actions/fetch.js
@@ -251,10 +251,12 @@ export function requestLogin(nameoremail, password) {
   );
 }
 
-export function requestRegistration(name, email, password) {
+export function requestRegistration(name, email, password, captcha, captchaid) {
   return makeAPIPOSTRequest(
     'api/auth/register',
-    { name, email, password },
+    {
+      name, email, password, captcha, captchaid,
+    },
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/Alert.jsx b/src/components/Alert.jsx
index ccf4959..41ff687 100644
--- a/src/components/Alert.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Alert.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 
-import Captcha from './Captcha';
+import GlobalCaptcha from './GlobalCaptcha';
 import { closeAlert } from '../actions';
 
 const Alert = () => {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const Alert = () => {
           </p>
           <div>
             {(alertType === 'captcha')
-              ? <Captcha close={close} />
+              ? <GlobalCaptcha close={close} />
               : (
                 <button
                   type="button"
diff --git a/src/components/Captcha.jsx b/src/components/Captcha.jsx
index 178928c..314a790 100644
--- a/src/components/Captcha.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Captcha.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Form to ask for captcha.
- * If callback is provided, it sets the captcha text to it.
- * If callback is not provided, it provides a button to send the
- * captcha itself
- * @flow
+ * Offers input for captchas, parent needs to provide a form and
+ * get "captcha" and "captchaid" values
  */
 
 /* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-autofocus */
@@ -12,7 +10,6 @@ import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { t } from 'ttag';
 
 import { IoReloadCircleSharp } from 'react-icons/io5';
-import { requestSolveCaptcha } from '../actions/fetch';
 
 async function getUrlAndId() {
   const url = window.ssv.captchaurl;
@@ -27,40 +24,38 @@ async function getUrlAndId() {
   return null;
 }
 
-const Captcha = ({ callback, close }) => {
+/*
+ * autoload: Load captcha immediately and autofocus input textbox
+ * width: width of the captcha image
+ */
+const Captcha = ({ autoload, width }) => {
   const [captchaData, setCaptchaData] = useState({});
-  const [text, setText] = useState('');
   const [errors, setErrors] = useState([]);
   const [imgLoaded, setImgLoaded] = useState(false);
 
-  useEffect(async () => {
-    const [svgUrl, captchaid] = await getUrlAndId();
+  const reloadCaptcha = async () => {
+    if (imgLoaded) {
+      setImgLoaded(false);
+    }
+    const captchaResponse = await getUrlAndId();
+    if (!captchaResponse) {
+      setErrors([t`Could not load captcha`]);
+      return;
+    }
+    const [svgUrl, captchaid] = captchaResponse;
     setCaptchaData({ url: svgUrl, id: captchaid });
+  };
+
+  useEffect(async () => {
+    if (autoload) {
+      reloadCaptcha();
+    }
   }, []);
 
+  const contWidth = width || 100;
+
   return (
-    <form
-      onSubmit={async (e) => {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        const { errors: resErrors } = await requestSolveCaptcha(
-          text,
-          captchaData.id,
-        );
-        if (resErrors) {
-          const [svgUrl, captchaid] = await getUrlAndId();
-          setCaptchaData({ url: svgUrl, id: captchaid });
-          setText('');
-          setErrors(resErrors);
-        } else {
-          close();
-        }
-      }}
-    >
-      {errors.map((error) => (
-        <p key={error} className="errormessage">
-          <span>{t`Error`}</span>:&nbsp;{error}
-        </p>
-      ))}
+    <>
       <p className="modaltext">
         {t`Type the characters from the following image:`}
         &nbsp;
@@ -69,30 +64,61 @@ const Captcha = ({ callback, close }) => {
         </span>
       </p>
       <br />
+      {errors.map((error) => (
+        <p key={error} className="errormessage">
+          <span>{t`Error`}</span>:&nbsp;{error}
+        </p>
+      ))}
       <div
         style={{
-          width: '100%',
-          paddingTop: '60%',
+          width: `${contWidth}%`,
+          paddingTop: `${Math.floor(contWidth * 0.6)}%`,
           position: 'relative',
+          display: 'inline-block',
+          backgroundColor: '#e0e0e0',
         }}
       >
-        {(captchaData.url) && (
-          <img
-            style={{
-              width: '100%',
-              position: 'absolute',
-              top: '50%',
-              left: '50%',
-              opacity: (imgLoaded) ? 1 : 0,
-              transform: 'translate(-50%,-50%)',
-              transition: '100ms',
-            }}
-            src={captchaData.url}
-            alt="CAPTCHA"
-            onLoad={() => { setImgLoaded(true); }}
-            onError={() => setErrors([t`Could not load captcha`])}
-          />
-        )}
+        <div
+          style={{
+            width: '100%',
+            position: 'absolute',
+            top: '50%',
+            left: '50%',
+            transform: 'translate(-50%,-50%)',
+          }}
+        >
+          {(captchaData.url)
+            ? (
+              <img
+                style={{
+                  width: '100%',
+                  opacity: (imgLoaded) ? 1 : 0,
+                  transition: '100ms',
+                }}
+                src={captchaData.url}
+                alt="CAPTCHA"
+                onLoad={() => {
+                  setErrors([]);
+                  setImgLoaded(true);
+                }}
+                onError={() => {
+                  setErrors([t`Could not load captcha`]);
+                }}
+              />
+            )
+            : (
+              <span
+                role="button"
+                tabIndex={0}
+                title={t`Load Captcha`}
+                className="modallink"
+                onClick={reloadCaptcha}
+                onKeyPress={reloadCaptcha}
+              >
+                {t`Click to Load Captcha`}
+              </span>
+            )}
+        </div>
       </div>
       <p className="modaltext">
         {t`Can't read? Reload:`}&nbsp;
@@ -102,54 +128,29 @@ const Captcha = ({ callback, close }) => {
           title={t`Reload`}
           className="modallink"
           style={{ fontSize: 28 }}
-          onClick={async () => {
-            setImgLoaded(false);
-            const [svgUrl, captchaid] = await getUrlAndId();
-            setCaptchaData({ url: svgUrl, id: captchaid });
-          }}
+          onClick={reloadCaptcha}
         >
           <IoReloadCircleSharp />
         </span>
       </p>
       <input
+        name="captcha"
         placeholder={t`Enter Characters`}
         type="text"
-        value={text}
         autoComplete="off"
         autoCorrect="off"
         autoCapitalize="off"
         spellCheck="false"
-        autoFocus
+        autoFocus={autoload}
         style={{
           width: '6em',
           fontSize: 21,
           margin: 5,
         }}
-        onChange={(evt) => {
-          const txt = evt.target.value;
-          setText(txt);
-          if (callback) callback(txt);
-        }}
       />
-      {(!callback) && (
-        <div>
-          <button
-            type="button"
-            onClick={close}
-            style={{ fontSize: 16 }}
-          >
-            {t`Cancel`}
-          </button>
-         &nbsp;
-          <button
-            type="submit"
-            style={{ fontSize: 16 }}
-          >
-            {t`Send`}
-          </button>
-        </div>
-      )}
-    </form>
+      <input type="hidden" name="captchaid" value={captchaData.id || '0'} />
+      <br />
+    </>
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/src/components/GlobalCaptcha.jsx b/src/components/GlobalCaptcha.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c79815e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/GlobalCaptcha.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Global Captcha that is valid sitewide
+ * via api/captcha
+ * Displayed in an Alert
+ */
+
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { t } from 'ttag';
+
+import Captcha from './Captcha';
+import { requestSolveCaptcha } from '../actions/fetch';
+
+const GlobalCaptcha = ({ close }) => {
+  const [errors, setErrors] = useState([]);
+  // used to be able to force Captcha rerender on error
+  const [captKey, setCaptKey] = useState(Date.now());
+
+  return (
+    <form
+      onSubmit={async (e) => {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        const text = e.target.captcha.value;
+        const captchaid = e.target.captchaid.value;
+        const { errors: resErrors } = await requestSolveCaptcha(
+          text,
+          captchaid,
+        );
+        if (resErrors) {
+          setCaptKey(Date.now());
+          setErrors(resErrors);
+        } else {
+          close();
+        }
+      }}
+    >
+      {errors.map((error) => (
+        <p key={error} className="errormessage">
+          <span>{t`Error`}</span>:&nbsp;{error}
+        </p>
+      ))}
+      <Captcha autoload key={captKey} />
+      <p>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={close}
+          style={{ fontSize: 16 }}
+        >
+          {t`Cancel`}
+        </button>
+       &nbsp;
+        <button
+          type="submit"
+          style={{ fontSize: 16 }}
+        >
+          {t`Send`}
+        </button>
+      </p>
+    </form>
+  );
+};
+
+export default React.memo(GlobalCaptcha);
diff --git a/src/components/windows/Register.jsx b/src/components/windows/Register.jsx
index bad3a7d..9362d78 100644
--- a/src/components/windows/Register.jsx
+++ b/src/components/windows/Register.jsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import { t } from 'ttag';
+import Captcha from '../Captcha';
 import {
   validateEMail, validateName, validatePassword,
 } from '../../utils/validation';
@@ -29,27 +30,27 @@ function validate(name, email, password, confirmPassword) {
   return errors;
 }
 
-const inputStyles = {
-  display: 'inline-block',
-  width: '100%',
-  maxWidth: '35em',
-};
-
 const Register = ({ windowId }) => {
-  const [name, setName] = useState('');
-  const [email, setEmail] = useState('');
-  const [password, setPassword] = useState('');
-  const [confirmPassword, setConfirmPassword] = useState('');
   const [submitting, setSubmitting] = useState('');
   const [errors, setErrors] = useState([]);
+  // used to be able to force Captcha rerender on error
+  const [captKey, setCaptKey] = useState(Date.now());
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
-  const handleSubmit = async () => {
+  const handleSubmit = async (evt) => {
+    evt.preventDefault();
     if (submitting) {
       return;
     }
 
+    const name = evt.target.name.value;
+    const email = evt.target.email.value;
+    const password = evt.target.password.value;
+    const confirmPassword = evt.target.confirmpassword.value;
+    const captcha = evt.target.captcha.value;
+    const captchaid = evt.target.captchaid.value;
+
     const valErrors = validate(name, email, password, confirmPassword);
     if (valErrors.length > 0) {
       setErrors(valErrors);
@@ -61,9 +62,12 @@ const Register = ({ windowId }) => {
       name,
       email,
       password,
+      captcha,
+      captchaid,
     );
     setSubmitting(false);
     if (respErrors) {
+      setCaptKey(Date.now());
       setErrors(respErrors);
       return;
     }
@@ -83,38 +87,40 @@ const Register = ({ windowId }) => {
           <p key={error} className="errormessage"><span>{t`Error`}</span>
             :&nbsp;{error}</p>
         ))}
+        <p className="modaltitle">{t`Name`}:</p>
         <input
-          style={inputStyles}
-          value={name}
+          name="name"
+          className="reginput"
           autoComplete="username"
-          onChange={(evt) => setName(evt.target.value)}
           type="text"
           placeholder={t`Name`}
-        /><br />
+        />
+        <p className="modaltitle">{t`Email`}:</p>
         <input
-          style={inputStyles}
-          value={email}
+          name="email"
+          className="reginput"
           autoComplete="email"
-          onChange={(evt) => setEmail(evt.target.value)}
           type="text"
           placeholder={t`Email`}
-        /><br />
+        />
+        <p className="modaltitle">{t`Password`}:</p>
         <input
-          style={inputStyles}
-          value={password}
+          name="password"
+          className="reginput"
           autoComplete="new-password"
-          onChange={(evt) => setPassword(evt.target.value)}
           type="password"
           placeholder={t`Password`}
-        /><br />
+        />
+        <p className="modaltitle">{t`Confirm Password`}:</p>
         <input
-          style={inputStyles}
-          value={confirmPassword}
+          name="confirmpassword"
+          className="reginput"
           autoComplete="new-password"
-          onChange={(evt) => setConfirmPassword(evt.target.value)}
           type="password"
           placeholder={t`Confirm Password`}
-        /><br />
+        />
+        <p className="modaltitle">{t`Captcha`}:</p>
+        <Captcha autoload={false} width={60} key={captKey} />
         <button type="submit">
           {(submitting) ? '...' : t`Submit`}
         </button>
diff --git a/src/routes/api/auth/register.js b/src/routes/api/auth/register.js
index 06d193a..a31d1ea 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/auth/register.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/auth/register.js
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ import {
   validateName,
   validatePassword,
 } from '../../../utils/validation';
+import {
+  checkCaptchaSolution,
+} from '../../../utils/captcha';
 
-async function validate(email, name, password, t, gettext) {
+async function validate(email, name, password, captcha, captchaid, t, gettext) {
   const errors = [];
   const emailerror = gettext(validateEMail(email));
   if (emailerror) errors.push(emailerror);
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@ async function validate(email, name, password, t, gettext) {
   const passworderror = gettext(validatePassword(password));
   if (passworderror) errors.push(passworderror);
 
+  if (!captcha || !captchaid) errors.push(t`No Captcha given`);
+
   let reguser = await RegUser.findOne({ where: { email } });
   if (reguser) errors.push(t`E-Mail already in use.`);
   reguser = await RegUser.findOne({ where: { name } });
@@ -36,9 +41,34 @@ async function validate(email, name, password, t, gettext) {
 }
 
 export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
-  const { email, name, password } = req.body;
+  const {
+    email, name, password, captcha, captchaid,
+  } = req.body;
   const { t, gettext } = req.ttag;
-  const errors = await validate(email, name, password, t, gettext);
+  const errors = await validate(
+    email, name, password, captcha, captchaid, t, gettext,
+  );
+
+  const ip = getIPFromRequest(req);
+  if (!errors.length) {
+    const captchaPass = await checkCaptchaSolution(
+      captcha, ip, true, captchaid,
+    );
+    switch (captchaPass) {
+      case 0:
+        break;
+      case 1:
+        errors.push(t`You took too long, try again.`);
+        break;
+      case 2:
+        errors.push(t`You failed your captcha`);
+        break;
+      default:
+        errors.push(t`Unknown Captcha Error`);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
   if (errors.length > 0) {
     res.status(400);
     res.json({
@@ -63,7 +93,6 @@ export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     return;
   }
 
-  const ip = getIPFromRequest(req);
   logger.info(`Created new user ${name} ${email} ${ip}`);
 
   const { user, lang } = req;
diff --git a/src/routes/api/captcha.js b/src/routes/api/captcha.js
index fb7d1bd..efa8c3d 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/captcha.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/captcha.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
       return;
     }
 
-    const ret = await checkCaptchaSolution(text, ip, id);
+    const ret = await checkCaptchaSolution(text, ip, false, id);
 
     switch (ret) {
       case 0:
diff --git a/src/styles/default.css b/src/styles/default.css
index 94e64ab..f68d856 100644
--- a/src/styles/default.css
+++ b/src/styles/default.css
@@ -805,6 +805,16 @@ tr:nth-child(even) {
   background-color: #ffa9a9cc;
 }
 
+.reginput {
+  display: inline-block;
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: 35em;
+}
+
+.errormessage {
+  color: #b73c3c;
+}
+
 .cooldownbox {
   top: 16px;
   width: 48px;
diff --git a/src/utils/captcha.js b/src/utils/captcha.js
index 2da30ad..75f3047 100644
--- a/src/utils/captcha.js
+++ b/src/utils/captcha.js
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ export function setCaptchaSolution(
  *
  * @param text Solution of captcha
  * @param ip
+ * @param onetime If the captcha is just one time or should be remembered
+ *   for this ip
  * @return 0 if solution right
  *         1 if timed out
  *         2 if wrong
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ export function setCaptchaSolution(
 export async function checkCaptchaSolution(
   text,
   ip,
+  onetime = false,
   captchaid = null,
 ) {
   const ipn = getIPv6Subnet(ip);
@@ -107,8 +110,10 @@ export async function checkCaptchaSolution(
   const solution = await redis.getAsync(key);
   if (solution) {
     if (evaluateResult(solution.toString('utf8'), text)) {
-      const solvkey = `human:${ipn}`;
-      await redis.setAsync(solvkey, '', 'EX', TTL_CACHE);
+      if (!onetime) {
+        const solvkey = `human:${ipn}`;
+        await redis.setAsync(solvkey, '', 'EX', TTL_CACHE);
+      }
       logger.info(`CAPTCHA ${ip} successfully solved captcha`);
       return 0;
     }