diff --git a/application/controllers/Login.php b/application/controllers/Login.php
index 3d8a27178..dda1a1b15 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Login.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Login.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class Login extends CI_Controller
 	public function index()
 	{
 		$this->load->library('migration');
+
 		if($this->Employee->is_logged_in())
 		{
 			redirect('home');
@@ -15,12 +16,6 @@ class Login extends CI_Controller
 
 			$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'lang:login_username', 'required|callback_login_check');
 
-
-			if($this->config->item('gcaptcha_enable'))
-			{
-				$this->form_validation->set_rules('g-recaptcha-response', 'lang:login_gcaptcha', 'required|callback_gcaptcha_check');
-			}
-
 			if($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
 			{
 				$this->load->view('login');
@@ -34,22 +29,22 @@ class Login extends CI_Controller
 
 	public function login_check($username)
 	{
-		$password = $this->input->post('password');
-
-		if(!$this->_installation_check())
+		if(!$this->installation_check())
 		{
 			$this->form_validation->set_message('login_check', $this->lang->line('login_invalid_installation'));
 
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
-		if (!$this->migration->is_latest())
+		if(!$this->migration->is_latest())
 		{
 			set_time_limit(3600);
 			// trigger any required upgrade before starting the application
 			$this->migration->latest();
 		}
 
+		$password = $this->input->post('password');
+
 		if(!$this->Employee->login($username, $password))
 		{
 			$this->form_validation->set_message('login_check', $this->lang->line('login_invalid_username_and_password'));
@@ -57,33 +52,55 @@ class Login extends CI_Controller
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
-		return TRUE;
-	}
-
-	public function gcaptcha_check($recaptchaResponse)
-	{
-		$url = 'https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret=' . $this->config->item('gcaptcha_secret_key') . '&response=' . $recaptchaResponse . '&remoteip=' . $this->input->ip_address();
-
-		$ch = curl_init();
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
-		$result = curl_exec($ch);
-		curl_close($ch);
-
-		$status = json_decode($result, TRUE);
-
-		if(empty($status['success']))
+		if($this->config->item('gcaptcha_enable'))
 		{
-			$this->form_validation->set_message('gcaptcha_check', $this->lang->line('login_invalid_gcaptcha'));
+			$g_recaptcha_response = $this->input->post('g-recaptcha-response');
 
-			return FALSE;
+			if(!$this->gcaptcha_check($g_recaptcha_response))
+			{
+				$this->form_validation->set_message('login_check', $this->lang->line('login_invalid_gcaptcha'));
+
+				return FALSE;
+			}
 		}
 
 		return TRUE;
 	}
 
-	private function _installation_check()
+	private function gcaptcha_check($response)
+	{
+		if(!empty($response))
+		{
+			$check = array(
+				'secret'   => $this->config->item('gcaptcha_secret_key'),
+				'response' => $response,
+				'remoteip' => $this->input->ip_address()
+			);
+
+			$ch = curl_init();
+
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify");
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE);
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($check));
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
+
+			$result = curl_exec($ch);
+
+			curl_close($ch);
+
+			$status = json_decode($result, TRUE);
+
+			if(!empty($status['success']))
+			{
+				return TRUE;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	private function installation_check()
 	{
 		// get PHP extensions and check that the required ones are installed
 		$extensions = implode(', ', get_loaded_extensions());