diff --git a/src/controllers/PageGuideController.php b/src/controllers/PageGuideController.php
index 74b12b1..f2f450a 100644
--- a/src/controllers/PageGuideController.php
+++ b/src/controllers/PageGuideController.php
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ class PageGuideController extends Controller
     public function behaviors()
     {
         return [
-            'access' =>[
+            'access' => [
                 'class' => AccessControl::class,
                 'rules' => [
                     [
-                        'actions' => ['index','update','create','delete'],
+                        'actions' => ['index', 'update', 'create', 'delete'],
                         'allow' => true,
                         'roles' => ['@'],
                     ]
@@ -51,28 +51,8 @@ public function actionCreate()
         $model = new PageGuide();
 
         $post = Yii::$app->request->post();
-        if(Yii::$app->request->isPost) {
-
-            $origUrl = $post['PageGuide']['url'];
-
-            $post['PageGuide']['url'] = parse_url($post['PageGuide']['url'],PHP_URL_PATH);
-
-            $post['PageGuide']['rules'] = array_filter($post['PageGuide']['rules'], static function ($val) {
-                return !empty($val['element']);
-            });
-
-            if(empty($post['PageGuide']['rules'])) {
-                $model->url = $origUrl;
-                return $this->render('create', [
-                    'model' => $model,
-                    'rulesError' => Yii::t('pageGuide/view','Rules not set')
-                ]);
-            }
-
-            $post['PageGuide']['rules'] = Json::encode($post['PageGuide']['rules']);
-
+        if (Yii::$app->request->isPost) {
             PageGuide::deleteAll(['url' => $post['PageGuide']['url']]);
-
             if ($model->load($post) && $model->save()) {
                 return $this->redirect(['index']);
             }
@@ -86,30 +66,18 @@ public function actionCreate()
     public function actionUpdate($id)
     {
         $model = $this->findModel($id);
-
-        if(Yii::$app->request->isPost) {
+        $rulesError = '';
+        if (Yii::$app->request->isPost) {
             $post = Yii::$app->request->post();
 
-            $post['PageGuide']['rules'] = array_filter($post['PageGuide']['rules'], static function ($val) {
-                return !empty($val['element']);
-            });
-
-            if(empty($post['PageGuide']['rules'])) {
-                return $this->render('update', [
-                    'model' => $model,
-                    'rulesError' => Yii::t('pageGuide/view','Rules not set')
-                ]);
-            }
-
-            $post['PageGuide']['rules'] = Json::encode($post['PageGuide']['rules']);
-
             if ($model->load($post) && $model->save()) {
                 return $this->redirect(['index']);
             }
+            $rulesError = $model->getFirstError('rules');
         }
-
         return $this->render('update', [
             'model' => $model,
+            'rulesError' => $rulesError,
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -118,11 +86,11 @@ public function actionDelete($id)
         try {
             $model = $this->findModel($id);
         } catch (NotFoundHttpException $e) {
-           Yii::$app->session->setFlash('warning',$e->getMessage());
+            Yii::$app->session->setFlash('warning', $e->getMessage());
             return $this->redirect(['index']);
         }
 
-        if($model) {
+        if ($model) {
             $model->delete();
         }
 
@@ -140,6 +108,6 @@ protected function findModel($id): ?PageGuide
             return $model;
         }
 
-        throw new NotFoundHttpException(Yii::t('pageGuide/view','Not found'));
+        throw new NotFoundHttpException(Yii::t('pageGuide/view', 'Not found'));
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/models/PageGuide.php b/src/models/PageGuide.php
index 1620738..6975a4e 100644
--- a/src/models/PageGuide.php
+++ b/src/models/PageGuide.php
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace matejch\pageGuide\models;
 
+use Exception;
 use Yii;
 use yii\db\ActiveRecord;
+use yii\helpers\Json;
+
 
 /**
  * This is the model class for table "page_guide".
@@ -29,22 +32,67 @@ public function rules()
     {
         return [
             [['url'], 'required'],
-            [['rules'], 'string'],
             [['url'], 'string', 'max' => 1024],
             [['url'], 'trim'],
-            [['url'],'filter','filter'=>'strip_tags','skipOnArray' => true]
+            [['url'], 'filter', 'filter' => 'strip_tags', 'skipOnArray' => true],
+            [['rules'], 'validateRuleFormat'],
+            [['rules'], 'filter', 'filter' => [$this, 'stepOrder']],
+            [['url'], 'filter', 'filter' => function ($value) {
+                return parse_url($value, PHP_URL_PATH);
+            }],
         ];
     }
 
+    public function validateRuleFormat($attribute, $params, $validator): void
+    {
+        if (!is_array($this->rules)) {
+            try {
+                $this->rules = Json::decode($this->rules);
+            } catch (Exception $e) {
+                $this->rules = '{}';
+                $this->addError('rules', 'Invalid rule format');
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->rules = array_filter($this->rules, static function ($val) {
+            return !empty($val['element']);
+        });
+        if (empty($this->rules)) {
+            $this->rules = '{}';
+            $this->addError('rules', Yii::t('pageGuide/view', 'Rules not set'));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->rules as $rule) {
+            if (!is_array($rule) || !isset($rule['step'], $rule['element'], $rule['intro'])) {
+                $this->addError('rules', Yii::t('pageGuide/view', 'Invalid rule format'));
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        Json::encode($this->rules);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Order the rule on step value
+     */
+    public function stepOrder(string $value): array
+    {
+        $value = Json::decode($value);
+        $keys = array_column($value, 'step');
+        array_multisort($keys, SORT_ASC, $value);
+        return Json::encode($value);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
     public function attributeLabels()
     {
         return [
-            'id' => Yii::t('pageGuide/model','ID'),
-            'url' => Yii::t('pageGuide/model','Url'),
-            'rules' => Yii::t('pageGuide/model','Rules'),
+            'id' => Yii::t('pageGuide/model', 'ID'),
+            'url' => Yii::t('pageGuide/model', 'Url'),
+            'rules' => Yii::t('pageGuide/model', 'Rules'),
         ];
     }
 }
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