diff --git a/pages/api/ipfs/index.ts b/pages/api/ipfs/index.ts
index 6d5c9b1fe..e77a39815 100644
--- a/pages/api/ipfs/index.ts
+++ b/pages/api/ipfs/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+import { IOMarketMetadata } from "@zeitgeistpm/sdk";
 import { create as createIPFSClient } from "ipfs-http-client";
 import type { PageConfig } from "next";
 import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
-import { fromZodError } from "zod-validation-error";
-import { IOMarketMetadata } from "./types";
 
 export const config: PageConfig = {
   runtime: "nodejs",
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ export default async function handler(
   }
 }
 
+const MAX_METADATA_SIZE_KB = 10;
+
 const POST = async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
   const node = createIPFSClient({
     url: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_IPFS_NODE_URL,
@@ -29,28 +30,44 @@ const POST = async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
     },
   });
 
-  const parsed = IOMarketMetadata.safeParse(req.body);
+  const [error, metadata] = IOMarketMetadata.validate(req.body);
 
   const onlyHash = req.query["only-hash"] === "true" ? true : false;
 
-  if (!parsed.success) {
-    return res.status(400).json({
-      message: fromZodError(parsed.error).toString(),
-    });
+  if (error) {
+    return res
+      .status(400)
+      .setHeader("Content-Type", "application/problem+json; charset=utf-8")
+      .send(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          title: "Invalid Market Metadata",
+          detail: "The market metadata provided is invalid.",
+          message: "The market metadata provided is invalid.",
+          context: {
+            failures: error.failures(),
+          },
+        }),
+      );
   }
 
-  const metadata = {
-    __meta: "markets",
-    ...parsed.data,
-  };
-
   const content = JSON.stringify(metadata);
   const kbSize = Buffer.byteLength(content) / 1024;
 
-  if (kbSize > 10) {
-    return res.status(400).json({
-      message: "Market metadata is too large. Please keep it under 10kb.",
-    });
+  if (kbSize > MAX_METADATA_SIZE_KB) {
+    return res
+      .status(400)
+      .setHeader("Content-Type", "application/problem+json; charset=utf-8")
+      .send(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          title: "Invalid Market Metadata",
+          detail: `Market metadata is too large. Please keep it under ${MAX_METADATA_SIZE_KB}kb.`,
+          message: `Market metadata is too large. Please keep it under ${MAX_METADATA_SIZE_KB}kb.`,
+          context: {
+            maxKb: MAX_METADATA_SIZE_KB,
+            metadataSizeKb: kbSize,
+          },
+        }),
+      );
   }
   try {
     const { cid } = await node.add(
@@ -62,10 +79,6 @@ const POST = async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
       },
     );
 
-    // if (!onlyHash) {
-    //   await node.pin.add(cid);
-    // }
-
     return res.status(200).json({
       message: `Market metadata ${
         onlyHash ? "hashed" : "pinned"
@@ -78,29 +91,3 @@ const POST = async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
     });
   }
 };
-
-// const DELETE = async (req: NextRequest) => {
-//   const { cid } = JSON.parse(await extractBody(req));
-
-//   try {
-//     await node.pin.rm(IPFSHTTPClient.CID.parse(cid));
-
-//     return new Response(
-//       JSON.stringify({
-//         message: `Market metadata(cid: ${cid}) unpinned successfully.`,
-//       }),
-//       {
-//         status: 200,
-//       },
-//     );
-//   } catch (error) {
-//     return new Response(
-//       JSON.stringify({
-//         message: error.message,
-//       }),
-//       {
-//         status: 500,
-//       },
-//     );
-//   }
-// };