diff --git a/app/controllers/api/attachments_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/attachments_controller.rb
index 37e827b5..dca89f67 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/attachments_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/attachments_controller.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,21 @@ module Api
     def create
       submitter = Submitter.find_by!(slug: params[:submitter_slug])
 
-      if params[:type].in?(%w[initials signature]) && ImageUtils.blank?(Vips::Image.new_from_file(params[:file].path))
-        Rollbar.error("Empty signature: #{submitter.id}") if defined?(Rollbar)
+      if params[:type].in?(%w[initials signature])
+        image = Vips::Image.new_from_file(params[:file].path)
 
-        return render json: { error: "#{params[:type]} is empty" }, status: :unprocessable_entity
+        if ImageUtils.blank?(image)
+          Rollbar.error("Empty signature: #{submitter.id}") if defined?(Rollbar)
+
+          return render json: { error: "#{params[:type]} is empty" }, status: :unprocessable_entity
+        end
+
+        if ImageUtils.error?(image)
+          Rollbar.error("Error signature: #{submitter.id}") if defined?(Rollbar)
+
+          return render json: { error: "#{params[:type]} error, try to sign on another device" },
+                        status: :unprocessable_entity
+        end
       end
 
       attachment = Submitters.create_attachment!(submitter, params)
diff --git a/lib/image_utils.rb b/lib/image_utils.rb
index d29fc8f9..8e7aa094 100644
--- a/lib/image_utils.rb
+++ b/lib/image_utils.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,12 @@ module ImageUtils
 
     false
   end
+
+  def error?(image)
+    image = image.crop(0, 0, image.width / 4, 2)
+
+    row1, row2 = image.to_a
+
+    row1[3..] == row2[..-4] && row1.each_cons(2).none? { |a, b| a == b }
+  end
 end