diff --git a/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb
index bd22e8f..d352acf 100644
--- a/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ class ContactsController < ApplicationController
 
   def create
     @contact = Contact.new(params[:contact])
-    if @contact.save
+    if @contact.valid?
+      Notifier.contact_notification(@contact).deliver
       redirect_to(:new_contact, notice: t('contact.thanks'))
     else
       flash[:alert] = t('contact.invalid')
diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index b36d8d3..d58a3d2 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -16,12 +16,4 @@ class Contact
   def read_attribute_for_validation(key)
     send(key)
   end
-
-  def save
-    if self.valid?
-      Notifier.contact_notification(self).deliver
-      return true
-    end
-    false
-  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/contacts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/contacts_controller_spec.rb
index 9a928ff..9fe91d0 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/contacts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/contacts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -16,13 +16,18 @@ describe ContactsController, type: :controller do
 
   describe 'POST create' do
     it 'saves a new contact' do
-      expect_any_instance_of(Contact).to receive(:save).once.and_return(true)
+      valid_contact = double(valid?: true)
+      allow(Contact).to receive(:new).and_return(valid_contact)
+      allow(Notifier).to receive(:contact_notification).and_return(double(deliver: true))
       post :create, contact: contact_params
+
+      expect(Notifier).to have_received(:contact_notification).with(valid_contact)
       expect(flash[:notice]).to eql(I18n.t('contact.thanks'))
       expect(response).to redirect_to(:new_contact)
     end
 
     it 're-renders the form if params are missing' do
+      allow(Contact).to receive(:new).and_return(double(valid?: false))
       post :create, contact: {}
       expect(flash[:alert]).to eql(I18n.t('contact.invalid'))
       expect(response).to render_template(:new)
diff --git a/spec/models/contact_spec.rb b/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
index 7d9f241..214a253 100644
--- a/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
@@ -9,10 +9,4 @@ describe Contact do
   it { should_not allow_value('test@test').for(:email) }
 
   let(:contact) { build(:contact) }
-
-  it 'should send an email' do
-    contact.save
-    expect(ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.last.from).to eql([contact.email])
-    expect(ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.last.to).to eql(['enquiries@danbarberphoto.com'])
-  end
 end