diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 2cc24bd9..0fe0b62b 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   accountLookupController,
   accountSearchController,
   accountStatusesController,
+  createAccountController,
   relationshipsController,
   updateCredentialsController,
   verifyCredentialsController,
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ app.post('/oauth/revoke', emptyObjectController);
 app.post('/oauth/authorize', oauthAuthorizeController);
 app.get('/oauth/authorize', oauthController);
 
+app.post('/api/v1/acccounts', createAccountController);
 app.get('/api/v1/accounts/verify_credentials', requireAuth, verifyCredentialsController);
 app.patch('/api/v1/accounts/update_credentials', requireAuth, updateCredentialsController);
 app.get('/api/v1/accounts/search', accountSearchController);
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
index 49a4ab5b..d42ebb07 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import { signEvent } from '@/sign.ts';
 import { toAccount, toStatus } from '@/transmute.ts';
 import { buildLinkHeader, eventDateComparator, lookupAccount, paginationSchema, parseBody } from '@/utils.ts';
 
+const createAccountController: AppController = (c) => {
+  return c.json({ error: 'Please log in with Nostr.' }, 405);
+};
+
 const verifyCredentialsController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const pubkey = c.get('pubkey')!;
 
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ export {
   accountLookupController,
   accountSearchController,
   accountStatusesController,
+  createAccountController,
   relationshipsController,
   updateCredentialsController,
   verifyCredentialsController,