diff --git a/app/Modules/Navigation/BackendController.php b/app/Modules/Navigation/BackendController.php
index 626effe0..c90f1031 100644
--- a/app/Modules/Navigation/BackendController.php
+++ b/app/Modules/Navigation/BackendController.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 use App\Model\Menu;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Modules\ModuleEngine;
-use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
+use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use App\Classes\Repositories\LinkRepository;
 use App\Classes\Repositories\MenuRepository;
 use App\Classes\Repositories\PageRepository;
@@ -80,13 +80,11 @@ public function create()
      * External or Internal Hyperlinks and connections.
      *
      * @param Menu $menu
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
+     * @param Request $request
+     * @return RedirectResponse
      */
     public function store(Request $request, Menu $menu)
     {
-        $request->validate(['title' => 'min:3|max:255|unique:menus,title,NULL,id,deleted_at,NULL|required']);
-
         $this->save($request, $menu);
 
         return redirect()->route('admin.navigation.index');
@@ -125,8 +123,6 @@ public function edit($id)
      */
     public function update(Request $request, $id)
     {
-        $request->validate(['title' => ['min:3|max:255|required', Rule::unique('menus')->ignore($id)]]);
-
         $menu = $this->menus->whereID($id);
 
         $this->save($request, $menu);
@@ -185,7 +181,9 @@ public function reorder(Request $request)
      */
     private function save(Request $request, Menu $menu)
     {
-        $this->validate($request, ['title => required|min:3|max:255']);
+        $this->validate($request, [
+            'title' => 'min:3|max:255|required|unique:menus,title,NULL,id,deleted_at,NULL',
+        ]);
 
         DB::transaction(function () use ($request, $menu) {
             if ($request['linkable_object']) {
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c3c43004..34865086 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
         "fzaninotto/faker": "^1.4",
         "mockery/mockery": "^1.0",
         "nunomaduro/collision": "^2.0",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.0"
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.0",
+        "ext-json": "*"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "files": [
diff --git a/tests/Navigation/NavigationBackendTest.php b/tests/Navigation/NavigationBackendTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67a12fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Navigation/NavigationBackendTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Modules;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use App\Model\Menu;
+use App\Model\Page;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+
+/**
+ * Class NavigationBackendTest.
+ */
+class NavigationBackendTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_can_use_a_title_of_an_already_used_title_once_deleted(): void
+    {
+        $this->signIn();
+
+        // create a menu that has been deleted.
+        $menu = factory(Menu::class)->create(['title' => 'foo', 'deleted_at' => Carbon::now()->timestamp]);
+
+        // create a new page for the new menu
+        $new_page = factory(Page::class)->create();
+
+        // encode to json for creation of a new link model
+        $encoding = json_encode(['key' => $new_page->id, 'class' => $new_page->getMorphClass()]);
+
+        // generate teh new menu with the encoding
+        $new_menu = factory(Menu::class)->make(['title' => 'foo', 'linkable_object' => $encoding]);
+
+        // get a request from the dashboard once passing the model to the url.
+        $request = $this->post('/admin/navigation/', $new_menu->toArray());
+
+        // make sure the database has the new menu added.
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('menus', ['title' => 'foo', 'page_id' => $new_menu->page->id]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_can_change_the_title_to_an_already_used_title_that_was_removed() : void
+    {
+        $this->signIn();
+
+        // A menu that has been deleted.
+        $menu = factory(Menu::class)->create(['title' => 'foo', 'deleted_at' => Carbon::now()->timestamp]);
+
+        // the current menu to be changed
+        /** @var Menu $current_menu */
+        $current_menu = factory(Menu::class)->create(['title' => 'bar']);
+
+        // set its title back to foo.
+        $current_menu->setAttribute('title', 'foo');
+
+        // send the new menu as a
+        $request = $this->patch("/admin/navigation/{$current_menu->id}", $current_menu->toArray());
+
+        // assert the database has the changed details.
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('menus', ['title' => 'foo', 'id' => $current_menu->getKey()]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Common/NavigationTest.php b/tests/Navigation/NavigationModelTest.php
similarity index 95%
rename from tests/Common/NavigationTest.php
rename to tests/Navigation/NavigationModelTest.php
index 3f96d910..46737533 100644
--- a/tests/Common/NavigationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Navigation/NavigationModelTest.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 /**
  * Class NavigationTest.
  */
-class NavigationTest extends TestCase
+class NavigationModelTest extends TestCase
 {
     /**
      * @test