diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringGroups.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringGroups.pm
index beb3d0c47e..ff6b4a3445 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringGroups.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringGroups.pm
@@ -111,8 +111,10 @@ sub POST :Allow {
             resource => $resource,
             form => $form,
         );
-        $resource = $form->custom_get_values;
         last unless $resource;
+
+        $resource = $self->process_form_resource($c, undef, undef, $resource, $form);
+
         my $item;
         my $dup_item = $c->model('DB')->resultset('voip_peer_groups')->find({
             name => $resource->{name},
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringGroupsItem.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringGroupsItem.pm
index f6e0de5f72..25a98b46a2 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringGroupsItem.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringGroupsItem.pm
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@ sub PATCH :Allow {
 
         my $item = $self->item_by_id($c, $id);
         last unless $self->resource_exists($c, peeringgroup => $item);
-        my $old_resource = { $item->get_inflated_columns };
+
+        my $form = $self->get_form($c);
+        my $old_resource = $self->resource_from_item($c, $item, $form);
         my $resource = $self->apply_patch($c, $old_resource, $json);
         last unless $resource;
 
-        my $form = $self->get_form($c);
         $item = $self->update_item($c, $item, $old_resource, $resource, $form);
         last unless $item;
 
@@ -89,9 +90,10 @@ sub PUT :Allow {
             media_type => 'application/json',
         );
         last unless $resource;
-        my $old_resource = { $item->get_inflated_columns };
 
         my $form = $self->get_form($c);
+        my $old_resource = $self->resource_from_item($c, $item, $form);
+
         $item = $self->update_item($c, $item, $old_resource, $resource, $form);
         last unless $item;
 
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Form/Peering/GroupAPI.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Form/Peering/GroupAPI.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e683febb6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Form/Peering/GroupAPI.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package NGCP::Panel::Form::Peering::GroupAPI;
+
+use HTML::FormHandler::Moose;
+extends 'HTML::FormHandler';
+
+has_field 'contract_id' => (
+    type => 'PosInteger',
+    required => 1,
+    element_attr => {
+        rel => ['tooltip'],
+        title => ['The contract used for this peering group.']
+    },
+);
+
+has_field 'name' => (
+    type => 'Text',
+    required => 1,
+    element_attr => {
+        rel => ['tooltip'],
+        title => ['Peering group name.']
+    },
+);
+
+has_field 'priority' => (
+    type => 'IntRange',
+    required => 0,
+    range_start => '1',
+    range_end => '9',
+);
+
+has_field 'time_set_id' => (
+    type => 'PosInteger',
+    required => 0,
+    element_attr => {
+        rel => ['tooltip'],
+        title => ['By specifying a TimeSet the periods during which this group is active can be restricted.']
+    },
+);
+
+has_field 'description' => (
+    type => 'Text',
+    required => 0,
+    element_attr => {
+        rel => ['tooltip'],
+        title => ['Peering group description'],
+    },
+);
+
+
+1;
+# vim: set tabstop=4 expandtab:
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/PeeringGroups.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/PeeringGroups.pm
index 683d2ead14..03414af814 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/PeeringGroups.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/PeeringGroups.pm
@@ -24,13 +24,12 @@ sub _item_rs {
 
 sub get_form {
     my ($self, $c) = @_;
-    return NGCP::Panel::Form::get("NGCP::Panel::Form::Peering::Group", $c);
+    return NGCP::Panel::Form::get("NGCP::Panel::Form::Peering::GroupAPI", $c);
 }
 
 sub hal_from_item {
     my ($self, $c, $item, $form) = @_;
-    my %resource = $item->get_inflated_columns;
-    $resource{contract_id} = delete $resource{peering_contract_id};
+    my $resource = $self->resource_from_item($c, $item);
     my $hal = Data::HAL->new(
         links => [
             Data::HAL::Link->new(
@@ -53,15 +52,15 @@ sub hal_from_item {
 
     $self->validate_form(
         c => $c,
-        resource => \%resource,
+        resource => $resource,
         form => $form,
         run => 0,
     );
 
-    $resource{id} = int($item->id);
+    $resource->{id} = int($item->id);
 
-    $self->expand_fields($c, \%resource);
-    $hal->resource({%resource});
+    $self->expand_fields($c, $resource);
+    $hal->resource($resource);
     return $hal;
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +70,23 @@ sub item_by_id {
     return $item_rs->find($id);
 }
 
+sub resource_from_item {
+    my ($self, $c, $item, $form) = @_;
+
+    my $resource = { $item->get_inflated_columns };
+    $resource->{contract_id} = delete $resource->{peering_contract_id};
+
+    return $resource;
+}
+
+sub process_form_resource {
+    my ($self, $c, $item, $old_resource, $resource, $form) = @_;
+
+    $resource->{peering_contract_id} = delete $resource->{contract_id};
+
+    return $resource;
+}
+
 sub update_item {
     my ($self, $c, $item, $old_resource, $resource, $form) = @_;
 
@@ -80,9 +96,10 @@ sub update_item {
         form => $form,
         resource => $resource,
     );
-    $resource = $form->custom_get_values;
     last unless $resource;
 
+    $resource = $self->process_form_resource($c, $item, $old_resource, $resource, $form);
+
     my $dup_item = $c->model('DB')->resultset('voip_peer_groups')->find({
         name => $resource->{name},
     });