diff --git a/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/__init__.py b/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/__init__.py
index 82db449f6dcae14bc98c6ddaff42af2b2dc4e676..3875d4274a30b328c946d8763709df6dfdb25eb7 100644
--- a/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/__init__.py
+++ b/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def main(global_config, **settings):
     config.add_view(AggregatorConfig, attr='get', request_method='GET')
     config.add_view(AggregatorConfig, attr='put', request_method='PUT')
 
-    config.add_route('aggregator_starter', '/aggregator/control')
+    config.add_route('aggregator_controller', '/aggregator/control')
     config.add_view(AggregatorController, attr='get', request_method='GET')
     config.add_view(AggregatorController, attr='put', request_method='PUT')
 
diff --git a/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/tests.py b/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/tests.py
index 1e4342e8f661e4b14edf3227047311dd0bc168f4..9b2370398a40f5e6dc719dc1cf5f36cbc827bbe9 100644
--- a/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/tests.py
+++ b/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/tests.py
@@ -211,3 +211,31 @@ class TestAggregator(object):
         # kill the started process after the test is over
         pid = request.registry.settings[PROCESS_ATTRIBUTE].pid
         os.kill(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("input_body", [
+        '{"action": "malformed"}',
+        '{"action": true}',
+        '{"action": false}',
+        '{"action": 1}',
+        '{invalid-json}',
+        '{"action": "start", "unneeded_argument": false}',
+        '{}'
+    ])
+    def test_malformed_actions(self, input_body):
+        from clmcservice.views import AggregatorController  # nested import so that importing the class view is part of the test itself
+
+        assert not self.config.get_settings().get(STATUS_ATTRIBUTE), "Initially aggregator is not running."
+        assert self.config.get_settings().get(PROCESS_ATTRIBUTE) is None, "Initially no aggregator process is running."
+
+        # test restarting the aggregator process when it is running
+        request = testing.DummyRequest()
+        input_body = input_body
+        request.body = input_body.encode(request.charset)
+
+        error_raised = False
+        try:
+            AggregatorController(request).put()
+        except HTTPBadRequest:
+            error_raised = True
+
+        assert error_raised
diff --git a/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/views.py b/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/views.py
index 3d235ca2aea833e264095dd90d18cef45dae660d..5d9a8e40930a5466919870300404c48cbda52937 100644
--- a/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/views.py
+++ b/src/clmc-webservice/clmcservice/views.py
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ from clmcservice.utilities import validate_config_content, validate_action_conte
 import os.path
 
 
-# TODO
-# 1) Is authorization needed at this stage ?
-# 2) Validating the URL address and the database name ?
-# 3) Restart the aggregator when configuration is updated
-
-
 @view_defaults(route_name='aggregator_config', renderer='json')
 class AggregatorConfig(object):
     """
@@ -88,7 +82,7 @@ class AggregatorConfig(object):
             raise HTTPBadRequest("Bad request content - configuration format is incorrect.")
 
 
-@view_defaults(route_name='aggregator_starter', renderer='json')
+@view_defaults(route_name='aggregator_controller', renderer='json')
 class AggregatorController(object):
 
     """
@@ -121,7 +115,7 @@ class AggregatorController(object):
         A PUT API call for the status of the aggregator.
 
         :return: A JSON response to the PUT call - essentially saying whether the aggregator is running or not
-        :raises HTTPBadRequest: if request body is not a valid JSON for the starter
+        :raises HTTPBadRequest: if request body is not a valid JSON for the controller
         """
 
         content = self.request.body.decode(self.request.charset)
@@ -152,7 +146,7 @@ class AggregatorController(object):
             return {STATUS_ATTRIBUTE: self.request.registry.settings.get(STATUS_ATTRIBUTE)}
 
         except AssertionError:
-            raise HTTPBadRequest("Bad request content - must be in JSON format: {action: value}, where value is 'start', 'stop' or 'restart'.")
+            raise HTTPBadRequest('Bad request content - must be in JSON format: {"action": value}, where value is "start", "stop" or "restart".')
 
     @staticmethod
     def start_aggregator(config):