diff --git a/gmailconnector/__init__.py b/gmailconnector/__init__.py
index 93989b4..ddcc429 100644
--- a/gmailconnector/__init__.py
+++ b/gmailconnector/__init__.py
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
 from .send_email import SendEmail  # noqa: F401
 from .send_sms import SendSMS  # noqa: F401
 from .sms_deleter import DeleteSent  # noqa: F401
+from .validator.address import EmailAddress  # noqa: F401
 from .validator.validate_email import validate_email  # noqa: F401
 
-version = "0.7"
+version = "0.8"
 
 
 def load_env(filename: Union[str, os.PathLike] = ".env", scan: bool = False) -> NoReturn:
diff --git a/gmailconnector/send_email.py b/gmailconnector/send_email.py
index c7a0722..6509d38 100644
--- a/gmailconnector/send_email.py
+++ b/gmailconnector/send_email.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 from .models.config import Encryption
 from .models.responder import Response
+from .validator.address import EmailAddress
 
 
 class SendEmail:
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ def send_email(self, subject: str, recipient: Union[str, list] = None,
             raise ValueError(
                 'Cannot proceed without the arg: `recipient`'
             )
+        recipient = EmailAddress(address=recipient).email  # validates recipient before sending email
         if not self._authenticated:
             status = self.authenticate
             if not status.ok:
diff --git a/release_notes.rst b/release_notes.rst
index 357ef54..c996dce 100644
--- a/release_notes.rst
+++ b/release_notes.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+0.7.9 (04/03/2023)
+------------------
+- Validate recipient address format in send_email.py
+- Make validator available on name space package
+- Update test runner
+
 0.7.8 (04/03/2023)
 ------------------
 - Update README.md and python version requirement
diff --git a/test_runner.py b/test_runner.py
index cc59578..744b249 100644
--- a/test_runner.py
+++ b/test_runner.py
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
 import gmailconnector as gc
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - [%(module)s:%(lineno)d] - %(funcName)s - %(message)s'))
+logger.addHandler(handler)
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
 
 gc.load_env(filename="secrets.env")
 
+logger.info("RUNNING TESTS on version: %s", gc.version)
+
 
 def test_run_read_email():
     """Test run read emails."""
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ def test_run_send_sms_ssl():
 
 def test_run_validate_email_smtp_off():
     """Test run on email validator with SMTP disabled."""
-    logger.info("Test initiated on email validator using SMTP enabled.")
+    logger.info("Test initiated on email validator with SMTP disabled.")
     response = gc.validate_email(email_address=os.environ.get("GMAIL_USER"),
                                  smtp_check=False, debug=True, logger=logger)
     assert response.ok, response.body
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ def test_run_validate_email_smtp_off():
 
 def test_run_validate_email_smtp_on():
     """Test run on email validator with SMTP enabled."""
-    logger.info("Test initiated on email validator using SMTP disabled.")
+    logger.info("Test initiated on email validator with SMTP enabled.")
     response = gc.validate_email(email_address=os.environ.get("GMAIL_USER"),
                                  smtp_check=True, debug=True, logger=logger)
     assert response.status <= 299, response.body
@@ -94,10 +98,10 @@ def test_run_validate_email_smtp_on():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    # test_run_validate_email_smtp_off()
-    # test_run_validate_email_smtp_on()
-    # test_run_send_email_tls()
-    # test_run_send_email_ssl()
+    test_run_validate_email_smtp_off()
+    test_run_validate_email_smtp_on()
+    test_run_send_email_tls()
+    test_run_send_email_ssl()
     test_run_send_sms_tls()
     test_run_send_sms_ssl()
-    # test_run_read_email()
+    test_run_read_email()