Confirmation Code for a user won't work Laravel 5.2

So was able to create a user, no problem. I wanted to add a confirmation code to validate a users email. I was able to have the application send an email to a user with a link. One a user clicks that link it updates the database. Here's the problem this only works when the user is logged out. When they are logged in nothing seems to happen. I don't want to force a new user to log out and verify before he can log in. Anyway here is my AuthController:

protected function create(array $data)

{

    $confirmation_code = str_random(30);



    $user = User::create([

        'name' => $data['name'],

        'email' => $data['email'],

        'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),

        'schoolid' => $data['schoolid'],

        'confirmation_code' => $confirmation_code,

    ]);



    Mail::send('emails.verify', compact('confirmation_code'), function($message) {

        $message->to(Input::get('email'), Input::get('username'))->subject('Verify your email address');

    });



    return $user;



}



 /**

 * Attempt to confirm a users account.

 *

 * @param $confirmation_code

 *

 * @return mixed

 */

 public function confirm($confirmation_code) {

    $user = User::where('confirmation_code', $confirmation_code)->first();

    $user->confirmed = 1;

    $user->confirmation_code = null;

    $user->save();

    return redirect('/');



}

}

I am just showing you the create and confirm methods. If you need more code just let me know. However, I believe my problem may be from this code. Thanks for the help