diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5d9dd6a..610075f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 					<div class="form-group row">
 						<div class="col-md-6">
 							<label for="create-user-hipchatname">Hipchat Name</label>
-							<input type="text" name="HipchatName" class="form-control" id="create-hipchatname" placeholder="HipchatName" required />
+							<input type="text" name="HipchatName" class="form-control" id="create-hipchatname" placeholder="HipchatName"/>
 						</div>
 					</div>
 					<div class="form-group row">
diff --git a/redoctober.go b/redoctober.go
index 07d1ba5..32cbee7 100644
--- a/redoctober.go
+++ b/redoctober.go
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ var indexHtml = []byte(`<!DOCTYPE html>
 					<div class="form-group row">
 						<div class="col-md-6">
 							<label for="create-user-hipchatname">Hipchat Name</label>
-							<input type="text" name="HipchatName" class="form-control" id="create-hipchatname" placeholder="HipchatName" required />
+							<input type="text" name="HipchatName" class="form-control" id="create-hipchatname" placeholder="HipchatName"/>
 						</div>
 					</div>
 					<div class="form-group row">
