diff --git a/templates/applications/fragments/environments.html b/templates/applications/fragments/environments.html
index 8ea06585..923d41a9 100644
--- a/templates/applications/fragments/environments.html
+++ b/templates/applications/fragments/environments.html
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                       <li class="accordion-table__item-toggle-content__expanded">
                         <form action="{{ url_for('applications.update_environment', environment_id=env['id']) }}" method="post" v-on:submit="handleSubmit">
                           {{ edit_form.csrf_token }}
-                          {{ TextInput(edit_form.name, validation='requiredField') }}
+                          {{ TextInput(edit_form.name, validation='requiredField', optional=False) }}
                           {{
                             SaveButton(
                               text=("common.save" | translate)