diff --git a/frontend/src/app/ui/user-profile/user-profile.component.html b/frontend/src/app/ui/user-profile/user-profile.component.html
index 2c235790a..3a6e3a19e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/ui/user-profile/user-profile.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/ui/user-profile/user-profile.component.html
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 						<div class="col">
 							<div class="row">
 								<div class="col-auto mb-1 field-title">{{'USER-PROFILE.SETTINGS.NAME' | translate}} 
+                                    &nbsp;*<small class="required-text">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate }}</small>
                                 </div>
 							</div>
 							<div class="row">
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 									<mat-form-field>
 										<input matInput type="text" name="name" placeholder="{{'USER-PROFILE.SETTINGS.NAME' | translate}}" [formControl]="formGroup.get('name')">
                                         <mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('name').hasError('backendError')">{{formGroup.get('name').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
+                                        <mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('name').hasError('required')">{{'COMMONS.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
 
 									</mat-form-field>
 								</div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/ui/user-profile/user-profile.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/ui/user-profile/user-profile.component.ts
index 08ecfba33..75e04949b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/ui/user-profile/user-profile.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/ui/user-profile/user-profile.component.ts
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ export class UserProfileComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnInit, OnDes
 		});
 	}
 
-	printErrors(rootform: UntypedFormGroup) { //TODO this is wrong
+	printErrors(rootform: UntypedFormGroup) {
 		if (!rootform.valid) {
 			Object.keys(rootform.controls).forEach(key => {
 				const errors = rootform.get(key).errors;