diff --git a/client/src/components/instance.create.form.jsx b/client/src/components/instance.create.form.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2045fa82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/instance.create.form.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+const preact = require('preact');
+const { connect } = require('preact-redux');
+const { Component } = require('preact');
+
+const addState = connect(
+    function receiveState(state) {
+        const { ws, selectedCryps } = state;
+
+        function sendInstanceNew(sCryps, name, players) {
+            if (sCryps.length) {
+                return ws.sendInstanceNew(sCryps, name, players);
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return {
+            sendInstanceNew,
+            selectedCryps,
+        };
+    }
+);
+
+class InstanceCreateForm extends Component {
+    constructor(props) {
+        super(props);
+
+        this.state = { players: 1, name: '' };
+
+        const { sendInstanceNew, selectedCryps } = props;
+
+        this.sendInstanceNew = sendInstanceNew.bind(this);
+
+        this.nameChange = this.nameChange.bind(this);
+        this.playersChange = this.playersChange.bind(this);
+        this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);
+    }
+
+    playersChange(event) {
+        this.setState({ players: Number(event.target.value) });
+    }
+
+    nameChange(event) {
+        this.setState({ name: event.target.value });
+    }
+
+    handleSubmit(event) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        this.sendInstanceNew(this.props.selectedCryps, this.state.name, this.state.players);
+        this.setState({ name: '', players: 2 });
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <div
+                className="">
+                <div className="create-form">
+                    <div>+</div>
+                    <label>instance name</label>
+                    <input
+                        className="login-input"
+                        type="text"
+                        value={this.state.value}
+                        placeholder="name"
+                        onChange={this.nameChange}
+                    />
+                    <label htmlFor="playerSelect">players</label>
+                    <select id="playerSelect"
+                        onChange={this.playersChange}
+                        >
+                        <option value={1}>pve</option>
+                        <option selected value={2}>2</option>
+                        <option value={4}>4</option>
+                        <option value={8}>8</option>
+                        <option value={16}>16</option>
+                    </select>
+                    <button
+                        onClick={this.handleSubmit}
+                        type="submit">
+                        create
+                    </button>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = addState(InstanceCreateForm);
diff --git a/server/src/instance.rs b/server/src/instance.rs
index f0e83098..e3dc14ce 100644
--- a/server/src/instance.rs
+++ b/server/src/instance.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ impl Instance {
             .position(|p| p.id == player_id)
             .ok_or(err_msg("player_id not found"))?;
 
+        if self.players[i].cryps.iter().all(|c| c.skills.len() == 0) {
+            return Err(err_msg("your cryps have no skills"));
+        }
+
         self.players[i].set_ready(true);
 
         if self.phase == InstancePhase::Lobby && self.can_start() {