diff --git a/server/src/account.rs b/server/src/account.rs
index 30a37c53..5aa655d3 100644
--- a/server/src/account.rs
+++ b/server/src/account.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ pub fn account_create(params: AccountCreateParams, tx: &mut Transaction) -> Resu
         return Err(err_msg("password must be at least 12 characters"));
     }
 
+    if params.name.len() == 0 {
+        return Err(err_msg("account name not supplied"));
+    }
+
     let rounds = 8;
     let password = hash(&params.password, rounds)?;