diff --git a/biomed-frontend/src/app/email.html b/biomed-frontend/src/app/email.html
index 3887540..bb6478e 100644
--- a/biomed-frontend/src/app/email.html
+++ b/biomed-frontend/src/app/email.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <form data-abide ng-submit="send()">
         <div class="name-field">
             <label>Your name <small>required</small>
-               <input type="text" required pattern="[a-zA-Z]+" ng-model="model.name">
+               <input type="text" ng-model="model.name">
             </label>
             <small class="error">Name is required and must be a string.</small>
         </div>