diff --git a/interface/src/project/SchedulerDialog.tsx b/interface/src/project/SchedulerDialog.tsx
index c1eff1a4d..b168f7c81 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/SchedulerDialog.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/project/SchedulerDialog.tsx
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ const SchedulerDialog = ({
             <ValidatedTextField
               fieldErrors={fieldErrors}
               name="name"
-              label={LL.NAME(0)}
+              label={LL.NAME(0) + ' (' + LL.OPTIONAL() + ')'}
               value={editItem.name}
               fullWidth
               margin="normal"
diff --git a/interface/src/project/validators.ts b/interface/src/project/validators.ts
index 348a46970..60e22256b 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/validators.ts
+++ b/interface/src/project/validators.ts
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ export const schedulerItemValidation = (
 ) =>
   new Schema({
     name: [
-      { required: true, message: 'Name is required' },
       {
         type: 'string',
         pattern: /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.]{1,15}$/,