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..a08f6cb0f 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/validators.ts
+++ b/interface/src/project/validators.ts
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ export const uniqueNameValidator = (schedule: ScheduleItem[], o_name?: string) =
   ) {
     if (
       (o_name === undefined || o_name !== name) &&
+      name !== '' &&
       schedule.find((si) => si.name === name)
     ) {
       callback('Name already in use');
@@ -303,10 +304,9 @@ export const schedulerItemValidation = (
 ) =>
   new Schema({
     name: [
-      { required: true, message: 'Name is required' },
       {
         type: 'string',
-        pattern: /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.]{1,15}$/,
+        pattern: /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.]{0,15}$/,
         message: "Must be <15 characters: alpha numeric, '_' or '.'"
       },
       ...[uniqueNameValidator(schedule, scheduleItem.o_name)]