diff --git a/interface/package.json b/interface/package.json
index ff6c3d701..c23ef06f2 100644
--- a/interface/package.json
+++ b/interface/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "@mui/material": "^5.15.20",
     "@table-library/react-table-library": "4.1.7",
     "@types/lodash-es": "^4.17.12",
-    "@types/node": "^20.14.7",
+    "@types/node": "^20.14.8",
     "@types/react": "^18.3.3",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.3.0",
     "@types/react-router-dom": "^5.3.3",
diff --git a/interface/src/project/CustomEntities.tsx b/interface/src/project/CustomEntities.tsx
index 9e3402767..77b95fad8 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/CustomEntities.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/project/CustomEntities.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { useI18nContext } from 'i18n/i18n-react';
 import * as EMSESP from './api';
 import SettingsCustomEntitiesDialog from './CustomEntitiesDialog';
 import { DeviceValueTypeNames, DeviceValueUOM_s } from './types';
-import type { EntityItem } from './types';
+import type { Entities, EntityItem } from './types';
 import { entityItemValidation } from './validators';
 
 const CustomEntities: FC = () => {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const CustomEntities: FC = () => {
   });
 
   const { send: writeEntities } = useRequest(
-    (data: { id: number; entity_ids: string[] }) => EMSESP.writeCustomEntities(data),
+    (data: Entities) => EMSESP.writeCustomEntities(data),
     { immediate: false }
   );
 
@@ -236,7 +236,11 @@ const CustomEntities: FC = () => {
 
     return (
       <Table
-        data={{ nodes: entities.filter((ei) => !ei.deleted) }}
+        data={{
+          nodes: entities
+            .filter((ei) => !ei.deleted)
+            .sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
+        }}
         theme={entity_theme}
         layout={{ custom: true }}
       >
@@ -295,7 +299,7 @@ const CustomEntities: FC = () => {
           onClose={onDialogClose}
           onSave={onDialogSave}
           selectedItem={selectedEntityItem}
-          validator={entityItemValidation()}
+          validator={entityItemValidation(entities, selectedEntityItem)}
         />
       )}
 
diff --git a/interface/src/project/CustomEntitiesDialog.tsx b/interface/src/project/CustomEntitiesDialog.tsx
index c9351b80e..1863ca337 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/CustomEntitiesDialog.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/project/CustomEntitiesDialog.tsx
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ const CustomEntitiesDialog = ({
               <TextField
                 name="value"
                 label={LL.DEFAULT(0) + ' ' + LL.VALUE(0)}
-                value={editItem.value}
+                type="string"
+                value={editItem.value as string}
                 variant="outlined"
                 onChange={updateFormValue}
                 fullWidth
@@ -177,7 +178,8 @@ const CustomEntitiesDialog = ({
                   label={LL.ID_OF(LL.TYPE(1))}
                   margin="normal"
                   fullWidth
-                  value={editItem.type_id}
+                  type="string"
+                  value={editItem.type_id as string}
                   onChange={updateFormValue}
                   inputProps={{ style: { textTransform: 'uppercase' } }}
                   InputProps={{
diff --git a/interface/src/project/Scheduler.tsx b/interface/src/project/Scheduler.tsx
index 7b76d2d03..cc97d73a3 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/Scheduler.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/project/Scheduler.tsx
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ const Scheduler: FC = () => {
         data={{
           nodes: schedule
             .filter((si) => !si.deleted)
-            .sort((a, b) => a.cmd.localeCompare(b.cmd))
+            .sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
         }}
         theme={schedule_theme}
         layout={{ custom: true }}
diff --git a/interface/src/project/api.ts b/interface/src/project/api.ts
index 611e15c08..70438d854 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/api.ts
+++ b/interface/src/project/api.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ export const readCustomEntities = () =>
       return (data as Entities).entities.map((ei: EntityItem) => ({
         ...ei,
         o_id: ei.id,
+        o_ram: ei.ram,
         o_device_id: ei.device_id,
         o_type_id: ei.type_id,
         o_offset: ei.offset,
@@ -141,9 +142,10 @@ export const readCustomEntities = () =>
         o_value_type: ei.value_type,
         o_name: ei.name,
         o_writeable: ei.writeable,
+        o_value: ei.value,
         o_deleted: ei.deleted
       }));
     }
   });
-export const writeCustomEntities = (data: { id: number; entity_ids: string[] }) =>
+export const writeCustomEntities = (data: Entities) =>
   alovaInstance.Post('/rest/customEntities', data);
diff --git a/interface/src/project/validators.ts b/interface/src/project/validators.ts
index 3118d18de..168685da6 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/validators.ts
+++ b/interface/src/project/validators.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ import Schema from 'async-validator';
 import type { InternalRuleItem } from 'async-validator';
 import { IP_OR_HOSTNAME_VALIDATOR } from 'validators/shared';
 
-import type { AnalogSensor, DeviceValue, ScheduleItem, Settings } from './types';
+import type {
+  AnalogSensor,
+  DeviceValue,
+  EntityItem,
+  ScheduleItem,
+  Settings
+} from './types';
 
 export const GPIO_VALIDATOR = {
   validator(
@@ -297,10 +303,10 @@ export const schedulerItemValidation = (
 ) =>
   new Schema({
     name: [
+      { required: true, message: 'Name is required' },
       {
-        required: true,
         type: 'string',
-        pattern: /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.]{0,15}$/,
+        pattern: /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.]{1,15}$/,
         message: "Must be <15 characters: alpha numeric, '_' or '.'"
       },
       ...[uniqueNameValidator(schedule, scheduleItem.o_name)]
@@ -316,7 +322,27 @@ export const schedulerItemValidation = (
     ]
   });
 
-export const entityItemValidation = () =>
+export const uniqueCustomNameValidator = (
+  entity: EntityItem[],
+  o_name?: string
+) => ({
+  validator(
+    rule: InternalRuleItem,
+    name: string,
+    callback: (error?: string) => void
+  ) {
+    if (
+      (o_name === undefined || o_name !== name) &&
+      entity.find((ei) => ei.name === name)
+    ) {
+      callback('Name already in use');
+    } else {
+      callback();
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+export const entityItemValidation = (entity: EntityItem[], entityItem: EntityItem) =>
   new Schema({
     name: [
       { required: true, message: 'Name is required' },
@@ -324,7 +350,8 @@ export const entityItemValidation = () =>
         type: 'string',
         pattern: /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.]{1,15}$/,
         message: "Must be <15 characters: alpha numeric, '_' or '.'"
-      }
+      },
+      ...[uniqueCustomNameValidator(entity, entityItem.o_name)]
     ],
     device_id: [
       {
diff --git a/interface/yarn.lock b/interface/yarn.lock
index 2d4d3d0a1..168e6e573 100644
--- a/interface/yarn.lock
+++ b/interface/yarn.lock
@@ -1760,12 +1760,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/node@npm:^20.14.7":
-  version: 20.14.7
-  resolution: "@types/node@npm:20.14.7"
+"@types/node@npm:^20.14.8":
+  version: 20.14.8
+  resolution: "@types/node@npm:20.14.8"
   dependencies:
     undici-types: "npm:~5.26.4"
-  checksum: 10c0/6211ffe86f769a58617e3bdca58610256021ef54bd99d2c442ee6109196cd6ee8e0bcd1cfac0e39bf4bb353f8900fa5fae540485a03816bd91ad1f86a0e18512
+  checksum: 10c0/06d4643fa3b179b41fe19f9c75c240278ca1f7a313b3b837bc36ea119499c7ad77f06bbe72694ac04aa91ec77fe747baa09b889f4c435450c1724a26bd55f160
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "npm:^4.3.0"
     "@types/babel__core": "npm:^7"
     "@types/lodash-es": "npm:^4.17.12"
-    "@types/node": "npm:^20.14.7"
+    "@types/node": "npm:^20.14.8"
     "@types/react": "npm:^18.3.3"
     "@types/react-dom": "npm:^18.3.0"
     "@types/react-router-dom": "npm:^5.3.3"