diff --git a/resources/templates/navbar.tmpl b/resources/templates/navbar.tmpl
index 167a3b2..27a7bda 100644
--- a/resources/templates/navbar.tmpl
+++ b/resources/templates/navbar.tmpl
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
                 <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
                     <a class="navbar-brand navbar-right" href='/logout'><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-off"></span> Logout</a>
-		            <form method='GET' action='/searchuser' class="navbar-form navbar-right" role="search">
+		            <form method='GET' action='/searchuser' class="navbar-form navbar-right" role="search" data-toggle="validator">
                         <div class="form-group">
-                            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="searchstring" placeholder="Search User">
+                            <input type="text" class="form-control" data-minlength="3" name="searchstring" placeholder="Search User" data-error="Too short">
                         </div>
                         <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
                     </form>
diff --git a/resources/templates/searchadmin.tmpl b/resources/templates/searchadmin.tmpl
index e491b8b..8879a5c 100644
--- a/resources/templates/searchadmin.tmpl
+++ b/resources/templates/searchadmin.tmpl
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 <%block name="core">
     <div class="row clearfix">
         <div class="col-md-12 column">
-            <form method='get' action='/searchadmin' role="form" class="form-inline">
+            <form method='get' action='/searchadmin' role="form" class="form-inline" data-toggle="validator">
                 <div class="form-group">
                      <label for="searchstring">Search user to modify/delete</label>
-                     <input type="text" class="form-control" id="searchstring" name="searchstring" placeholder="Search User">
+                     <input type="text" class="form-control" data-minlength="3" data-error="Too short" id="searchstring" name="searchstring" placeholder="Search User">
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
                     <label for="submit">Submit</label>
diff --git a/resources/templates/searchuser.tmpl b/resources/templates/searchuser.tmpl
index c659a47..63f7ce4 100644
--- a/resources/templates/searchuser.tmpl
+++ b/resources/templates/searchuser.tmpl
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 <%block name="core">
     <div class="row clearfix">
         <div class="col-md-12 column">
-            <form method='get' action='/searchuser' role="form" class="form-inline">
+            <form method='get' action='/searchuser' role="form" class="form-inline" data-toggle="validator">
                 <div class="form-group">
                      <label for="searchstring">Search user</label>
-                     <input type="text" id="searchstring" class="form-control" name="searchstring" placeholder="Search User">
+                     <input type="text" id="searchstring" data-minlength="3" data-error="Too short" class="form-control" name="searchstring" placeholder="Search User">
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
                     <label for="submit">Submit</label>