diff --git a/app/src/app.service.ts b/app/src/app.service.ts
index 3024d5d..674685b 100644
--- a/app/src/app.service.ts
+++ b/app/src/app.service.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ import {
   CreateLobbyEvent,
   emitUpdateLobbyEvent,
   JoinLobbyEvent,
-  ServerEvent,
 } from 'interface';
 import { createWsExceptionFilter } from './websocket-exception-filter';
 import {
+  InvalidPlayerNameException,
   MissingPlayerNameException,
   PlayerNotFoundException,
 } from './exceptions';
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export class AppService implements OnGatewayConnection {
     createWsExceptionFilter([
       PlayerNotFoundException,
       MissingPlayerNameException,
+      InvalidPlayerNameException,
     ]),
   )
   @SubscribeMessage(ClientEvent.CREATE_LOBBY)
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export class AppService implements OnGatewayConnection {
     createWsExceptionFilter([
       PlayerNotFoundException,
       MissingPlayerNameException,
+      InvalidPlayerNameException,
     ]),
   )
   @SubscribeMessage(ClientEvent.JOIN_LOBBY)
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ export class AppService implements OnGatewayConnection {
       event.lobbyId,
     );
     const playerNames = game.players.map((player) => player.userName);
-    game.players.forEach((player) => 
+    game.players.forEach((player) =>
       emitUpdateLobbyEvent(player.socket, {
         playerNames: playerNames,
         gameCode: game.gameCode,
diff --git a/app/src/exceptions.ts b/app/src/exceptions.ts
index 886ad1b..67ad805 100644
--- a/app/src/exceptions.ts
+++ b/app/src/exceptions.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ export class MissingPlayerNameException extends WebSocketException {
   }
 }
 
+export class InvalidPlayerNameException extends WebSocketException {
+  constructor(userName: string) {
+    super('Invalid player name: ' + userName, ErrorCode.INVALID_USER_NAME);
+  }
+}
+
 export class PlayerNotFoundException extends WebSocketException {
   constructor(playerId: string) {
     super(
diff --git a/app/src/players/player.service.ts b/app/src/players/player.service.ts
index 16fbf82..b6c4b3c 100644
--- a/app/src/players/player.service.ts
+++ b/app/src/players/player.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Player } from './player';
 import {
+  InvalidPlayerNameException,
   MissingPlayerNameException,
   PlayerNotFoundException,
 } from 'src/exceptions';
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import { Socket } from 'socket.io/dist/socket';
 export class PlayerService {
   private readonly logger = new Logger(PlayerService.name);
   private readonly players: Map<string, Player> = new Map();
+  private readonly userNameValidator: RegExp = /(^[a-zA-Z]){1,20}$/;
 
   createPlayer(socket: Socket) {
     const player: Player = new Player(socket);
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ export class PlayerService {
     if (!userName) {
       throw new MissingPlayerNameException();
     }
+    if (!this.userNameValidator.test(userName)) {
+      throw new InvalidPlayerNameException(userName);
+    }
     this.players.get(socketId).userName = userName;
   }
 
diff --git a/app/src/players/player.ts b/app/src/players/player.ts
index 0ca0e3e..64e1abf 100644
--- a/app/src/players/player.ts
+++ b/app/src/players/player.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Socket } from "socket.io";
+import { Socket } from 'socket.io';
 
 export class Player {
   socketId: string;
diff --git a/interface/server-events/ServerError.ts b/interface/server-events/ServerError.ts
index 8ba99a3..c1789c1 100644
--- a/interface/server-events/ServerError.ts
+++ b/interface/server-events/ServerError.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ export enum ServerError {
 export enum ErrorCode {
   PLAYER_NOT_FOUND = "player-not-found",
   GAME_NOT_FOUND = "game-not-found",
-  MISSING_USER_NAME = "player-user-name-not-found",
+  MISSING_USER_NAME = "missing-player-name",
+  INVALID_USER_NAME = "invalid-player-name",
 }
diff --git a/web/src/pages/landing/LandingPage.scss b/web/src/pages/landing/LandingPage.scss
index ff0c9c7..4b01e2c 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/landing/LandingPage.scss
+++ b/web/src/pages/landing/LandingPage.scss
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
         margin: auto;
         width: 20%;
         min-width: 300px;
+
+        #error-message {
+            color: #222;
+        }
     }
 
     > div {
diff --git a/web/src/pages/landing/LandingPage.tsx b/web/src/pages/landing/LandingPage.tsx
index 2b7abd5..255318d 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/landing/LandingPage.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/landing/LandingPage.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import {
+  attachHandlerToCreateLobbyError,
   CreateLobbyEvent,
+  ErrorCode,
   handleCreateLobby,
   handleJoinLobby,
   JoinLobbyEvent,
 } from "interface";
-import React, { ChangeEvent } from "react";
+import React, { ChangeEvent, useState } from "react";
 import { Socket } from "socket.io-client";
 import "./LandingPage.scss";
 
@@ -24,6 +26,21 @@ const LandingPage = (props: LandingPageProps) => {
   const registerLobbyId = (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) =>
     (joinLobbyPayload.lobbyId = event.target.value);
 
+  const [receivedError, setReceivedError] = useState("" as ErrorCode);
+  const userNameErrorCodesToMessageMap = new Map([
+    [ErrorCode.MISSING_USER_NAME, "Introduce your player name"],
+    [
+      ErrorCode.INVALID_USER_NAME,
+      "Player name must be letters or spaces only and up to 25 characters",
+    ],
+  ]);
+  const userNameErrorMessage =
+    userNameErrorCodesToMessageMap.get(receivedError);
+
+  attachHandlerToCreateLobbyError(socket, (event) =>
+    setReceivedError(event.error),
+  );
+
   return (
     <div className="landing-page">
       <div>
@@ -34,7 +51,11 @@ const LandingPage = (props: LandingPageProps) => {
           <input
             placeholder="Enter username"
             onChange={registerUsername}
+            maxLength={20}
           ></input>
+          {userNameErrorMessage && (
+            <small id="error-message">{userNameErrorMessage}</small>
+          )}
           <button onClick={() => handleCreateLobby(socket, createLobbyPayload)}>
             Create Lobby
           </button>
@@ -43,6 +64,7 @@ const LandingPage = (props: LandingPageProps) => {
           <input
             placeholder="Enter Lobby Id"
             onChange={registerLobbyId}
+            maxLength={5}
           ></input>
           <button
             className="secondary"