diff --git a/benchmarks.go b/benchmarks.go
index 99102e7..e371329 100644
--- a/benchmarks.go
+++ b/benchmarks.go
@@ -135,13 +135,13 @@ func postBenchmarkCreate(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	description := strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm("description"))
-	if len(description) > 500 || description == "" {
+	if len(description) > 500 {
 		c.HTML(http.StatusUnauthorized, "error.tmpl", gin.H{
 			"activePage": "error",
 			"username":   session.Get("Username"),
 			"userID":     session.Get("ID"),
 
-			"errorMessage": "Description must not be empty or exceed 500 characters",
+			"errorMessage": "Description must not exceed 500 characters",
 		})
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/templates/benchmark_create.tmpl b/templates/benchmark_create.tmpl
index a584679..cf5a726 100644
--- a/templates/benchmark_create.tmpl
+++ b/templates/benchmark_create.tmpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </div>
   <div class="mb-3">
     <label for="exampleInputPassword1" class="form-label">Description</label>
-    <textarea id="exampleInputPassword1" class="form-control" rows="4" placeholder="Description of your benchmark" required name="description" maxlength="500"></textarea>
+    <textarea id="exampleInputPassword1" class="form-control" rows="4" placeholder="Description of your benchmark" name="description" maxlength="500"></textarea>
   </div>
   <div class="mb-3">
     <label for="inputGroupFile01" class="form-label">CSV file(s)</label>