diff --git a/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html b/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html
index ffda79c1e..93061df24 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html
+++ b/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplication.html
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
                       ng-model="ctrl.formValues.Name"
                       ng-change="ctrl.onChangeName()"
                       placeholder="my-app"
-                      ng-pattern="/^[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$/"
+                      ng-pattern="/^[a-z]([a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$/"
                       auto-focus
                       required
                       ng-disabled="ctrl.state.isEdit"
@@ -122,14 +122,16 @@
                   <div class="col-sm-12 small text-warning">
                     <div ng-messages="kubernetesApplicationCreationForm.application_name.$error">
                       <p ng-message="required"><i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true"></i> This field is required.</p>
-                      <p ng-message="pattern"
-                        ><i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true"></i> This field must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', and contain at most 63
-                        characters, and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name', or 'abc-123').</p
-                      >
+                      <p ng-message="pattern">
+                        <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                        This field must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-', contain at most 63 characters, start with an alphabetic character, and end with an
+                        alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name', or 'abc-123').
+                      </p>
                     </div>
-                    <p ng-if="ctrl.state.alreadyExists"
-                      ><i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true"></i> An application with the same name already exists inside the selected namespace.</p
-                    >
+                    <p ng-if="ctrl.state.alreadyExists">
+                      <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                      An application with the same name already exists inside the selected namespace.
+                    </p>
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <!-- #endregion -->