diff --git a/src/app/services/mailchain/mailchain.service.ts b/src/app/services/mailchain/mailchain.service.ts
index 6acb164..8694b17 100644
--- a/src/app/services/mailchain/mailchain.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/mailchain/mailchain.service.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export class MailchainService {
    * see tests for conditions 
    */
   public validateEnsName(value) {
-    let regex = new RegExp('^([0-9a-zA-Z][0-9a-zA-Z\-]{2,}[\.]){1,}[a-zA-Z]{2,}$')
+    let regex = new RegExp('^([0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}[0-9a-zA-Z\-]{0,}[\.]){1,}[a-zA-Z]{2,}$')
     return regex.test(value)
   };