diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index 77bcfeaab..75b367fb9 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ sub_regex = re.compile('(?<![\w/])\/?([hH]\/(\w|-){3,25})' + NOT_IN_CODE_OR_LINK
 
 strikethrough_regex = re.compile('(^|\s|>|")~{1,2}([^~]+)~{1,2}' + NOT_IN_CODE_OR_LINKS, flags=re.A)
 
-mute_regex = re.compile("\/mute @?([\w\-]{3,30}) ([0-9]+)", flags=re.A|re.I)
+mute_regex = re.compile("\/mute @?([\w\-]{1,30}) ([0-9]+)", flags=re.A|re.I)
 
 emoji_regex = re.compile(f"<p>\s*(:[!#@\w\-]{{1,72}}:\s*)+<\/p>", flags=re.A)
 emoji_regex2 = re.compile(f'(?<!"):([!#@\w\-]{{1,72}}?):(?!([^<]*<\/(code|pre)>|[^`]*`))', flags=re.A)
diff --git a/files/templates/submit_emojis.html b/files/templates/submit_emojis.html
index 0208036b4..de0549b38 100644
--- a/files/templates/submit_emojis.html
+++ b/files/templates/submit_emojis.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="name" class="form-control" name="name" maxlength="30" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,30}' placeholder="Required" value="{{name}}" required>
 
 							<label class="mt-3" for="author">Author</label>
-							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="author" class="form-control" name="author" maxlength="30" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{3,30}' placeholder="Required" value="{{username}}" required>
+							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="author" class="form-control" name="author" maxlength="30" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{1,30}' placeholder="Required" value="{{username}}" required>
 
 							<label class="mt-3" for="tags">Tags (must be separated by spaces)</label>
 							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="tags" class="form-control" name="tags" maxlength="200" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9: ]{1,200}' placeholder="Required" value="{{tags}}" required>
diff --git a/files/templates/submit_hats.html b/files/templates/submit_hats.html
index d0f87f929..49cc570a1 100644
--- a/files/templates/submit_hats.html
+++ b/files/templates/submit_hats.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="name" class="form-control" name="name" maxlength="50" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9\-() ,_]{1,50}' placeholder="Required" value="{{name}}" required>
 
 							<label class="mt-3" for="author">Author</label>
-							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="author" class="form-control" name="author" maxlength="30" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{3,30}' placeholder="Required" value="{{username}}" required>
+							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="author" class="form-control" name="author" maxlength="30" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{1,30}' placeholder="Required" value="{{username}}" required>
 
 							<label class="mt-3" for="description">Description</label>
 							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="description" class="form-control" name="description" maxlength="300" pattern='[^<>&\n\t]{1,300}' placeholder="Required" value="{{description}}" required>