diff --git a/src/web/account.js b/src/web/account.js
index d95582e1..8890ff06 100644
--- a/src/web/account.js
+++ b/src/web/account.js
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ function handleAccountChannelPage(req, res) {
 
     db.channels.listUserChannels(req.user.name, function (err, channels) {
         sendPug(res, "account-channels", {
+            domain: req.host,
             channels: channels
         });
     });
diff --git a/templates/account-channels.pug b/templates/account-channels.pug
index ab0de34f..0b05e346 100644
--- a/templates/account-channels.pug
+++ b/templates/account-channels.pug
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ html(lang="en")
                 input(type="hidden", name="action", value="new_channel")
                 .form-group
                   label.control-label(for="channelname") Channel URL
-                  span#validation.pull-right
+                  span#validation.text-danger.pull-right
                   .input-group
-                    span.input-group-addon #{baseUrl}/r/
-                    input#channelname.form-control(type="text", name="name")
+                    span.input-group-addon #{domain}/r/
+                    input#channelname.form-control(type="text", name="name", maxlength="30", onkeyup="checkChannel()")
                 button#register.btn.btn-primary.btn-block(type="submit") Register
 
     include footer
@@ -69,11 +69,8 @@ html(lang="en")
             if(/\s/.test(id)){
                 return 'Channel URLs may not contain spaces';
             }
-            if(id.length > 30){
-                return 'Channel URLs may not be longer than 30 characters';
-            }
-            if(id.length < 1){
-                return 'Channel URLs must be at least one character';
+            if(id === ''){
+                return 'Channel URLs must not be empty';
             }
             if(!/^[\w-]{1,30}$/.test(id)){
                 return 'Channel URLs may only consist of a-z, A-Z, 0-9, - and _';
@@ -81,8 +78,8 @@ html(lang="en")
             return false;
         }
 
-        $("#channelname").keyup(function () {
-            var box = $(this);
+        function checkChannel(){
+            var box = $("#channelname");
             var value = box.val();
             var lastkey = Date.now();
             box.data("lastkey", lastkey);
@@ -92,12 +89,15 @@ html(lang="en")
                     return;
                 }
                 if(nameIsInvalid(value)){
-                    $('#validation').text(nameIsInvalid(value));
+                    $('#validation').text(nameIsInvalid(value))
+                        .parent().addClass('has-error').removeClass('has-success');
                     $('#register').addClass('disabled');
                 } else {
-                    $('#validation').text('');
+                    $('#validation').text('')
+                        .parent().addClass('has-success').removeClass('has-error');
                     $('#register').removeClass('disabled');
                 }
             }, 200);
-        });
+
+        }