diff --git a/ui/app/mirrors/create/handlers.ts b/ui/app/mirrors/create/handlers.ts
index 31ff45a66b..20c13bbfb7 100644
--- a/ui/app/mirrors/create/handlers.ts
+++ b/ui/app/mirrors/create/handlers.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import {
 import { QRepConfig, QRepWriteType } from '@/grpc_generated/flow';
 import { Dispatch, SetStateAction } from 'react';
 import { CDCConfig, TableMapRow } from '../../dto/MirrorsDTO';
-import { cdcSchema, qrepSchema, tableMappingSchema } from './schema';
+import {
+  cdcSchema,
+  flowNameSchema,
+  qrepSchema,
+  tableMappingSchema,
+} from './schema';
 
 const validateCDCFields = (
   tableMapping: TableMapRow[],
@@ -85,10 +90,13 @@ export const handleCreateCDC = async (
   setLoading: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>,
   route: RouteCallback
 ) => {
-  if (!flowJobName) {
-    setMsg({ ok: false, msg: 'Mirror name is required' });
+  const flowNameValid = flowNameSchema.safeParse(flowJobName);
+  if (!flowNameValid.success) {
+    const flowNameErr = flowNameValid.error.issues[0].message;
+    setMsg({ ok: false, msg: flowNameErr });
     return;
   }
+
   const isValid = validateCDCFields(rows, setMsg, config);
   if (!isValid) return;
   const tableNameMapping = reformattedTableMapping(rows);
@@ -125,10 +133,13 @@ export const handleCreateQRep = async (
   route: RouteCallback,
   xmin?: boolean
 ) => {
-  if (!flowJobName) {
-    setMsg({ ok: false, msg: 'Mirror name is required' });
+  const flowNameValid = flowNameSchema.safeParse(flowJobName);
+  if (!flowNameValid.success) {
+    const flowNameErr = flowNameValid.error.issues[0].message;
+    setMsg({ ok: false, msg: flowNameErr });
     return;
   }
+
   if (xmin == true) {
     config.watermarkColumn = 'xmin';
     config.query = `SELECT * FROM ${config.watermarkTable} WHERE xmin::text::bigint BETWEEN {{.start}} AND {{.end}}`;
diff --git a/ui/app/mirrors/create/schema.ts b/ui/app/mirrors/create/schema.ts
index d7d03d45fa..1d14b02569 100644
--- a/ui/app/mirrors/create/schema.ts
+++ b/ui/app/mirrors/create/schema.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 import * as z from 'zod';
 
+export const flowNameSchema = z
+  .string({
+    invalid_type_error: 'Mirror name is invalid.',
+    required_error: 'Mirror name is required.',
+  })
+  .min(1, { message: 'Mirror name cannot be empty.' })
+  .regex(/^[\w]*$/, {
+    message: 'Mirror name must contain only letters, numbers and underscores',
+  });
+
 export const tableMappingSchema = z
   .array(
     z.object({