diff --git a/src/web/app/components/copy-session-modal/copy-session-modal.component.ts b/src/web/app/components/copy-session-modal/copy-session-modal.component.ts
index d2a0a8beca1..b6c13d58ea5 100644
--- a/src/web/app/components/copy-session-modal/copy-session-modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/web/app/components/copy-session-modal/copy-session-modal.component.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
 import { Course } from '../../../types/api-output';
 import { FEEDBACK_SESSION_NAME_MAX_LENGTH } from '../../../types/field-validator';
+import { FormControl, FormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
 
 /**
  * Copy current session modal.
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ export class CopySessionModalComponent {
 
   constructor(public activeModal: NgbActiveModal) {}
 
+  formCopySessionModel = new FormGroup({  
+    newFeedbackSessionName: new FormControl('', [Validators.required, this.noWhitespaceValidator]) 
+  }); 
+
+
   /**
    * Fires the copy event.
    */
@@ -48,4 +54,10 @@ export class CopySessionModalComponent {
       this.copyToCourseSet.add(courseId);
     }
   }
+  noWhitespaceValidator(control: { value: any; }) {
+    const isWhitespace = (control.value || '').trim().length === 0;
+    const isValid = !isWhitespace;
+    return isValid ? null : { 'whitespace': true };
+  }
+
 }