diff --git a/hyperglass/render/templates/index.html.j2 b/hyperglass/render/templates/index.html.j2
index 4df5d65..0b1c54f 100644
--- a/hyperglass/render/templates/index.html.j2
+++ b/hyperglass/render/templates/index.html.j2
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 {% block content %}
 <div id="hg-parent" class="mx-auto">
-  <div class="container animsition mw-lg-75 mw-xl-50" data-animsition-out-class="fade-out-right" data-animsition-in-class="fade-in-left"
-    id="hg-form">
+  <div class="container animsition mw-lg-75 mw-xl-50" data-animsition-out-class="fade-out-right"
+    data-animsition-in-class="fade-in-left" id="hg-form">
     <div class="container-fluid d-flex justify-content-center mb-4 text-center">
-    {% import "templates/title.html.j2" as title %}
-    {{ title.title(branding, primary_asn, size_title="h1", size_subtitle="h4") }}
+      {% import "templates/title.html.j2" as title %}
+      {{ title.title(branding, primary_asn, size_title="h1", size_subtitle="h4") }}
     </div>
-    <form onsubmit="return false" name="queryform" id="lgForm" action="?" method="POST">
+    <form class="needs-validation" onsubmit="return false" name="queryform" id="lgForm" action="?" method="POST"
+      novalidate>
       <div class="form-row mb-4">
         <div class="col-md col-sm-12 mb-4 mb-md-0">
           <select multiple class="form-control form-control-lg hg-select" id="location" data-live-search="true"
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@
           </select>
         </div>
         <div class="col-md col-sm-12">
-          <select class="form-control form-control-lg hg-select" id="query_type"
-            title="{{ branding.text.query_type }}" data-live-search="true">
+          <select class="form-control form-control-lg hg-select custom-select-lg" id="query_type"
+            title="{{ branding.text.query_type }}" data-live-search="true" required>
             {% if features.bgp_route.enable %}
             <option id="bgp_route" value="bgp_route" data-display-name="{{ branding.text.bgp_route }}">
               {{ branding.text.bgp_route }}</option>
@@ -51,10 +52,11 @@
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="form-row mb-4">
-        <div class="col">
+        <div class="col" id="hg-target-container">
           <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
             <input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="{{ branding.text.query_placeholder }}"
-              aria-label="{{ branding.text.query_placeholder }}" aria-describedby="query_target" id="query_target">
+              aria-label="{{ branding.text.query_placeholder }}" aria-describedby="query_target" id="query_target"
+              required>
             <div class="input-group-append" id="hg-target-append">
               <button class="btn btn-primary" id="hg-submit-button" type="submit">
                 <div id="hg-submit-icon">
diff --git a/hyperglass/render/webassets.py b/hyperglass/render/webassets.py
index 7fc9a68..d9b1f5d 100644
--- a/hyperglass/render/webassets.py
+++ b/hyperglass/render/webassets.py
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ env = jinja2.Environment(
 )
 
 
+def render_frontend_config():
+    """
+    Renders user config to JSON file so front end config can be used by
+    Javascript
+    """
+    rendered_frontend_file = hyperglass_root.joinpath("static/frontend.json")
+    try:
+        with rendered_frontend_file.open(mode="w") as frontend_file:
+            frontend_file.write(params.json())
+    except jinja2.exceptions as frontend_error:
+        logger.error(f"Error rendering front end config: {frontend_error}")
+        raise HyperglassError(frontend_error)
+
+
 def render_theme():
     """Renders Jinja2 template to Sass file"""
     rendered_theme_file = hyperglass_root.joinpath("static/theme.sass")
@@ -63,6 +77,12 @@ def build_assets():
 
 def render_assets():
     """Controller function for rendering sass theme elements and building web assets"""
+    try:
+        logger.debug("Rendering front end config...")
+        render_frontend_config()
+        logger.debug("Rendered front end config")
+    except HyperglassError as frontend_error:
+        raise HyperglassError(frontend_error)
     try:
         logger.debug("Rendering theme elements...")
         render_theme()
diff --git a/hyperglass/static/.gitignore b/hyperglass/static/.gitignore
index ae08843..cff9800 100644
--- a/hyperglass/static/.gitignore
+++ b/hyperglass/static/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ old/
 yarn-error.log
 theme.sass
 test*
+frontend.js
+frontend.json
diff --git a/hyperglass/static/hyperglass.es6 b/hyperglass/static/hyperglass.es6
index 66c6dea..99f478a 100644
--- a/hyperglass/static/hyperglass.es6
+++ b/hyperglass/static/hyperglass.es6
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ const bootstrap = require('bootstrap');
 const selectpicker = require('bootstrap-select');
 const animsition = require('animsition');
 const ClipboardJS = require('clipboard');
+const frontEndConfig = require('./frontend.json');
 
+const inputMessages = frontEndConfig.messages;
 const queryLocation = $('#location');
 const queryType = $('#query_type');
 const queryTarget = $('#query_target');
 const queryTargetAppend = $('#hg-target-append');
+const submitIcon = $('#hg-submit-icon');
 const resultsContainer = $('#hg-results');
 const formContainer = $('#hg-form');
 const resultsAccordion = $('#hg-accordion');
@@ -20,6 +23,16 @@ const footerTermsBtn = $('#hg-footer-terms-btn');
 const footerCreditBtn = $('#hg-footer-credit-btn');
 const footerPopoverTemplate = '<div class="popover mw-sm-75 mw-md-50 mw-lg-25" role="tooltip"><div class="arrow"></div><h3 class="popover-header"></h3><div class="popover-body"></div></div>';
 
+class InputInvalid extends Error {
+  constructor(validationMsg, invalidField, fieldContainer) {
+    super(validationMsg, invalidField, fieldContainer);
+    this.name = this.constructor.name;
+    this.message = validationMsg;
+    this.field = invalidField;
+    this.container = fieldContainer;
+  }
+}
+
 const resetResults = () => {
   queryLocation.selectpicker('deselectAll');
   queryLocation.selectpicker('val', '');
@@ -27,6 +40,7 @@ const resetResults = () => {
   queryTarget.val('');
   resultsContainer.animsition('out', formContainer, '#');
   resultsContainer.hide();
+  $('.hg-info-btn').remove();
   formContainer.show();
   formContainer.animsition('in');
   backButton.addClass('d-none');
@@ -93,7 +107,6 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
     outDuration: 800,
     transition: (url) => { window.location.href = url; },
   });
-
   formContainer.animsition('in');
 });
 
@@ -117,7 +130,7 @@ const queryApp = (queryType, queryTypeName, locationList, queryTarget) => {
 
   $('#hg-results-title').html(resultsTitle);
 
-  $('#hg-submit-icon').empty().removeClass('hg-loading').html('<i class="remixicon-search-line"></i>');
+  submitIcon.empty().removeClass('hg-loading').html('<i class="remixicon-search-line"></i>');
 
   $.each(locationList, (n, loc) => {
     const locationName = $(`#${loc}`).data('display-name');
@@ -227,15 +240,51 @@ const queryApp = (queryType, queryTypeName, locationList, queryTarget) => {
   });
 };
 
+$(document).on('InvalidInputEvent', (e, domField) => {
+  console.log('event triggered');
+  const errorField = $(domField);
+  console.log(errorField);
+  if (errorField.hasClass('is-invalid')) {
+    console.log('has class');
+    errorField.on('keyup', () => {
+      console.log('keyup');
+      errorField.removeClass('is-invalid');
+      errorField.nextAll('.invalid-feedback').remove();
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+
 // Submit Form Action
 $('#lgForm').submit((event) => {
   event.preventDefault();
-  $('#hg-submit-icon').empty().html('<i class="remixicon-loader-4-line"></i>').addClass('hg-loading');
+  submitIcon.empty().html('<i class="remixicon-loader-4-line"></i>').addClass('hg-loading');
   const queryType = $('#query_type').val();
-  const queryTypeTitle = $(`#${queryType}`).data('display-name');
   const queryLocation = $('#location').val();
   const queryTarget = $('#query_target').val();
 
+  try {
+    // message, thing to circle in red, place to put error text
+    if (!queryTarget) {
+      const queryTargetContainer = $('#query_target');
+      throw new InputInvalid(inputMessages.no_input, queryTargetContainer, queryTargetContainer.parent());
+    }
+    if (!queryType) {
+      const queryTypeContainer = $('#query_type').next('.dropdown-toggle');
+      throw new InputInvalid(inputMessages.no_query_type, queryTypeContainer, queryTypeContainer.parent());
+    }
+    if (queryLocation === undefined || queryLocation.length === 0) {
+      const queryLocationContainer = $('#location').next('.dropdown-toggle');
+      throw new InputInvalid(inputMessages.no_location, queryLocationContainer, queryLocationContainer.parent());
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    err.field.addClass('is-invalid');
+    err.container.append(`<div class="invalid-feedback px-1">${err.message}</div>`);
+    submitIcon.empty().removeClass('hg-loading').html('<i class="remixicon-search-line"></i>');
+    $(document).trigger('InvalidInputEvent', err.field);
+    return false;
+  }
+  const queryTypeTitle = $(`#${queryType}`).data('display-name');
   queryApp(queryType, queryTypeTitle, queryLocation, queryTarget);
   $('#hg-form').animsition('out', $('#hg-results'), '#');
   $('#hg-form').hide();
diff --git a/hyperglass/static/overrides.sass b/hyperglass/static/overrides.sass
index fede01e..513cd41 100644
--- a/hyperglass/static/overrides.sass
+++ b/hyperglass/static/overrides.sass
@@ -267,6 +267,11 @@
             margin-left: 1rem
 
 // Fixes input group issue where button is 1px taller than the input element (default is 2px)
+
+#hg-submit-button
+    border-top-right-radius: .3rem
+    border-bottom-right-radius: .3rem
+
 .input-group-lg > .form-control:not(textarea),
 .input-group-lg > .custom-select,
 .bootstrap-select.form-control-lg .dropdown-toggle
@@ -431,4 +436,5 @@
 .modal-title
     padding-bottom: 1rem !important
 
-.popover
\ No newline at end of file
+.form-control.is-invalid, .form-control.is-valid
+    background-image: unset !important