diff --git a/src/renderer/src/stories/pages/guided-mode/setup/GuidedNewDatasetInfo.js b/src/renderer/src/stories/pages/guided-mode/setup/GuidedNewDatasetInfo.js
index 7ee16c9bd..71c060fa7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/stories/pages/guided-mode/setup/GuidedNewDatasetInfo.js
+++ b/src/renderer/src/stories/pages/guided-mode/setup/GuidedNewDatasetInfo.js
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ import projectGlobalSchema from "../../../../../../../schemas/json/project/globa
 import { merge } from "../../utils.js";
 import { onThrow } from "../../../../errors";
 import { header } from "../../../forms/utils";
-import { preprocessMetadataSchema } from "../../../../../../../schemas/base-metadata.schema";
 
 const projectMetadataSchema = merge(projectGlobalSchema, projectGeneralSchema);
 
+const skipError = (message) => message.includes("requires") && message.includes("name");
+
 export class GuidedNewDatasetPage extends Page {
     constructor(...args) {
         super(...args);
@@ -31,18 +32,21 @@ export class GuidedNewDatasetPage extends Page {
         onNext: async () => {
             const globalState = this.info.globalState.project;
 
+            this.dismiss(); // Dismiss all notifications
+
+            await this.form.validate().catch((error) => {
+                if (skipError(error.message)) return;
+                throw error;
+            });
+
             // Check validity of project name
             const name = this.state.name;
             if (!name) {
                 if (this.#nameNotification) this.dismiss(this.#nameNotification); // Dismiss previous custom notification
-                this.#nameNotification = this.notify("Please enter a project name.", "error");
+                this.#nameNotification = this.notify("Please enter a project name.", "error", 3000);
                 return;
             }
 
-            this.dismiss(); // Dismiss all notifications
-
-            await this.form.validate();
-
             if (!name) return;
 
             // Check if name is already used
@@ -86,16 +90,23 @@ export class GuidedNewDatasetPage extends Page {
         this.form = new JSONSchemaForm({
             schema,
             results: this.state,
-            // validateEmptyValues: null,
+            validateEmptyValues: false,
             dialogOptions: {
                 properties: ["createDirectory"],
             },
             onOverride: (name) => {
                 this.notify(`<b>${header(name)}</b> has been overridden with a global value.`, "warning", 3000);
             },
-            validateOnChange,
+            validateOnChange: async (...args) => {
+                const results = await validateOnChange.call(this.form, ...args);
+                if (!results && args[0] === "name") this.#nameNotification && this.dismiss(this.#nameNotification);
+                return results;
+            },
             onUpdate: () => (this.unsavedUpdates = true),
-            onThrow,
+            onThrow: function (message) {
+                if (skipError(message)) return;
+                onThrow(message);
+            },
         });
 
         return this.form;