diff --git a/app/templates/public/area.html b/app/templates/public/area.html
index db00be8..d4c0b4c 100644
--- a/app/templates/public/area.html
+++ b/app/templates/public/area.html
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 
         <form method="POST" id="reportForm"
               action="{{ url_for('public.area_report_problem', token=token) }}"
-              enctype="multipart/form-data" novalidate>
+              enctype="multipart/form-data">
             {{ form.hidden_tag() }}
 
             {# Honeypot — hidden from humans; bots that fill it are rejected #}
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@
 
             <div class="mb-3">
                 {{ form.description.label(class="form-label small fw-semibold") }}
-                {{ form.description(class="form-control", rows="4",
+                <span class="text-danger">*</span>
+                {{ form.description(class="form-control", rows="4", required=True,
                        placeholder="Describe what you noticed…") }}
                 {% for e in form.description.errors %}
                 <div class="text-danger small mt-1">{{ e }}</div>
diff --git a/app/templates/public/facility.html b/app/templates/public/facility.html
index 9026dc2..a4c19bf 100644
--- a/app/templates/public/facility.html
+++ b/app/templates/public/facility.html
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 
         <form method="POST" id="reportForm"
               action="{{ url_for('public.report_problem', token=token) }}"
-              enctype="multipart/form-data" novalidate>
+              enctype="multipart/form-data">
             {{ form.hidden_tag() }}
 
             {# Honeypot — hidden from humans; bots that fill it are rejected #}
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@
 
             <div class="mb-3">
                 {{ form.description.label(class="form-label small fw-semibold") }}
-                {{ form.description(class="form-control", rows="4",
+                <span class="text-danger">*</span>
+                {{ form.description(class="form-control", rows="4", required=True,
                        placeholder="Describe what you noticed…") }}
                 {% for e in form.description.errors %}
                 <div class="text-danger small mt-1">{{ e }}</div>