diff --git a/gracedb/forms.py b/gracedb/forms.py
index 48b2221932f3eb25881e66e5e66ac0c866e8eee2..69fedff9c0ee67e06c89ebba4bd2222d05dc6b25 100644
--- a/gracedb/forms.py
+++ b/gracedb/forms.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class CreateEventForm(forms.Form):
     eventFile  = forms.FileField()
     group = forms.ChoiceField(groupChoices)
     pipeline = forms.ChoiceField(pipelineChoices)
-    search = forms.ChoiceField(searchChoices)
+    search = forms.ChoiceField(searchChoices, required=False)
     #type = forms.ChoiceField(choices=typeChoices)