diff --git a/app/views/invitations/edit.html.haml b/app/views/invitations/edit.html.haml
index 1eac967f6..306d4fd18 100644
--- a/app/views/invitations/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/invitations/edit.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+ :javascript
+  $(function() {
+    var Validation = {
+      username: {
+        characters: /^(|[A-Za-z0-9_]{0,32})$/,
+        length: [6, 32]
+      }
+    };
+
+    $("#user_username").keypress(function(evt) {
+      if(!Validation.username.characters.test(this.value + String.fromCharCode($
+        evt.preventDefault();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
 = form_for(resource, :as => resource_name, :url => invitation_path(resource_name), :html => {:method => :put }) do |f|
   %p
     = f.label :username
diff --git a/app/views/registrations/new.html.haml b/app/views/registrations/new.html.haml
index a8f54e153..cfe6e2dc2 100644
--- a/app/views/registrations/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/registrations/new.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+ :javascript
+  $(function() {
+    var Validation = {
+      username: {
+        characters: /^(|[A-Za-z0-9_]{0,32})$/,
+        length: [6, 32]
+      }
+    };
+
+    $("#user_username").keypress(function(evt) {
+      if(!Validation.username.characters.test(this.value + String.fromCharCode($
+        evt.preventDefault();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
 .span-12.prepend-6.last
   .floating
     %h3