diff --git a/web/account/log-in-form.react.js b/web/account/log-in-form.react.js
index b0bc0dfe8..529733ce2 100644
--- a/web/account/log-in-form.react.js
+++ b/web/account/log-in-form.react.js
@@ -1,311 +1,315 @@
 // @flow
 
 import '@rainbow-me/rainbowkit/dist/index.css';
 
 import {
   ConnectButton,
   darkTheme,
   getDefaultWallets,
   RainbowKitProvider,
   useConnectModal,
 } from '@rainbow-me/rainbowkit';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _merge from 'lodash/fp/merge';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { FaEthereum } from 'react-icons/fa';
 import {
   chain,
   configureChains,
   createClient,
   WagmiConfig,
   useSigner,
 } from 'wagmi';
 import { alchemyProvider } from 'wagmi/providers/alchemy';
 import { publicProvider } from 'wagmi/providers/public';
 
 import {
   getSIWENonce,
   getSIWENonceActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/siwe-actions.js';
 import { logInActionTypes, logIn } from 'lib/actions/user-actions';
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors';
 import {
   oldValidUsernameRegex,
   validEmailRegex,
 } from 'lib/shared/account-utils';
 import {
   type LogInExtraInfo,
   type LogInStartingPayload,
   logInActionSources,
 } from 'lib/types/account-types';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils';
 import { isDev } from 'lib/utils/dev-utils.js';
 
 import Button from '../components/button.react';
 import LoadingIndicator from '../loading-indicator.react';
 import Input from '../modals/input.react';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
 import { webLogInExtraInfoSelector } from '../selectors/account-selectors';
 import css from './log-in-form.css';
 import PasswordInput from './password-input.react';
 
 // details can be found https://0.6.x.wagmi.sh/docs/providers/configuring-chains
 const availableProviders = process.env.COMM_ALCHEMY_KEY
   ? [alchemyProvider({ apiKey: process.env.COMM_ALCHEMY_KEY })]
   : [publicProvider()];
 const { chains, provider } = configureChains(
   [chain.mainnet],
   availableProviders,
 );
 
 const { connectors } = getDefaultWallets({
   appName: 'comm',
   chains,
 });
 
 const wagmiClient = createClient({
   autoConnect: true,
   connectors,
   provider,
 });
 
 const getSIWENonceLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   getSIWENonceActionTypes,
 );
 const loadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(logInActionTypes);
 function LoginForm(): React.Node {
   const { openConnectModal } = useConnectModal();
   const { data: signer } = useSigner();
   const inputDisabled = useSelector(loadingStatusSelector) === 'loading';
   const loginExtraInfo = useSelector(webLogInExtraInfoSelector);
   const callLogIn = useServerCall(logIn);
 
   const getSIWENonceCall = useServerCall(getSIWENonce);
   const getSIWENonceCallLoadingStatus = useSelector(
     getSIWENonceLoadingStatusSelector,
   );
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const modalContext = useModalContext();
 
   const [username, setUsername] = React.useState<string>('');
   const [password, setPassword] = React.useState<string>('');
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = React.useState<string>('');
   const [siweNonce, setSIWENonce] = React.useState<?string>(null);
 
   const usernameInputRef = React.useRef();
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     usernameInputRef.current?.focus();
   }, []);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!signer || !isDev) {
       setSIWENonce(null);
       return;
     }
     dispatchActionPromise(
       getSIWENonceActionTypes,
       (async () => {
         const response = await getSIWENonceCall();
         setSIWENonce(response);
       })(),
     );
   }, [dispatchActionPromise, getSIWENonceCall, signer]);
 
   const onUsernameChange = React.useCallback(e => {
     invariant(e.target instanceof HTMLInputElement, 'target not input');
     setUsername(e.target.value);
   }, []);
 
   const onUsernameBlur = React.useCallback(() => {
     setUsername(untrimmedUsername => untrimmedUsername.trim());
   }, []);
 
   const onPasswordChange = React.useCallback(e => {
     invariant(e.target instanceof HTMLInputElement, 'target not input');
     setPassword(e.target.value);
   }, []);
 
   const logInAction = React.useCallback(
     async (extraInfo: LogInExtraInfo) => {
       try {
         const result = await callLogIn({
           ...extraInfo,
           username,
           password,
           logInActionSource: logInActionSources.logInFromWebForm,
         });
         modalContext.popModal();
         return result;
       } catch (e) {
         setUsername('');
         setPassword('');
         if (e.message === 'invalid_credentials') {
           setErrorMessage('incorrect username or password');
         } else {
           setErrorMessage('unknown error');
         }
         usernameInputRef.current?.focus();
         throw e;
       }
     },
     [callLogIn, modalContext, password, username],
   );
 
   const onSubmit = React.useCallback(
     (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
       event.preventDefault();
 
       if (username.search(validEmailRegex) > -1) {
         setUsername('');
         setErrorMessage('usernames only, not emails');
         usernameInputRef.current?.focus();
         return;
       } else if (username.search(oldValidUsernameRegex) === -1) {
         setUsername('');
         setErrorMessage('alphanumeric usernames only');
         usernameInputRef.current?.focus();
         return;
+      } else if (password === '') {
+        setErrorMessage('password is empty');
+        usernameInputRef.current?.focus();
+        return;
       }
 
       const extraInfo = loginExtraInfo();
       dispatchActionPromise(
         logInActionTypes,
         logInAction(extraInfo),
         undefined,
         ({ calendarQuery: extraInfo.calendarQuery }: LogInStartingPayload),
       );
     },
-    [dispatchActionPromise, logInAction, loginExtraInfo, username],
+    [dispatchActionPromise, logInAction, loginExtraInfo, username, password],
   );
 
   const loginButtonContent = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (inputDisabled) {
       return <LoadingIndicator status="loading" />;
     }
     return 'Log in';
   }, [inputDisabled]);
 
   const siweButtonColor = React.useMemo(
     () => ({ backgroundColor: 'white', color: 'black' }),
     [],
   );
 
   let siweSeparator;
   if (isDev) {
     siweSeparator = <hr />;
   }
 
   let siweConnectButton;
   if (isDev && signer && !siweNonce) {
     siweConnectButton = (
       <div className={css.connectButtonContainer}>
         <LoadingIndicator
           status={getSIWENonceCallLoadingStatus}
           size="medium"
         />
       </div>
     );
   } else if (isDev && signer) {
     siweConnectButton = (
       <div className={css.connectButtonContainer}>
         <ConnectButton />
       </div>
     );
   }
 
   const onSIWEButtonClick = React.useCallback(() => {
     openConnectModal && openConnectModal();
   }, [openConnectModal]);
 
   let siweButton;
   if (isDev && openConnectModal) {
     siweButton = (
       <>
         <Button
           onClick={onSIWEButtonClick}
           variant="filled"
           buttonColor={siweButtonColor}
         >
           <div className={css.ethereum_logo_container}>
             <FaEthereum />
           </div>
           Sign in with Ethereum
         </Button>
       </>
     );
   }
 
   return (
     <div className={css.modal_body}>
       <form method="POST">
         <div>
           <div className={css.form_title}>Username</div>
           <div className={css.form_content}>
             <Input
               type="text"
               placeholder="Username"
               value={username}
               onChange={onUsernameChange}
               onBlur={onUsernameBlur}
               ref={usernameInputRef}
               disabled={inputDisabled}
             />
           </div>
         </div>
         <div>
           <div className={css.form_title}>Password</div>
           <div className={css.form_content}>
             <PasswordInput
               value={password}
               onChange={onPasswordChange}
               disabled={inputDisabled}
             />
           </div>
         </div>
         <div className={css.form_footer}>
           <Button
             variant="filled"
             type="submit"
             disabled={inputDisabled}
             onClick={onSubmit}
           >
             {loginButtonContent}
           </Button>
           {siweSeparator}
           {siweConnectButton}
           {siweButton}
           <div className={css.modal_form_error}>{errorMessage}</div>
         </div>
       </form>
     </div>
   );
 }
 
 function LoginFormWrapper(): React.Node {
   const theme = React.useMemo(() => {
     return _merge(darkTheme())({
       radii: {
         modal: 0,
         modalMobile: 0,
       },
       colors: {
         modalBackdrop: '#242529',
       },
     });
   }, []);
   return (
     <WagmiConfig client={wagmiClient}>
       <RainbowKitProvider chains={chains} theme={theme} modalSize="compact">
         <LoginForm />
       </RainbowKitProvider>
     </WagmiConfig>
   );
 }
 
 export default LoginFormWrapper;