diff --git a/validators.php b/validators.php
index 966f1d1..7e62bea 100644
--- a/validators.php
+++ b/validators.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         include "config.php";
         include $TEMPLATE . 'strings.php';
         $error = "";
-        if (preg_match("/\s/", $name)) {
+        if (preg_match("/^\s/", $name)) {
                 $error = $error . $ERRORS->no_whitespaces;
         }
         if (strlen($name) > $VAL_USER->max_first_name) {
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@
         }
         if (strlen($name) < $VAL_USER->min_first_name) {
                 $error = $error . format($ERRORS->bigger_than, ["num" => $VAL_USER->min_first_name - 1]);
+                $error += "actual length: " . strlen($name);
         }
-        if (preg_match('/[\'\/~`\!@#\$%\^&\*\(\)_\-\+=\{\}\[\]\|;:"\<\>,\.\?\\\0-9]/', $name)) {
+        if (preg_match('/[\'\/~`\!@#\$%\^&\*\(\)_\-\+=\{\}\[\]\|;:"\<\>,\.\?\\\0-9]-/', $name)) {
                 $error = $error . $ERRORS->no_special_chars;
         }
         return $error;