diff --git a/js/funcs.js b/js/funcs.js
index 3717a40..bbef664 100644
--- a/js/funcs.js
+++ b/js/funcs.js
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@ $(document).ready( function () {
         window.close();
     }, 500);
   }
+  
+  $("form.form-add").submit( function(e) {
+    if ( $(".add-category").val() == -1) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        $(".add-category-col").addClass("has-error");
+    } 
+  });
 });
diff --git a/templates/pages/add.html b/templates/pages/add.html
index a9d18d5..28e3faa 100644
--- a/templates/pages/add.html
+++ b/templates/pages/add.html
@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@
 <div class="row">
     <div class="col-xs-2">Link:</div><div class="col-xs-10"><input type="text" class="form-control" name="link" placeholder="Link" value="{{.link}}"/></div>
     <div class="col-xs-2">Title:</div><div class="col-xs-10"><input type="text" class="form-control" name="title" placeholder="Title" value="{{.title}}"/></div>
-    <div class="col-xs-2">Category:</div><div class="col-xs-10">
-        <select class="form-control" name="category" placeholder="Tag">
+    <div class="col-xs-2">Category:</div><div class="col-xs-10  add-category-col">
+        <select class="form-control add-category" name="category" placeholder="Tag">
+        <option value="-1">-- Pick a Category --</option>
         {{range $category := .categories}}
             {{template "option-category" $category}}
         {{end}}
         </select>  
     </div>
     <div class="col-xs-2">Notes:</div><div class="col-xs-10"><textarea class="form-control" name="notes" placeholder="Notes"  rows="5" cols="80">{{.description}}</textarea></div>
-    <div class="col-xs-2"></div><div class="col-xs-10"><input class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block" type="submit" value="Add Link" /></div>
+    <div class="col-xs-2"></div><div class="col-xs-10"><input class="add-submit btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block" type="submit" value="Add Link" /></div>
 </div>
 
 </form>