diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e75fcdd06..f1a047ae00 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Main branch
 
-- Feature: Better ANSI color fallbacks (InspectorCaracal)
+- Fix: The username validator did not display errors correctly in web
+  registration form.
+- Feature: Better ANSI color fallbacks (InspectorCaracal).
 - Feature: Add support for saving `deque` with `maxlen` to Attributes (before
   `maxlen` was ignored).
 - Tools: More unit tests for scripts (Storsorken)
diff --git a/evennia/accounts/accounts.py b/evennia/accounts/accounts.py
index 1a46cdbc19..3c1708c72d 100644
--- a/evennia/accounts/accounts.py
+++ b/evennia/accounts/accounts.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ValidationError
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
-
 from evennia.accounts.manager import AccountManager
 from evennia.accounts.models import AccountDB
 from evennia.commands.cmdsethandler import CmdSetHandler
@@ -38,13 +37,7 @@ from evennia.typeclasses.attributes import ModelAttributeBackend, NickHandler
 from evennia.typeclasses.models import TypeclassBase
 from evennia.utils import class_from_module, create, logger
 from evennia.utils.optionhandler import OptionHandler
-from evennia.utils.utils import (
-    is_iter,
-    lazy_property,
-    make_iter,
-    to_str,
-    variable_from_module,
-)
+from evennia.utils.utils import is_iter, lazy_property, make_iter, to_str, variable_from_module
 
 __all__ = ("DefaultAccount", "DefaultGuest")
 
@@ -509,7 +502,6 @@ class DefaultAccount(AccountDB, metaclass=TypeclassBase):
         Returns:
             validators (list): List of instantiated Validator objects.
         """
-
         objs = []
         for validator in validator_config:
             try:
diff --git a/evennia/server/validators.py b/evennia/server/validators.py
index f03ce0b161..234a52fbef 100644
--- a/evennia/server/validators.py
+++ b/evennia/server/validators.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import re
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
-
 from evennia.accounts.models import AccountDB
 
 
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ class EvenniaUsernameAvailabilityValidator:
                 raises ValidationError otherwise.
 
         """
-
         # Check guest list
         if settings.GUEST_LIST and username.lower() in (
             guest.lower() for guest in settings.GUEST_LIST
@@ -45,8 +43,7 @@ class EvenniaPasswordValidator:
     def __init__(
         self,
         regex=r"^[\w. @+\-',]+$",
-        policy="Password should contain a mix of letters, "
-        "spaces, digits and @/./+/-/_/'/, only.",
+        policy="Password should contain a mix of letters, spaces, digits and @/./+/-/_/'/, only.",
     ):
         """
         Constructs a standard Django password validator.
diff --git a/evennia/web/website/views/accounts.py b/evennia/web/website/views/accounts.py
index 4964d3d567..70a811dee7 100644
--- a/evennia/web/website/views/accounts.py
+++ b/evennia/web/website/views/accounts.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
-
 from evennia.utils import class_from_module
 from evennia.web.website import forms
 
@@ -56,22 +55,16 @@ class AccountCreateView(AccountMixin, EvenniaCreateView):
         password = form.cleaned_data["password1"]
         email = form.cleaned_data.get("email", "")
 
-        # Create account
+        # Create account. This also runs all validations on the username/password.
         account, errs = self.typeclass.create(username=username, password=password, email=email)
 
-        # If unsuccessful, display error messages to user
         if not account:
-            [messages.error(self.request, err) for err in errs]
-
-            # Call the Django "form failure" hook
+            # password validation happens earlier, only username checks appear here.
+            form.add_error("username", ", ".join(errs))
             return self.form_invalid(form)
-
-        # Inform user of success
-        messages.success(
-            self.request,
-            "Your account '%s' was successfully created! "
-            "You may log in using it now." % account.name,
-        )
-
-        # Redirect the user to the login page
-        return HttpResponseRedirect(self.success_url)
+        else:
+            # Inform user of success
+            messages.success(
+                self.request, f"Your account '{account.name}' was successfully created!"
+            )
+            return HttpResponseRedirect(self.success_url)