diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/web/services/rest/MigrationProjectEndpoint.java b/services/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/web/services/rest/MigrationProjectEndpoint.java
index 7ea5ee92f..ec3e53158 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/web/services/rest/MigrationProjectEndpoint.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/web/services/rest/MigrationProjectEndpoint.java
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ public interface MigrationProjectEndpoint
     @Path("delete")
     void deleteProject(MigrationProject migration);
 
+    /**
+     * Look up a project ID by name.
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Path("id-by-name/{title}")
+    Long getProjectIdByName(@PathParam("title") String title);
+
+
+
     /**
      * Adds app count to MigrationProject solely for the purpose of this REST API.
      */
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/web/services/rest/MigrationProjectEndpointImpl.java b/services/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/web/services/rest/MigrationProjectEndpointImpl.java
index f5005b9c3..ae25740f3 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/web/services/rest/MigrationProjectEndpointImpl.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/jboss/windup/web/services/rest/MigrationProjectEndpointImpl.java
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContextType;
 import javax.ws.rs.NotFoundException;
+import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
 
 import org.jboss.windup.util.exception.WindupException;
 
 import org.jboss.windup.web.addons.websupport.WebPathUtil;
 import org.jboss.windup.web.furnaceserviceprovider.FromFurnace;
-import org.jboss.windup.web.services.model.AnalysisContext;
 import org.jboss.windup.web.services.model.MigrationProject;
 import org.jboss.windup.web.services.service.AnalysisContextService;
 import org.jboss.windup.web.services.service.MigrationProjectService;
@@ -95,4 +95,12 @@ public void deleteProject(MigrationProject migrationProject)
         this.migrationProjectService.deleteProject(project);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Long getProjectIdByName(String title){
+        String jql = "SELECT id FROM MigrationProject p WHERE LOWER(p.title) = LOWER(:title)";
+        List<Long> ids = this.entityManager.createQuery(jql, Long.class)
+                .setParameter("title", title)
+                .getResultList();
+        return ids.isEmpty() ? null : ids.get(0);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/app.module.ts b/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/app.module.ts
index e4cfd19fb..03b35d95e 100644
--- a/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ import {ExecutionApplicationListComponent} from "./reports/execution-application
 import {SourceResolve} from "./reports/source/source.resolve";
 import {ExecutionResolve} from "./executions/execution.resolve";
 import {CacheService, CacheServiceInstance} from "./shared/cache.service";
+import {ProjectNameNotExistsValidator} from "./shared/validators/project-name-not-exists.validator";
 
 /**
  * Load all mapping data from the generated files.
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ initializeModelMappingData();
     declarations: [
         // Directives
         InViewport,
+        ProjectNameNotExistsValidator,
 
         // pages
         AppComponent,
diff --git a/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project-form.component.html b/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project-form.component.html
index 67d0fda27..7a1071837 100644
--- a/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project-form.component.html
+++ b/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project-form.component.html
@@ -11,17 +11,14 @@ <h1>{{title}}</h1>
         <div class="form-group">
             <label class="col-md-2 control-label" for="idProjectTitle">Project Title</label>
             <div class="col-md-8">
-                <input #projectTitleControl="ngModel"
-                       name="projectTitle"
-                       [(ngModel)]="model.title"
-                       required
-                       minlength="1"
-                       maxlength="128"
-                       type="text"
-                       id="idProjectTitle"
+                <input #projectTitleControl="ngModel" name="projectTitle" id="idProjectTitle" [(ngModel)]="model.title"
+                       required wuProjectNameNotUsed minlength="1" maxlength="128" type="text"
                        class="form-control">
             </div>
-            <span [class.hidden]="!hasError(projectTitleControl)" class="help-block">
+            <span [class.hidden]="!titleIsDuplicated(projectTitleControl)" class="help-block">
+                The title must be unique
+            </span>
+            <span [class.hidden]="titleIsDuplicated(projectTitleControl) || !hasError(projectTitleControl)" class="help-block">
                 The title must be greater than 3 characters long and fewer than 128 characters.
             </span>
         </div>
diff --git a/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project-form.component.ts b/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project-form.component.ts
index 5af03d6c2..3eb981b7f 100644
--- a/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project-form.component.ts
+++ b/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project-form.component.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {MigrationProjectService} from "./migration-project.service";
 import {FormComponent} from "../shared/form.component";
 import {Subscription} from "rxjs";
 import {RouteFlattenerService} from "../core/routing/route-flattener.service";
+import {FormControl} from "@angular/forms";
 
 @Component({
     templateUrl: './migration-project-form.component.html',
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ export class MigrationProjectFormComponent extends FormComponent implements OnIn
         return Math.min(4 + (this.model.description ? this.model.description.length : 0) / 80, 25)
     }
 
+    titleIsDuplicated(control:FormControl):boolean {
+        let touched = control.touched == null ? false : control.touched;
+        return control.hasError('nameIsTaken') && touched;
+    }
+
     save() {
         if (this.editMode) {
             this._migrationProjectService.update(this.model).subscribe(
diff --git a/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project.service.ts b/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project.service.ts
index 231cafe95..4bcfbec7d 100644
--- a/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project.service.ts
+++ b/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/project/migration-project.service.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export class MigrationProjectService extends AbstractService {
     private CREATE_MIGRATION_PROJECT_URL = "/migrationProjects/create";
     private UPDATE_MIGRATION_PROJECT_URL = "/migrationProjects/update";
     private DELETE_MIGRATION_PROJECT_URL = '/migrationProjects/delete';
+    private GET_ID_BY_NAME_URL = '/migrationProjects/id-by-name';
 
     private monitoredProjects = new Map<number, MigrationProject>();
 
@@ -138,6 +139,12 @@ export class MigrationProjectService extends AbstractService {
     stopMonitoringProject(project: MigrationProject) {
         this.monitoredProjects.delete(project.id);
     }
+
+    getIdByName(name: string): Observable<number> | null {
+        return this._http.get(Constants.REST_BASE + this.GET_ID_BY_NAME_URL + "/" + encodeURIComponent(name))
+            .map(res => <number> res.json())
+            .catch(this.handleError);
+    }
 }
 
 export interface HasAppCount{ applicationCount: number; }
diff --git a/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/shared/validators/project-name-not-exists.validator.ts b/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/shared/validators/project-name-not-exists.validator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6762657b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/main/webapp/src/app/shared/validators/project-name-not-exists.validator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import {Directive, forwardRef} from '@angular/core';
+import {FormControl, NG_ASYNC_VALIDATORS, Validator} from "@angular/forms";
+import {MigrationProjectService} from "../../project/migration-project.service";
+
+/**
+ * Fails validation if the name in the given control already exists as a project name.
+ */
+@Directive({
+    selector: '[wuProjectNameNotUsed]',
+    providers: [
+        { provide: NG_ASYNC_VALIDATORS, useExisting: forwardRef(() => ProjectNameNotExistsValidator), multi: true }
+    ]
+})
+export class ProjectNameNotExistsValidator implements Validator {
+
+    constructor(private projectService: MigrationProjectService)
+    {
+    }
+
+    validate(control: FormControl):Promise<{[key: string] : boolean}> {
+        let projectService = this.projectService;
+
+        return new Promise(resolve => {
+            projectService.getIdByName(control.value).subscribe(result => {
+                if (result == null) {
+                    resolve(null);
+                } else {
+                    resolve({['nameIsTaken']: true});
+                }
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
+}