diff --git a/Course3/Lab4/validations.py b/Course3/Lab4/validations.py
index b18de65a2e..5bc119bde7 100644
--- a/Course3/Lab4/validations.py
+++ b/Course3/Lab4/validations.py
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ def validate_user(username, minlen):
     if len(username) < minlen:
         return False
     # Usernames can only use letters, numbers, dots and underscores
-    if not re.match('^[a-z0-9._]*$', username):
+    if not re.match('^[a-zA-Z]+[a-z0-9._]*[a-zA-Z]+$', username):
         return False
     # Usernames can't begin with a number
     if username[0].isnumeric():
         return False
     return True
-
-
+print(validate_user("blue.kale", 3))
+print(validate_user(".blue.kale", 3))
+print(validate_user("red_quinoa", 4))
+print(validate_user("_red_quinoa", 4))