diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/frontend/tmss_webapp/src/routes/Project/create.js b/SAS/TMSS/frontend/tmss_webapp/src/routes/Project/create.js
index 68259927abb4b36ad56528fc2f6e9465efda44e0..d69dc73686abba00b3912658ba7add7c9f39b9e2 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/frontend/tmss_webapp/src/routes/Project/create.js
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/frontend/tmss_webapp/src/routes/Project/create.js
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ export class ProjectCreate extends Component {
         this.formRules = {
             name: {required: true, message: "Name can not be empty"},
             description: {required: true, message: "Description can not be empty"},
-            priority_rank: {required: true, message: "Enter Project Rank"}
+            priority_rank: {required: true, message: "Enter Project Rank"},
+            archive_subdirectory: {required:true, message:"Enter Storage Path"}
         };
         this.defaultResourcesEnabled = true;        // This property and functionality to be concluded based on PO input
         this.defaultResources = [{name:'LOFAR Observing Time'}, 
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ export class ProjectCreate extends Component {
                 break;
             }
             case 'SUB-DIRECTORY': {
-                const directory = value.replaceAll(' ', '_');
+                const directory = value.split(' ').join('_');
                 project[key] = (directory.substr(-1) === '/' ? directory : `${directory}/`).toLowerCase();
                 break;
             }
@@ -479,14 +480,17 @@ export class ProjectCreate extends Component {
                                 </div>
                             
                             <div className="col-lg-1 col-md-1 col-sm-12"></div>
-                            <label htmlFor="ltastoragepath" className="col-lg-2 col-md-2 col-sm-12">LTA Storage Path </label>
+                            <label htmlFor="ltastoragepath" className="col-lg-2 col-md-2 col-sm-12">LTA Storage Path <span style={{color:'red'}}>*</span> </label>
                                 <div className="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-12">
-                                    <InputText disabled className={this.state.errors.archive_subdirectory ?'input-error':''} id="StoragePath" data-testid="name" 
+                                    <InputText  className={this.state.errors.archive_subdirectory ?'input-error':''} id="StoragePath" data-testid="name" 
                                                 tooltip="Enter storage relative path" tooltipOptions={this.tooltipOptions} maxLength="128"
                                                 value={this.state.project.archive_subdirectory} 
                                                 onChange={(e) => this.setProjectParams('archive_subdirectory', e.target.value, 'SUB-DIRECTORY')}
                                                 onBlur={(e) => this.setProjectParams('archive_subdirectory', e.target.value,'SUB-DIRECTORY')}/>
                             </div>
+                            <label className="error">
+                                    {this.state.errors.archive_subdirectory ? this.state.errors.archive_subdirectory : ""}
+                                </label>
                             </div>
                             {this.defaultResourcesEnabled && this.state.resourceList &&
                             <div className="p-fluid">
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/frontend/tmss_webapp/src/routes/Project/edit.js b/SAS/TMSS/frontend/tmss_webapp/src/routes/Project/edit.js
index 380f13379f8b56d0732f48e036be01c24ee30fc7..c193f7a710e75f09d16f3060e5b286284504946c 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/frontend/tmss_webapp/src/routes/Project/edit.js
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/frontend/tmss_webapp/src/routes/Project/edit.js
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ export class ProjectEdit extends Component {
         this.formRules = {
             name: {required: true, message: "Name can not be empty"},
             description: {required: true, message: "Description can not be empty"},
-            priority_rank: {required: true, message: "Enter Project Rank"}
+            priority_rank: {required: true, message: "Enter Project Rank"},
+            archive_subdirectory: {required:true, message: "Enter Storage Path"}
         };
         this.defaultResources = [{name:'LOFAR Observing Time'}, 
                                     {name:'LOFAR Observing Time prio A'}, 
@@ -205,8 +206,14 @@ export class ProjectEdit extends Component {
                 project[key] = value?parseInt(value):0;
                 break;
             }
+            case 'SUB-DIRECTORY': {
+                const directory = value.split(' ').join('_');
+                project[key] = (directory.substr(-1) === '/' ? directory : `${directory}/`).toLowerCase();
+                break;
+            }
             case 'PROJECT_NAME': {
                 project[key] = value;
+                const directory = value.split(' ').join('_');
                 project['archive_subdirectory'] = (value.substr(-1) === '/' ? value.slice(0, -1) : value).toLowerCase();
                 break;
             }
@@ -488,15 +495,15 @@ export class ProjectEdit extends Component {
                                 </div>
 
                             <div className="col-lg-1 col-md-1 col-sm-12"></div>
-                            <label htmlFor="ltastoragepath" className="col-lg-2 col-md-2 col-sm-12">LTA Storage Path </label>
+                            <label htmlFor="ltastoragepath" className="col-lg-2 col-md-2 col-sm-12">LTA Storage Path <span style={{color:'red'}}>*</span> </label>
                                 <div className="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-12">
                                     <InputText className={this.state.errors.archive_subdirectory ?'input-error':''} id="StoragePath" data-testid="name" 
                                                 tooltip="Enter storage relative path" tooltipOptions={this.tooltipOptions} maxLength="128"
-                                                value={this.state.project.archive_subdirectory} 
+                                                defaultValue={this.state.project.archive_subdirectory} 
                                                 onChange={(e) => this.setProjectParams('archive_subdirectory', e.target.value, 'SUB-DIRECTORY')}
                                                 onBlur={(e) => this.setProjectParams('archive_subdirectory', e.target.value,'SUB-DIRECTORY')}/>
-                                    <label className={this.state.errors.archieve_subdirectory?"error":"info"}>
-                                        {this.state.errors.archieve_subdirectory? this.state.archieve_subdirectory : "Max 128 characters"}
+                                    <label className="error">
+                                        {this.state.errors.archive_subdirectory? this.state.archive_subdirectory : ""}
                                     </label>
                            </div>
                         </div>