diff --git a/k-notes-frontend/src/components/note-form.tsx b/k-notes-frontend/src/components/note-form.tsx
index 2069eea..dc171b8 100644
--- a/k-notes-frontend/src/components/note-form.tsx
+++ b/k-notes-frontend/src/components/note-form.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Editor } from "@/components/editor/editor";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 
 const noteSchema = (t: any) => z.object({
-  title: z.string().min(1, t("Title is required")).max(200, t("Title too long")),
+  title: z.string().min(0, t("Title too long")).max(200, t("Title too long")),
   content: z.string().optional(),
   is_pinned: z.boolean().default(false),
   tags: z.string().optional(), // Comma separated for now
diff --git a/migrations/20251231000000_nullable_title.sql b/migrations/20251231000000_nullable_title.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7329a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20251231000000_nullable_title.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+-- Allow NULL titles in notes table
+-- SQLite doesn't support ALTER COLUMN, so we need to recreate the table
+
+-- Step 1: Create new table with nullable title
+CREATE TABLE notes_new (
+    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    user_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    title TEXT,  -- Now nullable
+    content TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    color TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'DEFAULT',
+    is_pinned INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    is_archived INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    created_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
+);
+
+-- Step 2: Copy data from old table
+INSERT INTO notes_new (id, user_id, title, content, color, is_pinned, is_archived, created_at, updated_at)
+SELECT id, user_id, title, content, color, is_pinned, is_archived, created_at, updated_at FROM notes;
+
+-- Step 3: Drop old table
+DROP TABLE notes;
+
+-- Step 4: Rename new table
+ALTER TABLE notes_new RENAME TO notes;
+
+-- Step 5: Recreate indexes
+CREATE INDEX idx_notes_user_id ON notes(user_id);
+CREATE INDEX idx_notes_is_pinned ON notes(is_pinned);
+CREATE INDEX idx_notes_is_archived ON notes(is_archived);
+CREATE INDEX idx_notes_updated_at ON notes(updated_at);
+
+-- Step 6: Recreate FTS triggers
+CREATE TRIGGER notes_ai AFTER INSERT ON notes BEGIN
+    INSERT INTO notes_fts(rowid, title, content) VALUES (NEW.rowid, COALESCE(NEW.title, ''), NEW.content);
+END;
+
+CREATE TRIGGER notes_ad AFTER DELETE ON notes BEGIN
+    INSERT INTO notes_fts(notes_fts, rowid, title, content) VALUES('delete', OLD.rowid, COALESCE(OLD.title, ''), OLD.content);
+END;
+
+CREATE TRIGGER notes_au AFTER UPDATE ON notes BEGIN
+    INSERT INTO notes_fts(notes_fts, rowid, title, content) VALUES('delete', OLD.rowid, COALESCE(OLD.title, ''), OLD.content);
+    INSERT INTO notes_fts(rowid, title, content) VALUES (NEW.rowid, COALESCE(NEW.title, ''), NEW.content);
+END;
diff --git a/notes-api/src/dto.rs b/notes-api/src/dto.rs
index 5dd4200..46d9fbd 100644
--- a/notes-api/src/dto.rs
+++ b/notes-api/src/dto.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use notes_domain::{Note, Tag};
 /// Request to create a new note
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Validate)]
 pub struct CreateNoteRequest {
-    #[validate(length(min = 1, max = 200, message = "Title must be 1-200 characters"))]
+    #[validate(length(max = 200, message = "Title must be at most 200 characters"))]
     pub title: String,
 
     #[serde(default)]
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub struct CreateNoteRequest {
 /// Request to update an existing note (all fields optional)
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Validate)]
 pub struct UpdateNoteRequest {
-    #[validate(length(min = 1, max = 200, message = "Title must be 1-200 characters"))]
+    #[validate(length(max = 200, message = "Title must be at most 200 characters"))]
     pub title: Option<String>,
 
     pub content: Option<String>,