diff --git a/core/data/schema/card.py b/core/data/schema/card.py
index c31e1b2..cd5c647 100644
--- a/core/data/schema/card.py
+++ b/core/data/schema/card.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class CardData(BaseData):
         result = await self.execute(sql)
         if result is None:
             self.logger.warn(f"Failed to update last login time for {access_code}")
-    
+
     def to_access_code(self, luid: str) -> str:
         """
         Given a felica cards internal 16 hex character luid, convert it to a 0-padded 20 digit access code as a string
diff --git a/core/data/schema/user.py b/core/data/schema/user.py
index 5f1ccf2..8c3695c 100644
--- a/core/data/schema/user.py
+++ b/core/data/schema/user.py
@@ -120,3 +120,7 @@ class UserData(BaseData):
 
         result = await self.execute(sql)
         return result is not None
+
+    async def get_user_by_username(self, username: str) -> Optional[Row]:
+        result = await self.execute(aime_user.select(aime_user.c.username == username))
+        if result: return result.fetchone()
diff --git a/core/frontend.py b/core/frontend.py
index bb3e9aa..b9d1604 100644
--- a/core/frontend.py
+++ b/core/frontend.py
@@ -308,8 +308,12 @@ class FE_Gate(FE_Base):
 
         uid = await self.data.card.get_user_id_from_card(access_code)
         if uid is None:
-            self.logger.debug(f"Failed to find user for card {access_code}")
-            return RedirectResponse("/gate/?e=1", 303)
+            user = await self.data.user.get_user_by_username(access_code) # Lookup as username
+            if not user:
+                self.logger.debug(f"Failed to find user for card/username {access_code}")
+                return RedirectResponse("/gate/?e=1", 303)
+            
+            uid = user['id']
 
         user = await self.data.user.get_user(uid)
         if user is None:
diff --git a/core/templates/gate/gate.jinja b/core/templates/gate/gate.jinja
index ca3e2eb..d398cbd 100644
--- a/core/templates/gate/gate.jinja
+++ b/core/templates/gate/gate.jinja
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@
         -moz-appearance: textfield;
     }
 </style>
-<form id="login" style="max-width: 240px; min-width: 10%;" action="/gate/gate.login" method="post">
+<form id="login" style="max-width: 240px; min-width: 15%;" action="/gate/gate.login" method="post">
     <div class="form-group row">
-        <label for="access_code">Card Access Code</label><br>
-        <input form="login" class="form-control" name="access_code" id="access_code" type="number" placeholder="00000000000000000000" maxlength="20" required>
+        <label for="access_code">Access Code or Username</label><br>
+        <input form="login" class="form-control" name="access_code" id="access_code" placeholder="00000000000000000000" maxlength="20" required aria-describedby="access_code_help">
+        <div id="access_code_help" class="form-text">20 Digit access code from a card registered to your account, or your account username. (NOT your username from a game!)</div>
     </div>
     <div class="form-group row">
         <label for="passwd">Password</label><br>
-        <input id="passwd" class="form-control" name="passwd" type="password" placeholder="password">
+        <input id="passwd" class="form-control" name="passwd" type="password" placeholder="password" aria-describedby="passwd_help">
+        <div id="passwd_help" class="form-text">Leave blank if registering for the webui. Your card must have been used on a game connected to this server to register.</div>
     </div>
     <p></p>
     <input id="submit" class="btn btn-primary" style="display: block; margin: 0 auto;" form="login" type="submit" value="Login">
 </form>
-<h6>*To register for the webui, type in the access code of your card, as shown in a game, and leave the password field blank.</h6>
-<h6>*If you have not registered a card with this server, you cannot create a webui account.</h6>
 {% endblock content %}
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