diff --git a/gump.class.php b/gump.class.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/gump.class.php
+++ b/gump.class.php
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class GUMP
 		{
 			return array(
 				'field' => $field,
-				'value' => $input[$field],
+				'value' => NULL,
 				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__
 			);
 		}
Fixing validate_required() to not return the value of the field if it does not exist