diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 61985f147..a5f0db8b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This project follows [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org) guidelines.
 * `[rc.2]` — Fix data integrity exception occuring due to invalid data being passed to server creation service on the API.
 * `[rc.2]` — Fix data integrity exception that could occur when an email containing non-username characters was passed.
 * `[rc.2]` — Fix data integrity exception occurring when no default value is provided for an egg variable.
+* `[rc.2]` — Fixes a bug that would cause non-editable variables on the front-end to throw a validation error.
 
 ### Added
 * Added ability to search the following API endpoints: list users, list servers, and list locations.
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Server/Settings/StartupController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Server/Settings/StartupController.php
index 789926922..8f17022b5 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Server/Settings/StartupController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Server/Settings/StartupController.php
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class StartupController extends Controller
      * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
      *
      * @throws \Pterodactyl\Exceptions\DisplayException
+     * @throws \Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException
      * @throws \Pterodactyl\Exceptions\Model\DataValidationException
      * @throws \Pterodactyl\Exceptions\Repository\RecordNotFoundException
      */
diff --git a/app/Services/Servers/VariableValidatorService.php b/app/Services/Servers/VariableValidatorService.php
index 54183f492..43685cafb 100644
--- a/app/Services/Servers/VariableValidatorService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Servers/VariableValidatorService.php
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ class VariableValidatorService
 
         $data = $rules = $customAttributes = [];
         foreach ($variables as $variable) {
+            // Don't attempt to validate variables if they aren't user editable
+            // and we're not running this at an admin level.
+            if (! $variable->user_editable && ! $this->isUserLevel(User::USER_LEVEL_ADMIN)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $data['environment'][$variable->env_variable] = array_get($fields, $variable->env_variable);
             $rules['environment.' . $variable->env_variable] = $variable->rules;
             $customAttributes['environment.' . $variable->env_variable] = trans('validation.internal.variable_value', ['env' => $variable->name]);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Services/Servers/VariableValidatorServiceTest.php b/tests/Unit/Services/Servers/VariableValidatorServiceTest.php
index 5af49f436..0ce14eec2 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Services/Servers/VariableValidatorServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Services/Servers/VariableValidatorServiceTest.php
@@ -128,9 +128,12 @@ class VariableValidatorServiceTest extends TestCase
             $messages = $exception->validator->getMessageBag()->all();
 
             $this->assertNotEmpty($messages);
-            $this->assertSame(4, count($messages));
+            $this->assertSame(2, count($messages));
 
-            for ($i = 0; $i < 4; $i++) {
+            // We only expect to get the first two variables form the getVariableCollection
+            // function here since those are the only two that are editable, and the others
+            // should be discarded and not validated.
+            for ($i = 0; $i < 2; $i++) {
                 $this->assertSame(trans('validation.required', [
                     'attribute' => trans('validation.internal.variable_value', ['env' => $variables[$i]->name]),
                 ]), $messages[$i]);
@@ -148,8 +151,8 @@ class VariableValidatorServiceTest extends TestCase
         return collect(
             [
                 factory(EggVariable::class)->states('editable', 'viewable')->make(),
-                factory(EggVariable::class)->states('viewable')->make(),
                 factory(EggVariable::class)->states('editable')->make(),
+                factory(EggVariable::class)->states('viewable')->make(),
                 factory(EggVariable::class)->make(),
             ]
         );