diff --git a/app/models/custom_field.rb b/app/models/custom_field.rb
index 09cb03471..87285ed66 100644
--- a/app/models/custom_field.rb
+++ b/app/models/custom_field.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class CustomField < ActiveRecord::Base
   validate :validate_values
   before_validation :set_searchable
 
-  def initialize(attributes = nil)
+  def initialize(attributes=nil, *args)
     super
     self.possible_values ||= []
   end
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 831bdf07f..0d2dfc29c 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   }
 
-  def initialize(attributes = nil)
+  def initialize(attributes=nil, *args)
     super
 
     initialized = (attributes || {}).stringify_keys
diff --git a/app/models/query.rb b/app/models/query.rb
index fad42fcb2..4cd8d36b9 100644
--- a/app/models/query.rb
+++ b/app/models/query.rb
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Query < ActiveRecord::Base
     }
   }
 
-  def initialize(attributes = nil)
+  def initialize(attributes=nil, *args)
     super attributes
     self.filters ||= { 'status_id' => {:operator => "o", :values => [""]} }
   end
diff --git a/app/models/user_preference.rb b/app/models/user_preference.rb
index b2da867a3..836ec6b26 100644
--- a/app/models/user_preference.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_preference.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class UserPreference < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   before_save :set_others_hash
   
-  def initialize(attributes = nil)
+  def initialize(attributes=nil, *args)
     super
     self.others ||= {}
   end