diff --git a/app/models/enumeration.rb b/app/models/enumeration.rb
index b72972218..d4564a036 100644
--- a/app/models/enumeration.rb
+++ b/app/models/enumeration.rb
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ class Enumeration < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => [:type, :project_id]
   validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 30
 
-  scope :shared, :conditions => { :project_id => nil }
-  scope :active, :conditions => { :active => true }
-  scope :named, lambda {|arg| { :conditions => ["LOWER(#{table_name}.name) = LOWER(?)", arg.to_s.strip]}}
+  scope :shared, where(:project_id => nil)
+  scope :active, where(:active => true)
+  scope :named, lambda {|arg| where("LOWER(#{table_name}.name) = LOWER(?)", arg.to_s.strip)}
 
   def self.default
     # Creates a fake default scope so Enumeration.default will check
     # it's type.  STI subclasses will automatically add their own
     # types to the finder.
     if self.descends_from_active_record?
-      find(:first, :conditions => { :is_default => true, :type => 'Enumeration' })
+      where(:is_default => true, :type => 'Enumeration').first
     else
       # STI classes are
-      find(:first, :conditions => { :is_default => true })
+      where(:is_default => true).first
     end
   end
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Enumeration < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def check_default
     if is_default? && is_default_changed?
-      Enumeration.update_all("is_default = #{connection.quoted_false}", {:type => type})
+      Enumeration.update_all({:is_default => false}, {:type => type})
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/issue_priority_test.rb b/test/unit/issue_priority_test.rb
index 6faf46afa..349cc2e4b 100644
--- a/test/unit/issue_priority_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/issue_priority_test.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ require File.expand_path('../../test_helper', __FILE__)
 class IssuePriorityTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   fixtures :enumerations, :issues
 
+  def test_named_scope
+    assert_equal Enumeration.find_by_name('Normal'), Enumeration.named('normal').first
+  end
+
+  def test_default_should_return_the_default_priority
+    assert_equal Enumeration.find_by_name('Normal'), IssuePriority.default
+  end
+
+  def test_default_should_return_nil_when_no_default_priority
+    IssuePriority.update_all :is_default => false
+    assert_nil IssuePriority.default
+  end
+
   def test_should_be_an_enumeration
     assert IssuePriority.ancestors.include?(Enumeration)
   end