diff --git a/app/models/attachment.rb b/app/models/attachment.rb
index 2957b9dd..bffd64bf 100644
--- a/app/models/attachment.rb
+++ b/app/models/attachment.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ class Attachment < ActiveRecord::Base
   @@storage_path = "#{RAILS_ROOT}/files"
   
   def validate
-    errors.add_to_base :too_long if self.filesize > Setting.attachment_max_size.to_i.kilobytes
+    if self.filesize > Setting.attachment_max_size.to_i.kilobytes
+      errors.add(:base, :too_long, :count => Setting.attachment_max_size.to_i.kilobytes)
+    end
   end
 
   def file=(incoming_file)
diff --git a/app/models/custom_value.rb b/app/models/custom_value.rb
index 2d7d1cff..4cace724 100644
--- a/app/models/custom_value.rb
+++ b/app/models/custom_value.rb
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ protected
       errors.add(:value, :blank) if custom_field.is_required? and value.blank?    
     else
       errors.add(:value, :invalid) unless custom_field.regexp.blank? or value =~ Regexp.new(custom_field.regexp)
-      errors.add(:value, :too_short) if custom_field.min_length > 0 and value.length < custom_field.min_length
-      errors.add(:value, :too_long) if custom_field.max_length > 0 and value.length > custom_field.max_length
+      errors.add(:value, :too_short, :count => custom_field.min_length) if custom_field.min_length > 0 and value.length < custom_field.min_length
+      errors.add(:value, :too_long, :count => custom_field.max_length) if custom_field.max_length > 0 and value.length > custom_field.max_length
     
       # Format specific validations
       case custom_field.field_format