diff --git a/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb b/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb
index 991af015..b54d98b8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class ForumsController < ApplicationController
         format.html { redirect_to @forum, notice: l(:label_forum_create_succ) }
         format.json { render json: @forum, status: :created, location: @forum }
       else
+        flash.now[:error] = "#{l :label_forum_create_fail}: #{@forum.errors.full_messages[0]}"
         format.html { render action: "new" }
         format.json { render json: @forum.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
       end
diff --git a/app/views/forums/_form.html.erb b/app/views/forums/_form.html.erb
index b14df7b1..f67aa118 100644
--- a/app/views/forums/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/forums/_form.html.erb
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 <div id="share_new" style = "width: 500px; margin:0 auto; " >
   <%= labelled_form_for(@forum) do |f|  %>
   <% if @forum.errors.any? %>
-  <div id="error_explanation">
-    <h2><%= pluralize(@forum.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this forum from being saved:</h2>
+  <!--<div id="error_explanation">
+    <h2><#%= pluralize(@forum.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this forum from being saved:</h2>
 
     <ul>
-      <% @forum.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
-      <li><%= msg %></li>
-      <% end %>
+      <#% @forum.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
+      <li><#%= msg %></li>
+      <#% end %>
     </ul>
-  </div>
+  </div> -->
   <% end %>
   <div class="actions" style="margin:10px">
     <div class="field">