diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 9a0265a8..97c4f732 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_presence_of :name, :identifier
   validates_uniqueness_of :identifier
   validates_associated :repository, :wiki
+  validates_length_of :description, :maximum => 255
   validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 255
   validates_length_of :homepage, :maximum => 255
   validates_length_of :identifier, :in => 1..IDENTIFIER_MAX_LENGTH
diff --git a/app/views/activities/index.html.erb b/app/views/activities/index.html.erb
index ffee6324..0154bb68 100644
--- a/app/views/activities/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/activities/index.html.erb
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
     <td colspan="2" valign="top" width="50" ><img src="/images/new/user.jpg" width="40" height="40"/></td>
     <td><table width="580px" border="0">
       <tr>
-        <td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong> <%=  h(e.project) if @project.nil? || @project != e.project %></strong> <span class="font_lighter"><%= l(:label_new_activity) %></span> <%= link_to format_activity_title(e.event_title), e.event_url %></td>
+        <td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong> <%=  h(e.project) if @project.nil? || @project != e.project %></strong> 
+        	<span class="font_lighter"><%= l(:label_new_activity) %></span> <%= link_to format_activity_title(e.event_title), e.event_url %></td>
         </tr>
       <tr>
         <td colspan="2" width="580px" ><p class="font_description"><%= format_activity_description(e.event_description) %></p></td>
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/base_projects.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/base_projects.html.erb
index 09c8f74a..01acb7ba 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/base_projects.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/base_projects.html.erb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 							<div class="spaceleft">
 								<!--informations-->
 								<div class="inf_user_image">
+									<% @project = Project.find(@project.id)%>
 									<table>
 										<tr>
 											<td><%= link_to image_tag(url_to_avatar(@project), :class => 'avatar2') %></td>
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
 									
 									<div style="padding-bottom: 8px">
 										<div class="font_lighter_sidebar">
+											
 											<%= textilizable @project.description %>
 										</div>
 										<div class="created_on_project">