diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index fd576b637..8f953017a 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ 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 :description, :maximum => 1000
   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/projects/homework.html.erb b/app/views/projects/homework.html.erb
index ad8aad583..b612bd94f 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/homework.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/homework.html.erb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function showSubH(/* ... */){
 		}
 	}
 	function deal_error (argument) {
-		$('#OpenWindow-content').html('<span class=\"font_color_orange\" > ' + argument.status + argument.statusText + ' <\/span>\n');
+		$('#OpenWindow-content').html('<span class=\"font_color_orange\" > Network Error:<br/>http_status:' + argument.status + '<br/>statusText:' + argument.statusText + ' <\/span>\n');
 	}
 	$.post(post_url,{}, deal_post).error(deal_error);
 }