diff --git a/app/models/audio_recording.rb b/app/models/audio_recording.rb
index a5e922a0..625b0abe 100644
--- a/app/models/audio_recording.rb
+++ b/app/models/audio_recording.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ class AudioRecording < ActiveRecord::Base
   # validation
   validates :uuid, :presence => true, :length =>  {:is => 36}
   validates :user, :presence => true
+  
 
-  validates :recorded_date, :presence => true, :on_or_before => :today
+  validates :recorded_date, :presence => true, :timeliness => {:on_or_before => lambda { Date.current }, :type => :date }
   validates :site, :presence => true
   validates :duration_seconds, :presence => true, :numericality => { :greater_than_or_equal_to  => 0 }
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 11afe20d..e371497d 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   # validation
   validates_presence_of :display_name
   validates_uniqueness_of :display_name, :email, :case_sensitive => false
-  has_friendly_id :display_name, :use_slug => true, :strip_non_ascii => true
+  #friendly_id :display_name, :use_slug => true, :strip_non_ascii => true
 end