diff --git a/app/assets/templates/home.html b/app/assets/templates/home.html
index fdcb0958..6da2242d 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/home.html
+++ b/app/assets/templates/home.html
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ <h2>Welcome</h2>
 
 <p>{{welcomeMessage}}</p>
 
-<a href="#/projects">Projects</a>
-<a href="#/sites">Sites</a>
-<a href="#/photos">Photos</a>
-<a href="#/recordings">Audio Recordings</a>
+<a href="/projects">Projects</a>
+<a href="/sites">Sites</a>
+<a href="/photos">Photos</a>
+<a href="/recordings">Audio Recordings</a>
+
diff --git a/app/models/audio_recording.rb b/app/models/audio_recording.rb
index a13700ff..df5d7918 100644
--- a/app/models/audio_recording.rb
+++ b/app/models/audio_recording.rb
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ class AudioRecording < ActiveRecord::Base
   # relations
   belongs_to :site
   has_many :audio_events
+  belongs_to :user, :class_name => 'User', :foreign_key => "uploader_id"
 
   # attr
   attr_accessible :bit_rate_bps, :channels, :data_length_bytes,
                   :duration_seconds, :file_hash, :media_type, :notes,
-                  :recorded_date, :sample_rate_hertz, :status
+                  :recorded_date, :sample_rate_hertz, :status, :uploader_id
 
   # userstamp
   stampable
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class AudioRecording < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   # validation
   validates :uuid, :presence => true, :length =>  {:is => 36}, :uniqueness => { :case_sensitive => false }
-  validates :user, :presence => true
+  validates :uploader_id, :presence => true
   
 
   validates :recorded_date, :presence => true, :timeliness => {:on_or_before => lambda { Date.current }, :type => :date }
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index e8676c66..af9d2b34 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_as_paranoid
 
   # validation
-  validates :name, :presence => true
+  validates :name, :presence => true, :uniqueness => { :case_sensitive => false }
   validates :urn, :presence => true
 
 end