diff --git a/app/controllers/channels_controller.rb b/app/controllers/channels_controller.rb
index ae62a20..acabc8e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/channels_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/channels_controller.rb
@@ -178,10 +178,8 @@ class ChannelsController < ApplicationController
       format.html do
         if @mychannel
           render "private_show"
-          session[:errors] = nil
         else
           render "public_show"
-          session[:errors] = nil
         end
       end
       format.json { render :json => @channel.as_json(options) }
@@ -201,18 +199,14 @@ class ChannelsController < ApplicationController
     # make updating attributes easier for updates via api
     params[:channel] = params if params[:channel].blank?
 
-    if params["channel"]["video_type"].blank? && !params["channel"]["video_id"].blank?
-      @channel.errors.add(:base, t(:channel_video_type_blank))
-    end
-
-    if @channel.errors.count <= 0
+    if @channel.valid?
       @channel.save_tags(params[:tags][:name]) if params[:tags].present?
       @channel.assign_attributes(channel_params)
       @channel.set_windows
       @channel.save
       @channel.set_ranking
     else
-      session[:errors] = @channel.errors
+      flash[:alert] = @channel.errors.full_messages.join(', ')
       redirect_to channel_path(@channel.id, :anchor => "channelsettings") and return
     end
 
@@ -606,4 +600,3 @@ class ChannelsController < ApplicationController
     end
 
 end
-
diff --git a/app/models/channel.rb b/app/models/channel.rb
index 5bdf0e0..1256d64 100644
--- a/app/models/channel.rb
+++ b/app/models/channel.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Channel < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   before_destroy :delete_feeds
 
-  validates :video_type, :presence => true, :if => lambda{ |channel| channel.video_id.present? }
+  validates :video_type, :presence => { :message => I18n.t(:channel_video_type_blank) }, :if => lambda{ |channel| channel.video_id.present? }
 
   scope :public_viewable, lambda { where("public_flag = true AND social != true") }
   scope :not_social, lambda { where("social != true") }
diff --git a/app/views/channels/_edit.html.erb b/app/views/channels/_edit.html.erb
index a2ffc79..0f9e40c 100644
--- a/app/views/channels/_edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/channels/_edit.html.erb
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 <div class="FL">
 
   <%= form_for @channel, :html => {:method => 'put'} do |c| %>
-   <% unless session[:errors].nil?
-      session[:errors].each do |attr, msg|
-        @channel.errors.add(attr, msg)
-      end
-      session[:errors] = nil %>
-   <% end %>
-
     <p>
       <%= error_messages_for 'channel', :header_message => t(:try_again), :message => t(:channel_error) %>
     </p>