diff --git a/views/account/login.jade b/views/account/login.jade
index 3febce2ba5..b8a259a5b5 100644
--- a/views/account/login.jade
+++ b/views/account/login.jade
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 extends ../layout
 
 block content
-  if messages.length
+  if errors.length
     .alert.alert-danger.animated.fadeIn
-      strong= messages
+      for error in errors
+        div= error.msg
 
   .col-sm-8.col-sm-offset-2
     form(method='POST')
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ block content
             | Google
       .form-group
         label.control-label(for='email') Email
-        input.form-control(type='email', name='email', id='email', placeholder='Email', autofocus=true)
+        input.form-control(type='text', name='email', id='email', placeholder='Email', autofocus=true)
       .form-group
         label.control-label(for='username') Password
         input.form-control(type='password', name='password', id='password', placeholder='Password')
diff --git a/views/contact.jade b/views/contact.jade
index 99515ff7f7..b7782e778d 100644
--- a/views/contact.jade
+++ b/views/contact.jade
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ extends layout
 
 block content
   if errors.length
-    .alert.alert-danger
+    .alert.alert-danger.animated.fadeIn
       for error in errors
         div= error.msg
   if success.length
-    .alert.alert-success
+    .alert.alert-success.animated.fadeIn
       p= success
 
   .page-header