diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/deferred_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/deferred_controller.rb
index ef72c7e7..1fad2a3f 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/deferred_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/deferred_controller.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class DeferredController < ApplicationController
     
     respond_to do |wants|
       wants.html do
-        flash["notice"] = 'Successfully deleted next action' if @saved
+        flash[:notice] = 'Successfully deleted next action' if @saved
         redirect_to :action => "index"
       end
       wants.js do
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class DeferredController < ApplicationController
     rescue
       respond_to do |wants|
         wants.html do
-          flash["warning"] = 'An error occurred on the server.'
+          flash[:warning] = 'An error occurred on the server.'
           redirect_to :action => "index"
         end
         wants.js  { render :action => 'error' }
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class DeferredController < ApplicationController
     if @user == item.user
       return item
     else
-      flash["warning"] = "Item and session user mis-match: #{item.user.name} and #{@user.name}!"
+      flash[:warning] = "Item and session user mis-match: #{item.user.name} and #{@user.name}!"
       render_text ""
     end
   end
diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/mobile_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/mobile_controller.rb
index 050ff071..22b3700c 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/mobile_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/mobile_controller.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class MobileController < ApplicationController
     if @user == item.user
       return item
     else
-      flash["warning"] = "Item and session user mis-match: #{item.user.name} and #{@user.name}!"
+      flash[:warning] = "Item and session user mis-match: #{item.user.name} and #{@user.name}!"
       render_text ""
     end
   end
diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/note_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/note_controller.rb
index 8efa2bce..74a06a62 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/note_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/note_controller.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class NoteController < ApplicationController
       if note.save
         render :partial => 'notes', :object => note
       else
-        flash["warning"] = "Couldn't update note \"#{note.id.to_s}\""
+        flash[:warning] = "Couldn't update note \"#{note.id.to_s}\""
         render :text => ''
       end
   end
diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/todo_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/todo_controller.rb
index e4efbb7a..97019683 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/todo_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/todo_controller.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TodoController < ApplicationController
     @contexts_to_show = @contexts.reject {|x| x.hide? }
     
     if @contexts.empty?
-      flash['warning'] = 'You must add at least one context before adding next actions.'
+      flash[:warning] = 'You must add at least one context before adding next actions.'
     end
 
     # Set count badge to number of not-done, not hidden context items
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class TodoController < ApplicationController
      rescue
        respond_to do |wants|
          wants.html do
-           flash["warning"] = 'An error occurred on the server.'
+           flash[:warning] = 'An error occurred on the server.'
            render :action => "index"
          end
          wants.js { render :action => 'error' }
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class TodoController < ApplicationController
     rescue
       respond_to do |wants|
         wants.html do
-          flash["warning"] = 'An error occurred on the server.'
+          flash[:warning] = 'An error occurred on the server.'
           redirect_to :action => 'index'
         end
         wants.js { render :action => 'error' }
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class TodoController < ApplicationController
         @error_message = 'Item and session user mis-match: #{item.user.name} and #{@user.name}!'
         respond_to do |wants|
           wants.html do
-            flash["warning"] = @error_message
+            flash[:warning] = @error_message
             render :action => "index"
           end
           wants.js { render :action => 'error' }