diff --git a/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
index 9e8a5597..329b38e5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
@@ -27,13 +27,29 @@ class NotesController < ApplicationController
 
   def create
     note = current_user.notes.build
-    note.attributes = params["new_note"]
-
-    if note.save
-      render :partial => 'notes_summary', :object => note
-    else
-      render :text => ''
-    end
+    note.attributes = params["note"]
+
+    saved = note.save
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.js do
+        if note.save
+          render :partial => 'notes_summary', :object => note
+        else
+          render :text => ''
+        end
+      end
+      format.xml do
+        if saved
+          head :created, :location => note_url(note), :text => "new note with id #{note.id}"
+        else
+	  render_failure note.errors.full_messages.join(', ')
+        end
+      end
+      format.html do
+        render :text => 'unexpected request for html rendering'
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def destroy
diff --git a/app/views/projects/show.html.erb b/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
index efa84ab9..f969bd87 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
       :position => "bottom",
       :complete => "$('#notes').effect('highlight', 1000);$('#empty-n').hide();$('#new-note form').clearForm();",
       :html => {:id=>'form-new-note', :class => 'inline-form'} do %>
-      <%= hidden_field( "new_note", "project_id", "value" => "#{@project.id}" ) %>
-      <%= text_area( "new_note", "body", "cols" => 50, "rows" => 3, "tabindex" => 1 ) %>
+      <%= hidden_field( "note", "project_id", "value" => "#{@project.id}" ) %>
+      <%= text_area( "note", "body", "cols" => 50, "rows" => 3, "tabindex" => 1 ) %>
       <br /><br />
       <input type="submit" value="Add note" name="add-new-note" tabindex="2" />
     <% end -%>