diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/toolbar.js b/app/assets/javascripts/toolbar.js
index 31c6b43..3bdf29b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/toolbar.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/toolbar.js
@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@
         tbody = $('<tbody><tr></tr></tbody>').appendTo(table),
         tfoot = $('<tfoot><tr></tr></tfoot>').appendTo(table),
          cols = data.all_columns,
-     selected = data.selected_columns;
-
+     selected = [];
+     
+    // grab the keys from the data.selected_columns hash
+    $.each(data.selected_columns, function(k,v){
+      selected.push(k);
+    });
+     
     table.before('<input name="_method" type="hidden" value="put" />'); // PUT not POST
     table.before('<input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="' + $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content') + '" />'); // Auth token
     table.after('<p>' + I18n.t("helpers.project.project_settings_text") + '</p>');
diff --git a/app/controllers/settings/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings/projects_controller.rb
index 8c0c814..b0df35c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings/projects_controller.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
     before_filter :get_settings
 
     def show
-      
-puts "COLS: #{settings_json.inspect}"
-      
       respond_to do |format|
         format.html
         format.json { render json: settings_json }
@@ -17,8 +14,6 @@
     def update
       columns = (params[:columns] || {})
 
-puts "COLUMNS: #{params[:columns].inspect}"
-
       if @settings.update_attributes(columns: columns)
         respond_to do |format|
           format.html { redirect_to(projects_path) }
diff --git a/app/helpers/plans_helper.rb b/app/helpers/plans_helper.rb
index 3588ed0..f5cf56d 100644
--- a/app/helpers/plans_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/plans_helper.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 module PlansHelper
 
   def project_list_head(column)
-    klass = case column
+    klass = case column[0]
       when 'name'  then :dmp_th_big
       when 'description' then :dmp_th_big
       else :dmp_th_small
     end
 
-    content_tag(:th, t("helpers.project.columns.#{column}"), class: klass)
+    content_tag(:th, t("helpers.project.columns.#{column[0]}"), class: klass)
   end
 
   def project_list_body(column, project)
-    klass, content = case column
+    klass, content = case column[0]
       when 'name'
         [ "dmp_td_big", link_to(project.title, project_path(project), class: "dmp_table_link") ]
         
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
       when 'last_edited'
         [ "dmp_td_small", l(project.latest_update.to_date, formats: :short) ]
       when 'description'
-        [ "dmp_td_medium", (project.try(column) || "Unknown") ]
+        [ "dmp_td_medium", (project.try(column[0]) || "Unknown") ]
       else
-        [ "dmp_td_small", (project.try(column) || "Unknown") ]
+        [ "dmp_td_small", (project.try(column[0]) || "Unknown") ]
     end
 
     content_tag(:td, content, class: klass)
diff --git a/app/models/settings/plan_list.rb b/app/models/settings/plan_list.rb
index 77d7a6a..662ce75 100644
--- a/app/models/settings/plan_list.rb
+++ b/app/models/settings/plan_list.rb
@@ -5,14 +5,19 @@
     
     # TODO: can these be taken from somewhere else rather than hard-coded here?
     DEFAULT_COLUMNS = ['name', 'owner', 'shared', 'last_edited']
-    ALL_COLUMNS = DEFAULT_COLUMNS + %i( template_owner identifier grant_number principal_investigator data_contact description )
+    ALL_COLUMNS = DEFAULT_COLUMNS + ['template_owner', 'identifier', 'grant_number', 
+                                     'principal_investigator', 'data_contact', 'description']
 
     validate do
       cols = value["columns"]
+      
       if cols.present? # columns can be empty, in which case they revert to defaults
-        errors.add(:columns, I18n.t("helpers.settings.projects.errors.no_name")) unless cols.member?(:name)
-        errors.add(:columns, I18n.t("helpers.settings.projects.errors.duplicate")) unless cols.to_a.uniq == cols
-        errors.add(:columns, I18n.t("helpers.settings.projects.errors.unknown")) unless (cols.to_a.uniq & ALL_COLUMNS) == cols.to_a.uniq
+
+puts "COLS: #{cols.keys.inspect}"
+
+        errors.add(:columns, I18n.t("helpers.settings.projects.errors.no_name")) unless cols.member?("name")
+        errors.add(:columns, I18n.t("helpers.settings.projects.errors.duplicate")) unless cols.keys.uniq == cols.keys
+        errors.add(:columns, I18n.t("helpers.settings.projects.errors.unknown")) unless (cols.keys.uniq & ALL_COLUMNS) == cols.keys.uniq
       end
     end
   end