diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f48785238..edbbe8ea0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config/database.yml
 config/danbooru_local_config.rb
 config/deploy/*.rb
+config/application.yml
 db/*.sqlite3
 log/*.log
 tmp/*
diff --git a/app/logical/tag_alias_request.rb b/app/logical/tag_alias_request.rb
index 32686128a..34476800c 100644
--- a/app/logical/tag_alias_request.rb
+++ b/app/logical/tag_alias_request.rb
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ class TagAliasRequest
   end
 
   def build_tag_alias
-    TagAlias.new(
+    x = TagAlias.new(
       :antecedent_name => antecedent_name, 
       :consequent_name => consequent_name, 
-      :status => "pending", 
       :skip_secondary_validations => skip_secondary_validations
     )
+    x.status = "pending"
+    x
   end
 
   def build_forum_topic(tag_alias_id)
diff --git a/app/logical/tag_implication_request.rb b/app/logical/tag_implication_request.rb
index f74f0956d..a84ca15d3 100644
--- a/app/logical/tag_implication_request.rb
+++ b/app/logical/tag_implication_request.rb
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ class TagImplicationRequest
   end
 
   def build_tag_implication
-    TagImplication.new(
+    x = TagImplication.new(
       :antecedent_name => antecedent_name, 
       :consequent_name => consequent_name, 
-      :status => "pending", 
       :skip_secondary_validations => skip_secondary_validations
     )
+    x.status = "pending"
+    x
   end
 
   def build_forum_topic(tag_implication_id)