diff --git a/application/controllers/items.php b/application/controllers/items.php
index 5d2c59dae..8acf33b9b 100644
--- a/application/controllers/items.php
+++ b/application/controllers/items.php
@@ -427,7 +427,9 @@ class Items extends Secure_area implements iData_controller
             	$error_message = $upload_success ? 
 	            	$this->lang->line('items_error_adding_updating') .' '. $item_data['name'] : 
     	        	$this->upload->display_errors(); 
-            	echo json_encode(array('success'=>false,'message'=>$error_message,'item_id'=>$item_id)); 
+            	echo json_encode(array('success'=>false,
+            			'error_messages'=>array($this->upload->display_errors()),
+            			'message'=>$error_message,'item_id'=>$item_id)); 
             }
             
 		}
diff --git a/js/common.js b/js/common.js
index ef267c571..e4b8dfb94 100644
--- a/js/common.js
+++ b/js/common.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ $.each(['customers', 'items', 'reports', 'receivings', 'sales', 'employees', 'co
 
 function handle_validation(response) 
 {
-	if (!response.success && !response.validated) 
+	if (!response.success) 
 	{
 		var error_message_box = '.error_message_box';
 		// server side validation failed.. record won't be saved