diff --git a/app/controllers/problems_controller.rb b/app/controllers/problems_controller.rb
--- a/app/controllers/problems_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/problems_controller.rb
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     @problem, import_log = Problem.create_from_import_form_params(params,
                                                                   old_problem)
 
-    if @problem.errors.length != 0
+    if !@problem.errors.empty?
       render :action => 'import' and return
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/problem.rb b/app/models/problem.rb
--- a/app/models/problem.rb
+++ b/app/models/problem.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     import_params, problem = Problem.extract_params_and_check(params, 
                                                               org_problem)
 
-    if problem.errors.length!=0
+    if !problem.errors.empty?
       return problem, 'Error importing'
     end
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
     file = params[:file]
 
-    if problem.errors.length!=0
+    if !problem.errors.empty?
       return nil, problem
     end