diff --git a/app/views/projects/_new_respond.html.erb b/app/views/projects/_new_respond.html.erb
index 25e448ff4..f0d43c439 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_new_respond.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/_new_respond.html.erb
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ function setMaxLength() {
 function checkMaxLength() {
     var maxLength = this.getAttribute('maxlength');
     var currentLength = this.value.length;
-    if (currentLength > maxLength)
+    alert(currentLength);
+    if (currentLength >= maxLength) {
         this.relatedElement.className = 'toomuch';
-    else
+       }
+    else {
         this.relatedElement.className = '';	
+       }
     this.relatedElement.firstChild.nodeValue = currentLength;
 }