diff --git a/html/inc/db_ops.inc b/html/inc/db_ops.inc
index 1c81b7264b..b257a02d33 100644
--- a/html/inc/db_ops.inc
+++ b/html/inc/db_ops.inc
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ class SqlQueryString {
         $this->addeqnz('server_state');
         $this->addeqnz('outcome');
         $this->addeqnz('client_state');
+        $this->addeqnz('validate_state');
         if ($_GET['clauses']) {
             $this->addclause($_GET['clauses']);
         }
diff --git a/html/user/old_news.php b/html/user/old_news.php
index 1411d52d2a..4af203467b 100644
--- a/html/user/old_news.php
+++ b/html/user/old_news.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require_once("../project/project_news.inc");
 
 page_head("News archive");
 
-show_old_news($project_news, 6);
+show_old_news($project_news, 5);
 
 page_tail();