diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/EditSubmission.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/EditSubmission.java
index 72810e2c3..a34524a57 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/EditSubmission.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/EditSubmission.java
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ public class EditSubmission {
         	}
         }
         
+        processEditElementFields(editConfig,queryParameters);
+        
         this.basicValidation = new BasicValidation(editConfig,this);
         Map<String,String> errors = basicValidation.validateUris( urisFromForm );
         if( errors != null ) {
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ public class EditSubmission {
         errors = basicValidation.validateLiterals( literalsFromForm );
         if( errors != null ) {
             validationErrors.putAll( errors);
-        }
+        }                
         
         if(editConfig.getValidators() != null ){
         	for( N3Validator validator : editConfig.getValidators()){
@@ -167,9 +169,7 @@ public class EditSubmission {
         				validationErrors.putAll(errors);
         		}
         	}
-        }
-        
-        processEditElementFields(editConfig,queryParameters);
+        }               
         
         if( log.isDebugEnabled() )
             log.debug( this.toString() );
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/SparqlEvaluate.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/SparqlEvaluate.java
index 1b926caa1..3e03e0541 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/SparqlEvaluate.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/SparqlEvaluate.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class SparqlEvaluate {
                 qe.close();
         }
 
-        if( log.isDebugEnabled() ) log.debug("queryToUri() query: '"+ querystr +"'\nvalue: '" + value +"'");
+        if( log.isDebugEnabled() ) log.debug("queryToLiteral() query: '"+ querystr +"'\nvalue: '" + value +"'");
         return value;
     }