diff --git a/plugins/communities_ratings/lib/community_rating.rb b/plugins/communities_ratings/lib/community_rating.rb
index c1b9f8c..0b82629 100644
--- a/plugins/communities_ratings/lib/community_rating.rb
+++ b/plugins/communities_ratings/lib/community_rating.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class CommunityRating < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates :value,
             :presence => true, :inclusion => {
-              in: 0..5, message: _("must be between 0 and 5")
+              in: 1..5, message: _("must be between 1 and 5")
             }
 
   validates :community_id, :person_id,
diff --git a/plugins/communities_ratings/test/functional/communities_ratings_plugin_profile_controller_test.rb b/plugins/communities_ratings/test/functional/communities_ratings_plugin_profile_controller_test.rb
index adfa7a5..ed868f4 100644
--- a/plugins/communities_ratings/test/functional/communities_ratings_plugin_profile_controller_test.rb
+++ b/plugins/communities_ratings/test/functional/communities_ratings_plugin_profile_controller_test.rb
@@ -23,33 +23,21 @@ class CommunitiesRatingsPluginProfileControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     @controller.stubs(:current_user).returns(@person.user)
   end
 
-
-  test "should logged person rate a community" do
-    xhr :post , :rate, :profile => @community.identifier, :value => 4
-
-    json_response = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(@response.body)
-
-    assert_equal true, json_response['success']
+  test "should add new comment to community" do
+    post :new_rating, profile: @community.identifier, :comments => {:body => "This is a test"}, :community_rating_value => 4
+    assert_equal "#{@community.name} successfully rated!", session[:notice]
   end
 
-  test "should logged person not rate a community with invalid value" do
-    xhr :post , :rate, :profile => @community.identifier, :value => 7
-
-    json_response = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(@response.body)
+  test "Create community_rating without comment body" do
+    post :new_rating, profile: @community.identifier, :comments => {:body => ""}, :community_rating_value => 2
 
-    assert_equal false, json_response['success']
-    assert_equal 'Value must be between 0 and 5', json_response['errors'].first
+    assert_equal "#{@community.name} successfully rated!", session[:notice]
   end
 
-  test "should add new comment to community" do
-    post :new_rating, profile: @community.identifier, :comments => {:body => "This is a test"}
-    assert_response :success
-  end
-
-  test "not create comment without comment body" do
-    post :new_rating, profile: @community.identifier, :comments => {:body => ""}
+  test "Do not create community_rating without a rate value" do
+    post :new_rating, profile: @community.identifier, :comments => {:body => ""}, :community_rating_value => nil
 
-    assert_response 302
+    assert_equal "Sorry, there were problems rating this profile.", session[:notice]
   end
-
 end
+
diff --git a/plugins/communities_ratings/test/unit/community_rating_test.rb b/plugins/communities_ratings/test/unit/community_rating_test.rb
index b730537..efebd78 100644
--- a/plugins/communities_ratings/test/unit/community_rating_test.rb
+++ b/plugins/communities_ratings/test/unit/community_rating_test.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 require 'test_helper'
 
 class CommunityRatingTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
-  test "The value must be between 0 and 5" do
+  test "The value must be between 1 and 5" do
     cr1 = CommunityRating.new :value => -1
     cr2 = CommunityRating.new :value => 6
 
     assert_equal false, cr1.valid?
     assert_equal false, cr2.valid?
 
-    assert_equal true, cr1.errors[:value].include?("must be between 0 and 5")
-    assert_equal true, cr2.errors[:value].include?("must be between 0 and 5")
+    assert_equal true, cr1.errors[:value].include?("must be between 1 and 5")
+    assert_equal true, cr2.errors[:value].include?("must be between 1 and 5")
+
+    cr1.value = 1
+    cr1.valid?
+
+    cr2.value = 5
+    cr2.valid?
+
+    assert_equal false, cr1.errors[:value].include?("must be between 1 and 5")
+    assert_equal false, cr2.errors[:value].include?("must be between 1 and 5")
   end
 end
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