diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 981808017..81e9f5e3c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
       "show_files" => true,
       "show_documents" => true,
       "show_messages" => true,
+      "show_news" => true,
       "show_bids" => true
     }
     @date_to ||= Date.today + 1
diff --git a/app/models/bid.rb b/app/models/bid.rb
index 5bfde4c87..bb254b6dc 100644
--- a/app/models/bid.rb
+++ b/app/models/bid.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Bid < ActiveRecord::Base
                 :author => :author,
                 :url => Proc.new {|o| {:controller => 'bids', :action => 'show', :id => o.id}}
 
-  acts_as_activity_provider :find_options => {:include => [:project, :author]},
+  acts_as_activity_provider :find_options => {:include => [:projects, :author]},
                             :author_key => :author_id