diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/conference_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/conference_controller.rb
index 89347905..b3b912cc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/conference_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/conference_controller.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Admin::ConferenceController < ApplicationController
     else
       redirect_to(edit_admin_conference_path(id: short_title),
                   alert: 'Updating conference failed. ' \
-                  "#{@conference.errors.full_messages.join('. ')}.")
+                          "#{@conference.errors.full_messages.join('. ')}.")
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/organizations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/organizations_controller.rb
index 66de3420..9ed2eca5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/organizations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/organizations_controller.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Admin::OrganizationsController < ApplicationController
   def create
     @organization = Organization.new(params[:organization])
     flash[:notice] = 'Organization was successfully created.' if @organization.save
-    respond_with @organization, :location => admin_organizations_path
+    respond_with @organization, location: admin_organizations_path
   end
 
   def show
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Admin::OrganizationsController < ApplicationController
   def update
     @organization = Organization.find(params[:id])
     flash[:notice] = 'Organization was successfully updated' if @organization.update_attributes(params[:organization])
-    respond_with @organization, :location => admin_organizations_path
+    respond_with @organization, location: admin_organizations_path
   end
 
   def delete
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Admin::OrganizationsController < ApplicationController
   def destroy
     @organization = Organization.find(params[:id])
     @organization.destroy
-    redirect_to admin_organizations_path, :notice => "Organization got deleted"
+    redirect_to admin_organizations_path, notice: 'Organization got deleted'
     
-  end  
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/sponsorship_levels_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/sponsorship_levels_controller.rb
index 947a023c..b09dcaff 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/sponsorship_levels_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/sponsorship_levels_controller.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ class Admin::SponsorshipLevelsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def update
-    begin
-      @conference.update_attributes!(params[:conference])
-      redirect_to(admin_conference_sponsorship_levels_path(:conference_id => @conference.short_title), :notice => 'Sponsorship levels were successfully updated.')
-    rescue Exception => e
-      redirect_to(admin_conference_sponsorship_levels_path(:conference_id => @conference.short_title), :alert => "Sponsorship levels update failed: #{e.message}")
+    if @conference.update_attributes!(params[:conference])
+      redirect_to(admin_conference_sponsorship_levels_path(
+                  conference_id: @conference.short_title),
+                  notice: 'Sponsorship levels were successfully updated.')
+    else
+      redirect_to(admin_conference_sponsorship_levels_path(
+                  conference_id: @conference.short_title),
+                  alert: 'Sponsorship levels update failed')
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/sponsorships_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/sponsorships_controller.rb
index 9ebc38f9..0baeea93 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/sponsorships_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/sponsorships_controller.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ class Admin::SponsorshipsController < ApplicationController
     params[:sponsorship_registration][:conference_id] = @conference.id
     sponsorship = SponsorshipRegistration.new(params[:sponsorship_registration])
     if sponsorship.save
-      redirect_to(admin_conference_sponsorships_path(:conference_id => @conference.short_title), :notice => "Sponsorship added")
+      redirect_to(admin_conference_sponsorships_path(
+                  conference_id: @conference.short_title), notice: 'Sponsorship added')
     else
-      redirect_to(admin_conference_sponsorships_path(:conference_id => @conference.short_title),
-                 :alert => "Sponsorship creation failed.#{sponsorship.errors.full_messages.join('. ')}")
+      redirect_to(admin_conference_sponsorships_path(conference_id: @conference.short_title),
+                  alert: 'Sponsorship creation failed.' \
+                          "#{sponsorship.errors.full_messages.join('. ')}")
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/conference.rb b/app/models/conference.rb
index 07a61f7d..f2791803 100644
--- a/app/models/conference.rb
+++ b/app/models/conference.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Conference < ActiveRecord::Base
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :venue
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :dietary_choices, :allow_destroy => true
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :supporter_levels, :allow_destroy => true
-  accepts_nested_attributes_for :sponsorship_levels, :allow_destroy => true
+  accepts_nested_attributes_for :sponsorship_levels, allow_destroy: true
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :event_types, :allow_destroy => true
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :email_settings
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :questions, :allow_destroy => true
diff --git a/app/models/organization.rb b/app/models/organization.rb
index 28709e4d..0d0407a5 100644
--- a/app/models/organization.rb
+++ b/app/models/organization.rb
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@ class Organization < ActiveRecord::Base
   attr_accessible :title, :photo, :email_id, :description, :website_url
   has_many :sponsorship_registrations, dependent: :destroy
   has_attached_file :photo,
-                    :styles => {:thumb => "100x100>", :large => "300x300>" }
+                    styles: { thumb: '100x100>', large: '300x300>' }
 
   validates_attachment_content_type :photo,
-                                    :content_type => [/jpg/, /jpeg/, /png/, /gif/],
-                                    :size => { :in => 0..500.kilobytes }
+                                    content_type: [/jpg/, /jpeg/, /png/, /gif/],
+                                    size: { :in => 0..500.kilobytes }
   validates_presence_of :title,
                         :email_id,
                         :website_url
   validates_uniqueness_of :email_id
-
-
 end
diff --git a/app/models/sponsorship_registration.rb b/app/models/sponsorship_registration.rb
index 8da8a5e0..49107a3d 100644
--- a/app/models/sponsorship_registration.rb
+++ b/app/models/sponsorship_registration.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class SponsorshipRegistration < ActiveRecord::Base
-  attr_accessible :name, :email_id, :contact_no, :amount_donated, :method_of_donation, 
+  attr_accessible :name, :email_id, :contact_no, :amount_donated, :method_of_donation,
                   :sponsorship_level_id, :conference_id, :organization_id
   belongs_to :organization
   belongs_to :sponsorship_level
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140524122022_create_sponsorship_registrations.rb b/db/migrate/20140524122022_create_sponsorship_registrations.rb
index 789df5c1..4441f577 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20140524122022_create_sponsorship_registrations.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20140524122022_create_sponsorship_registrations.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 class CreateSponsorshipRegistrations < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
     create_table :sponsorship_registrations do |t|
-    	t.string :name
-    	t.string :email_id
-    	t.string :contact_no
-    	t.float :amount_donated
-    	t.string :method_of_donation
+      t.string :name
+      t.string :email_id
+      t.string :contact_no
+      t.float :amount_donated
+      t.string :method_of_donation
       t.belongs_to :organization
       t.belongs_to :sponsorship_level
       t.belongs_to :conference
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140524122046_create_organizations.rb b/db/migrate/20140524122046_create_organizations.rb
index 710acd66..2d8eb65e 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20140524122046_create_organizations.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20140524122046_create_organizations.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 class CreateOrganizations < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
     create_table :organizations do |t|
-    	t.string :title
-    	t.string :email_id
-    	t.text :description
-    	t.string :photo_file_name
-    	t.string :photo_content_type
-    	t.integer :photo_file_size
-    	t.datetime :photo_updated_at
+      t.string :title
+      t.string :email_id
+      t.text :description
+      t.string :photo_file_name
+      t.string :photo_content_type
+      t.integer :photo_file_size
+      t.datetime :photo_updated_at
       t.timestamps
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/factories/conferences.rb b/spec/factories/conferences.rb
index 3acd4103..09fd1b4a 100644
--- a/spec/factories/conferences.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/conferences.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     end_date Date.tomorrow
     factory :conference_with_sponsorship_level do
       after(:build) do |conference|
-      conference.sponsorship_levels << build(:sponsorship_level, conference: conference)
+        conference.sponsorship_levels << build(:sponsorship_level, conference: conference)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/factories/sponsorship_registrations.rb b/spec/factories/sponsorship_registrations.rb
index b613cc5b..fde0caa2 100644
--- a/spec/factories/sponsorship_registrations.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/sponsorship_registrations.rb
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     sponsorship_level
     organization
     after(:build) do |sponsorship_registration|
-      sponsorship_registration.sponsorship_level = 
-        build(:sponsorship_level, 
-                conference: sponsorship_registration.conference)
+      sponsorship_registration.sponsorship_level =
+        build(:sponsorship_level,
+              conference: sponsorship_registration.conference)
     end
   end
 end