diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index 274b94603..dd71de977 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -266,6 +266,25 @@ class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base
       end
     end
 
+    def reverse_parse_helper(array)
+      case array[0]
+      when :lte
+        [:gte, *array[1..-1]]
+
+      when :lt
+        [:gt, *array[1..-1]]
+
+      when :gte
+        [:lte, *array[1..-1]]
+
+      when :gt
+        [:lt, *array[1..-1]]
+
+      else
+        array
+      end
+    end
+
     def parse_tag(tag, output)
       if tag[0] == "-" && tag.size > 1
         output[:exclude] << tag[1..-1].mb_chars.downcase
@@ -386,7 +405,7 @@ class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base
             q[:date] = parse_helper($2, :date)
 
           when "age"
-            q[:age] = parse_helper($2, :age)
+            q[:age] = reverse_parse_helper(parse_helper($2, :age))
 
           when "tagcount"
             q[:post_tag_count] = parse_helper($2)
diff --git a/test/functional/artists_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/artists_controller_test.rb
index 61d57aa16..01d0da6cf 100644
--- a/test/functional/artists_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/artists_controller_test.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ class ArtistsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
 
     should "create an artist" do
       assert_difference("Artist.count", 1) do
-        post :create, {:artist => FactoryGirl.attributes_for(:artist)}, {:user_id => @user.id}
+        attributes = FactoryGirl.attributes_for(:artist)
+        attributes.delete(:is_active)
+        post :create, {:artist => attributes}, {:user_id => @user.id}
       end
       artist = Artist.last
       assert_redirected_to(artist_path(artist))
diff --git a/test/unit/post_test.rb b/test/unit/post_test.rb
index 5e151b980..f03ab0bc8 100644
--- a/test/unit/post_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/post_test.rb
@@ -839,24 +839,24 @@ class PostTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   context "Searching:" do
-    should "return posts for the age:>1m tag" do
+    should "return posts for the age:<1m tag" do
       post1 = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :tag_string => "aaa")
-      count = Post.tag_match("age:>1m").count
+      count = Post.tag_match("age:<1m").count
       assert_equal(1, count)
     end
 
-    should "return posts for the age:>1m tag when the user is in Pacific time zone" do
+    should "return posts for the age:<1m tag when the user is in Pacific time zone" do
       post1 = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :tag_string => "aaa")
       Time.zone = "Pacific Time (US & Canada)"
-      count = Post.tag_match("age:>1m").count
+      count = Post.tag_match("age:<1m").count
       assert_equal(1, count)
       Time.zone = "Eastern Time (US & Canada)"
     end
 
-    should "return posts for the age:>1m tag when the user is in Tokyo time zone" do
+    should "return posts for the age:<1m tag when the user is in Tokyo time zone" do
       post1 = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :tag_string => "aaa")
       Time.zone = "Asia/Tokyo"
-      count = Post.tag_match("age:>1m").count
+      count = Post.tag_match("age:<1m").count
       assert_equal(1, count)
       Time.zone = "Eastern Time (US & Canada)"
     end