diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index f98ae83..6f1d550 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -15,4 +15,10 @@ var Image = new Schema({
 });
  
 mongoose.model( 'Image', Image );
+
+//Image.schema.path('desc').validate(function (value) {
+  // example: //return /blue|green|white|red|orange|periwinkle/i.test(value);
+  //return (value.split(' ').length > 1000);
+//}, 'Description must be less than 1000 words');
+
 mongoose.connect( 'mongodb://localhost/infragram' );
diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index 9814efc..22fd05e 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ exports.create = function ( req, res ){
     src: req.body.src,
     updated_at : Date.now(),
   }).save( function( err, todo, count ){
+    // if err, redirect to a filled-out form of the data, with validation errors 
+    // ...i don't yet know how to do this, but here are some relevant things:
+    //if (err) return handleError(err);
+    //err.errors.desc.type // <= 'Description must be less than 1000 words'
     res.redirect( '/' );
   });
 };