diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/GenericProperty/genericProperty.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/GenericProperty/genericProperty.js
index 524947ae91..5242c9d5aa 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/GenericProperty/genericProperty.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/GenericProperty/genericProperty.js
@@ -24,17 +24,15 @@ function duplicatePropertyNameAsSafeAlias(nameId, aliasId) {
 }
 
 function checkAlias(aliasId) {
-    var input = $(aliasId);
-    
-    input.keyup(function(event) {
-        var value = $(this).val();
+    $(aliasId).keyup(function (event) {
+        var input = $(this);
+        var value = input.val();
         validateSafeAlias(aliasId, value, false, function (isSafe) {
             input.toggleClass('aliasValidationError', !isSafe);
         });
-    });
-
-    input.blur(function(event) {
-        var value = $(this).val();
+    }).blur(function(event) {
+        var input = $(this);
+        var value = input.val();
         getSafeAlias(aliasId, value, true, function (alias) {
             if (value.toLowerCase() != alias.toLowerCase())
                 input.val(alias);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs
index e5a883955f..6f68024c79 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace umbraco.controls
             else
                 lt_icon.Text = _contentType.IconUrl.TrimStart('.');
 
-            checkTxtAliasJs.Text = string.Format("checkAlias('{0}');", txtAlias.ClientID);
+            checkTxtAliasJs.Text = string.Format("checkAlias('#{0}');", txtAlias.ClientID);
         }
         
         /// <summary>