diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
index 41b188a..9f29357 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Bob Carroll <bob.carroll@alum.rit.edu> @rcarz
 Kyle Chaplin <chaplinkyle@gmail.com> @chaplinkyle
 Alesandro Lang <info@alesandro-lang.com> @alesandroLang
+Javier Molina <javinovich@gmail.com> @javinovich
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Component.java b/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Component.java
index 1c0ed45..5e197cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Component.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Component.java
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ public class Component extends Resource {
     }
 
     private String name = null;
+    private String description = null;
     private boolean isAssigneeTypeValid = false;
 
     /**
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ public class Component extends Resource {
         self = Field.getString(map.get("self"));
         id = Field.getString(map.get("id"));
         name = Field.getString(map.get("name"));
+        description = Field.getString(map.get("description"));
         isAssigneeTypeValid = Field.getBoolean(map.get("isAssigneeTypeValid"));
     }
 
@@ -191,6 +193,10 @@ public class Component extends Resource {
         return name;
     }
 
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
     public boolean isAssigneeTypeValid() {
         return isAssigneeTypeValid;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Field.java b/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Field.java
index a63a78c..68b1125 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Field.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Field.java
@@ -604,6 +604,13 @@ public final class Field {
                 return JSONNull.getInstance();
             else if (value instanceof TimeTracking)
                 return ((TimeTracking) value).toJsonObject();
+        } else if (m.type.equals("number")) {
+            if(!(value instanceof java.lang.Integer) && !(value instanceof java.lang.Double) && !(value 
+                    instanceof java.lang.Float) && !(value instanceof java.lang.Long) )
+            {
+                throw new JiraException("Field expects a Numeric value");
+            }
+            return value;
         }
 
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException(m.type + " is not a supported field type");
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Issue.java b/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Issue.java
index e0c8f8b..cb69927 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Issue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Issue.java
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ public class Issue extends Resource {
             restclient);
 
         if (projects.isEmpty() || projects.get(0).getIssueTypes().isEmpty())
-            throw new JiraException("Project or issue type missing from create metadata");
+            throw new JiraException("Project '"+ project + "'  or issue type '" + issueType + 
+                    "' missing from create metadata. Do you have enough permissions?");
 
         return projects.get(0).getIssueTypes().get(0).getFields();
     }