diff --git a/ife.module b/ife.module
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 5e738b6..44a4446
--- a/ife.module
+++ b/ife.module
@@ -258,39 +258,50 @@ function ife_errors($op = 'get', $id = NULL, $message = NULL) {
   }
 }
 
-function ife_element_errors_set($element, $display) {
-  if (!isset($_SESSION['messages'])) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Recurse through all children.
-  foreach (element_children($element) as $key) {
-    if (isset($element[$key]) && $element[$key]) {
-      ife_element_errors_set($element[$key], $display);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Check for errors and settings
-  $errors = form_get_errors();
-  $element_id = implode('][', $element['#parents']);
-  if (!empty($errors[$element_id])) {
-    $error_message = $errors[$element_id];
-
-    // Get error id
-    $error_id = array_search($error_message, $_SESSION['messages']['error']);
+/**
+ * Associate error messages with the fields they've been raised against.
+ *
+ * @param array $elements
+ *   The elements to check for error messages.
+ * @param int $display
+ *   What to do with the error messages raised by Drupal.
+ *     - 0: Leave the messages in place.
+ *     - Anything else: Remove all messages.
+ * @param bool $top = TRUE
+ *   This parameter is used internally to detect when we've finished scanning
+ *   the form so that we can clean up the session variables.
+ */
+function ife_element_errors_set($elements, $display, $top = TRUE) {
+  // Loop through each of the child elements of the form.
+  foreach (element_children($elements) as $key) {
+    // If the element has an error associated with it, we added it and stop
+    // descending down this branch of the tree.
+    if ($error_message = form_get_error($elements[$key])) {
+      // Set error message in session, so it can be used in our theming.
+      ife_errors('set', $elements[$key]['#id'], $error_message);
 
-    if ($error_id !== FALSE) {
-      if (isset($display) && $display != 0) {
+      // Check to see if the error has been set in the session also and remove
+      // it if necessary.
+      $error_id = array_search($error_message, $_SESSION['messages']['error']);
+      if ($error_id !== FALSE && isset($display) && $display != 0) {
         unset($_SESSION['messages']['error'][$error_id]);
-        $_SESSION['messages']['error'] = array_values($_SESSION['messages']['error']);
-      }
-
-      if (count($_SESSION['messages']['error']) <= 0) {
-        unset($_SESSION['messages']['error']);
       }
+    }
+    // If there isn't an error then we repeat the process with the children of
+    // this element.
+    else {
+      ife_element_errors_set($elements[$key], $elements, FALSE);
+    }
+  }
 
-      // Set error message in session, so it can be used in our theming.
-      ife_errors('set', $element['#id'], $error_message);
+  // Finally clean up the session variable. Remove the error array if it's
+  // empty, otherwise renumber the keys.
+  if ($top && isset($_SESSION['messages']['error'])) {
+    if (count($_SESSION['messages']['error']) == 0) {
+      unset($_SESSION['messages']['error']);
+    }
+    else {
+      $_SESSION['messages']['error'] = array_values($_SESSION['messages']['error']);
     }
   }
 }