diff --git a/init.rb b/init.rb
index 835ebc3d4d..2b0f3f160e 100644
--- a/init.rb
+++ b/init.rb
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ fail "upgrade ruby version, ruby < 1.8.7 suffers from Hash#hash bug" if {:a => 1
 require 'big_decimal_patch'
 require 'to_date_patch'
 
-config.middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Static, "#{root}/assets"
+if Rails.version.start_with? "3"
+  config.middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Static, "#{root}/assets"
+end
diff --git a/lib/widget.rb b/lib/widget.rb
index 47ff6ac885..9314ee1c08 100644
--- a/lib/widget.rb
+++ b/lib/widget.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 class ActionView::Base
   def render_widget(widget, subject, options = {}, &block)
     i = widget.new(subject)
-    i.config = config
-    i.controller = controller
+    if Rails.version.start_with? "3"
+      i.config = config
+      i._routes = _routes
+    else
+      i.output_buffer = ""
+    end
     i._content_for = @_content_for
-    i._routes = _routes
+    i.controller = controller
     i.render_with_options(options, &block).html_safe
   end
 end
 
+if Rails.version.start_with? "2"
+  class ::String; def html_safe; self; end; end
+end
+
 class Widget < ActionView::Base
   include ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper
   include ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper
diff --git a/lib/widget/settings.rb b/lib/widget/settings.rb
index ce81e44bce..4a9e15f6a6 100644
--- a/lib/widget/settings.rb
+++ b/lib/widget/settings.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class Widget::Settings < Widget::Base
   def render
-    form_for @query, :url => "#", :html => {:id => 'query_form', :method => :post} do |query_form|
+    form_tag("#", {:id => 'query_form', :method => :post}) do |query_form|
       content_tag :div, :id => "query_form_content" do
 
         fieldsets = render_widget Widget::Settings::Fieldset, @query, { :type => "filter" } do