diff --git a/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/persistance.at b/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/persistance.at
index ba4a1f600a..33d18f7d8e 100644
--- a/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/persistance.at
+++ b/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/persistance.at
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #This checks to see if the student has solved the problem after a certain
 # number of incorrect attempts
 
-     if ($problem->status == 1 && $problem->num_incorrect >= 20) {
+     if ($problem->status == 1 && $problem->num_correct == 1 && $problem->num_incorrect >= 20) {
 	return 1
      }    else {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/super_persistance.at b/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/super_persistance.at
index 0565f1271b..2a1e8a2127 100644
--- a/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/super_persistance.at
+++ b/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/super_persistance.at
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #This checks to see if the student has solved the problem after a certain
 # number of incorrect attempts
 
-     if ($problem->status == 1 && $problem->num_incorrect >= 100) {
+     if ($problem->status == 1 && $problem->num_correct == 1 && $problem->num_incorrect >= 100) {
 	return 1
      }    else {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/third_time.at b/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/third_time.at
index f9dd6d9b62..3d76898e3d 100644
--- a/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/third_time.at
+++ b/courses.dist/modelCourse/templates/achievements/third_time.at
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #This checks to see if the student has a certain number of attempts
 
-    if ($problem->num_correct == 1 and $problem->num_incorrect == 2) {
+    if ($problem->num_correct == 1 and $problem->num_incorrect == 2 and $problem->status == 1) {
 	return 1;
     }    else {
 	return 0;