diff --git a/Validator/EmailRule.swift b/Validator/EmailRule.swift
index dbb9252..4203a2a 100644
--- a/Validator/EmailRule.swift
+++ b/Validator/EmailRule.swift
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ class EmailRule: Rule {
     }
     
     func validate(value: String) -> Bool {
-        let test = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", self.REGEX)
-        if test.evaluateWithObject(value) {
-            return true
+        if let test = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", self.REGEX) {
+            if test.evaluateWithObject(value) {
+                return true
+            }
         }
         return false
     }
diff --git a/Validator/MinLengthRule.swift b/Validator/MinLengthRule.swift
index 0c94f4a..4971000 100644
--- a/Validator/MinLengthRule.swift
+++ b/Validator/MinLengthRule.swift
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class MinLengthRule : Rule {
     }
     
     func validate(value: String) -> Bool {
-        if count(value) < DEFAULT_MIN_LENGTH {
+        if countElements(value) < DEFAULT_MIN_LENGTH {
             return false
         }
         return true
diff --git a/Validator/PasswordRule.swift b/Validator/PasswordRule.swift
index 5eb3b00..5dbe149 100644
--- a/Validator/PasswordRule.swift
+++ b/Validator/PasswordRule.swift
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ class PasswordRule : Rule {
     }
     
     func validate(value: String) -> Bool {
-        let test = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", self.REGEX)
-        if test.evaluateWithObject(value) {
-            return true
+        if let test = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", self.REGEX) {
+            if test.evaluateWithObject(value) {
+                return true
+            }
         }
         return false
     }
diff --git a/Validator/ZipCodeRule.swift b/Validator/ZipCodeRule.swift
index 4990483..4d35c30 100644
--- a/Validator/ZipCodeRule.swift
+++ b/Validator/ZipCodeRule.swift
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ class ZipCodeRule: Rule {
     }
     
     func validate(value: String) -> Bool {
-        let test = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", self.REGEX)
-        if test.evaluateWithObject(value) {
-            return true
+        if let test = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", self.REGEX) {
+            if test.evaluateWithObject(value) {
+                return true
+            }
         }
         return false
     }