diff --git a/home/page/latest_updates/latest_updates.js b/home/page/latest_updates/latest_updates.js
index 7e28824229d..dea571d177f 100644
--- a/home/page/latest_updates/latest_updates.js
+++ b/home/page/latest_updates/latest_updates.js
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 erpnext.updates = [
+	["13th February, 2013", [
+		"Employee: If Employee is linked to a Profile, copy Full Name, Date of Birth, \
+			Image and Gender to Profile",
+		"Leave Application: Select Leave Approver by their Full Name",
+	]],
 	["6th February, 2013", [
 		"Bookmarks: Add bookmarks via toolbar by clicking on the <i class='icon-star'></i> sign.",
 	]],
diff --git a/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.js b/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.js
index 3c26a51d25e..9df348a17e4 100755
--- a/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.js
+++ b/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.js
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ cur_frm.cscript.onload = function(doc, dt, dn) {
 	if(doc.__islocal) {
 		cur_frm.set_value("status", "Open")
 	}
+	cur_frm.set_df_property("leave_approver", "options", "");
 	cur_frm.call({
 		method:"get_approver_list",
 		callback: function(r) {
-			cur_frm.set_df_property("leave_approver", "options", r.message);
+			cur_frm.set_df_property("leave_approver", "options", $.map(r.message, 
+				function(profile) { 
+					return {value: profile, label: wn.user_info(profile).fullname}; 
+				}));
 			cur_frm.cscript.get_leave_balance(cur_frm.doc);
 		}
 	});