diff --git a/Cantera/src/transport/LiquidTransport.cpp b/Cantera/src/transport/LiquidTransport.cpp
index d581b3215..ce9b75e9b 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/transport/LiquidTransport.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/transport/LiquidTransport.cpp
@@ -974,6 +974,14 @@ namespace Cantera {
    * Updates the array of pure species viscosities, and the 
    * weighting functions in the viscosity mixture rule.
    * The flag m_visc_ok is set to true.
+   *
+   * Note that for viscosity, a positive activation energy 
+   * corresponds to the typical case of a positive argument
+   * to the exponential so that the Arrhenius expression is
+   *
+   * \f[
+   *      \mu = A T^n \exp( + E / R T )
+   * \f]
    */
   void LiquidTransport::updateViscosity_T() {
     int k;
@@ -991,7 +999,7 @@ namespace Cantera {
 	//m_coeffVisc_Ns[k][2] holds Tact
 	//m_coeffVisc_Ns[k][3] holds log(A)
 	m_logViscSpecies[k] = coeffk[3] + coeffk[1] * m_logt 
-	  - coeffk[2] / m_temp ;
+	  + coeffk[2] / m_temp ;
 	m_viscSpecies[k] = exp( m_logViscSpecies[k] );
       
       } else if ( m_viscTempDepType_Ns[k] == LTR_MODEL_POLY ) {
diff --git a/Cantera/src/transport/TransportFactory.cpp b/Cantera/src/transport/TransportFactory.cpp
index 1d1ec5ffb..d3d96f53c 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/transport/TransportFactory.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/transport/TransportFactory.cpp
@@ -1126,10 +1126,25 @@ namespace Cantera {
 
       if ( transportNode.hasChild("viscosity")) {
 	XML_Node& viscosityNode = transportNode.child("viscosity");
-	string viscosityModel = viscosityNode.attrib("model");
-	if (viscosityModel == "") {
-	  throw CanteraError("LiquidTransport::initLiquid",
+	if ( viscosityNode.hasChild("compositionDependence") ) {
+	  string viscosityModel = viscosityNode.child("compositionDependence").attrib("model");
+	  if (viscosityModel == "") {
+	  throw CanteraError("LiquidTransport::getLiquidInteractionsTransportData",
 			     "transport::visosity XML node doesn't have a model string");
+	  } else if ( viscosityModel == "none"){
+	    ;
+	  } else if ( viscosityModel == "solvent"){
+	    throw CanteraError("LiquidTransport::getLiquidInteractionsTransportData",
+			     "solvent interactions not implemented");
+	  } else if ( viscosityModel == "moleFractions"){
+	    ;
+	  } else if ( viscosityModel == "massFractions"){
+	    ;
+	  } else if ( viscosityModel == "logMoleFractions"){
+	    ;
+	  } else if ( viscosityModel == "pairwiseInteractionEnergy"){
+	    ;
+	  }
 	}
       }
   }