diff --git a/app/controllers/exceptionhandler_controller.rb b/app/controllers/exceptionhandler_controller.rb
index 8ac47e5..e8ef167 100755
--- a/app/controllers/exceptionhandler_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/exceptionhandler_controller.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class ExceptionhandlerController < ApplicationController
            issue.save
            flash.now[:notice] = "New report filed: ##{issue.id}"
         else
-          flash.now[:error] = issue.errors.full_messages
+          flash.now[:error] = "There was an error with filing this report"
+          @output = issue.errors.full_messages
         end
 
         #TODO generate link to issue
diff --git a/app/views/exceptionhandler/index.html.erb b/app/views/exceptionhandler/index.html.erb
index 508e25b..b8bc6f3 100755
--- a/app/views/exceptionhandler/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/exceptionhandler/index.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <h1>Exception Handler</h1>
 <br/>
+<%= @output %>
+<br/>
+<br/>
 <strong>Number of params:</strong> <%= params.size %>
 <br/>
 <br/>
@@ -13,7 +16,3 @@
 <strong>Params:</strong>
 <br/>
 <%= params.inspect %>
-
-<br/>
-
-<%= @output %>