diff --git a/app/controllers/cost_reports_controller.rb b/app/controllers/cost_reports_controller.rb
index 59eef3348c..10eed31521 100644
--- a/app/controllers/cost_reports_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/cost_reports_controller.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,23 @@ class CostReportsController < ApplicationController
 
   rescue_from Exception do |exception|
     session.delete(:report)
-    @custom_errors ||= []
-    @custom_errors << l(:error_generic)
-    render :layout => !request.xhr?
+    if Rails.env == "production"
+      @custom_errors ||= []
+      @custom_errors << l(:error_generic)
+      render :layout => !request.xhr?
+      logger.fatal <<-THE_ERROR
+
+        ==============================================================================
+        REPORTING ERROR:
+
+        #{exception.class}: #{exception.message}
+            #{exception.backtrace.join("\n            ")}
+        ==============================================================================
+
+      THE_ERROR
+    else
+      raise exception
+    end
   end
 
   helper :reporting
diff --git a/app/helpers/reporting_helper.rb b/app/helpers/reporting_helper.rb
index 875f0f14c1..1a5383f540 100644
--- a/app/helpers/reporting_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/reporting_helper.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 module ReportingHelper
   include QueriesHelper
 
-  def l(*values)
-    return values.first if values.size == 1 and values.first.respond_to? :to_str
-    super
-  end
-
   ##
   # For a given CostQuery::Filter filter, return an array of hashes, that contain
   # the partials that should be rendered (:name) for that filter and necessary
diff --git a/app/models/cost_query/custom_field_mixin.rb b/app/models/cost_query/custom_field_mixin.rb
index dc3acb1071..db14ca6686 100644
--- a/app/models/cost_query/custom_field_mixin.rb
+++ b/app/models/cost_query/custom_field_mixin.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module CostQuery::CustomFieldMixin
-  include CostQuery::QueryUtils
+  include Report::QueryUtils
 
   attr_reader :custom_field
   SQL_TYPES = {
diff --git a/app/models/cost_query/query_utils.rb b/app/models/cost_query/query_utils.rb
index 8766baad20..c3e97d6e3d 100644
--- a/app/models/cost_query/query_utils.rb
+++ b/app/models/cost_query/query_utils.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ module CostQuery::QueryUtils
     end
   end
 
+  def l(*values)
+    return values.first if values.size == 1 and values.first.respond_to? :to_str
+    I18n.t(*values)
+  end
+
   def user_name(id)
     # we have no identity map... :(
     cache[:user_name][id] ||= User.find(id).name