diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
index 61967435fb..d87d0e6e4a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use Artisan;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Config;
+use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Tag;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface as ARI;
 use Input;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ use Preferences;
 use Session;
 use Steam;
 
+
 /**
  * Class HomeController
  *
@@ -25,6 +27,11 @@ class HomeController extends Controller
         parent::__construct();
     }
 
+    public function displayError() {
+        throw new FireflyException('A very simple test error.');
+    }
+
+
     public function dateRange()
     {
         $start = new Carbon(Input::get('start'));
diff --git a/app/Http/routes.php b/app/Http/routes.php
index ddb5985e80..5e16686d9a 100644
--- a/app/Http/routes.php
+++ b/app/Http/routes.php
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Route::group(
     Route::post('/password/reset', 'Auth\PasswordController@reset');
 
 
+    // display error:
+    Route::get('/error', 'HomeController@displayError');
+
+
 }
 );