diff --git a/Supporters/lib/Supporters.pm b/Supporters/lib/Supporters.pm
index 4cdf982..17a1252 100644
--- a/Supporters/lib/Supporters.pm
+++ b/Supporters/lib/Supporters.pm
@@ -1137,12 +1137,12 @@ sub getRequest($$;$) {
   my $requestTypeClause = "";
   if (defined $requestTypeId) {
     $requestType = $self->_lookupRequestTypeById($requestTypeId);
-    die "getRequest: invalid requestTypeId, \"$requestTypeId\"" unless defined $requestType;
+    confess "getRequest: invalid requestTypeId, \"$requestTypeId\"" unless defined $requestType;
     $requestTypeClause = " AND rt.id = " . $self->dbh->quote($requestTypeId, 'SQL_INTEGER');
   } elsif (defined $requestType) {
     $requestTypeClause = " AND rt.type = " . $self->dbh->quote($requestType);
   } else {
-    die "getRequest: undefined requestType" unless defined $requestType;
+    confess "getRequest: undefined requestType" unless defined $requestType;
   }
   my $req = $self->dbh()->selectall_hashref("SELECT r.id, r.request_type_id, r.request_configuration_id, r.date_requested, r.notes, rt.type " .
                                             "FROM request r, request_type rt WHERE r.request_type_id = rt.id AND " .