diff --git a/pinaxcon/urls.py b/pinaxcon/urls.py
index 67671c1..6f454a8 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/urls.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/urls.py
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ from django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.staticfiles import static as _stati
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 from django.views.generic import RedirectView
 
-
 from django.contrib import admin
 
+from pinaxcon import views
+
 import symposion.views
 
 
@@ -78,3 +79,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
 ]
 
 urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
+
+handler500 = views.server_error
diff --git a/pinaxcon/views.py b/pinaxcon/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..433e368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pinaxcon/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from django.http import HttpResponseServerError
+from django.template import RequestContext
+from django.template import Template
+from django.template.loader import get_template
+from django.views import defaults
+
+def server_error(request, template_name=defaults.ERROR_500_TEMPLATE_NAME):
+    t = Template("{%% include '%s' %%}" % template_name)
+    return HttpResponseServerError(t.render(RequestContext(request)))