diff --git a/helpdesk/templatetags/saved_queries.py b/helpdesk/templatetags/saved_queries.py
index 057ef119..b52240a1 100644
--- a/helpdesk/templatetags/saved_queries.py
+++ b/helpdesk/templatetags/saved_queries.py
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ from helpdesk.models import SavedSearch
 
 
 def saved_queries(request):
-    user_saved_queries = SavedSearch.objects.filter(Q(user=request.user) | Q(shared__exact=True))
-    return user_saved_queries
+    try:
+        user_saved_queries = SavedSearch.objects.filter(Q(user=request.user) | Q(shared__exact=True))
+        return user_saved_queries
+    except Exception, e:
+        print "'saved_queries' template tag (django-helpdesk) crashed with following error:"
+        print e
+        return ''
 
 register = Library()
 register.filter('saved_queries', saved_queries)