diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/_application.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/_application.scss
index 795266e..db038fb 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/_application.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/_application.scss
@@ -1179,6 +1179,11 @@ $header-tilt: 8deg;
 	.secondary {
 		font-size: 1.5em;
 	}
+
+	body.error-500 & {
+		background-position: 50% 50%;
+		background-color: $colour-2;
+	}
 }
 
 #footer {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/user-mailer.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/user-mailer.scss
index fdf404c..2fc4871 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/user-mailer.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/user-mailer.scss
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ table {
 	td {
 		border-collapse: collapse;
 	}
+
+	th {
+		text-align: left;
+	}
 }
 
 table#bb_full_width,
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index f9fc7bc..c427c21 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -92,12 +92,22 @@ class ApplicationController < LinguaFrancaApplicationController
 
 	def do_403(template = nil)
 		@template = template
+		@page_title ||= 'page_titles.403.Access_Denied'
 		@main_title ||= @page_title
 		params[:_original_action] = params[:action]
 		params[:action] = 'error-403'
 		render 'application/permission_denied', status: 403
 	end
 
+	def error_500(exception)
+
+		@page_title = 'page_titles.500.An_Error_Occurred'
+		@main_title = 'error.500.title'
+		params[:_original_action] = params[:action]
+		params[:action] = 'error-500'
+		render 'application/500', status: 500
+	end
+
 	rescue_from ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound do |exception|
 		do_404
 	end
@@ -119,6 +129,22 @@ class ApplicationController < LinguaFrancaApplicationController
 		end
 	end
 
+	rescue_from StandardError do |exception|
+		# send and email if this is production
+		UserMailer.error_report(
+				"An error has occurred in #{Rails.env}",
+				nil,
+				exception.to_s,
+				exception,
+				request,
+				params,
+				current_user,
+			).deliver_now if Rails.env.preview? || Rails.env.production?
+		
+		# show the error page
+		error_500 exception
+	end
+
 	def generate_confirmation(user, url, expiry = nil)
 		if user.is_a? String
 			user = User.find_by_email(user)
@@ -128,8 +154,6 @@ class ApplicationController < LinguaFrancaApplicationController
 		end
 		expiry ||= (Time.now + 12.hours)
 		session[:confirm_uid] = user.id
-		#confirmation = EmailConfirmation.create(user_id: user.id, expiry: expiry, url: url)
-		#UserMailer.email_confirmation(confirmation).deliver_now
 		UserMailer.send_mail :email_confirmation do
 			{
 				:args => EmailConfirmation.create(user_id: user.id, expiry: expiry, url: url)
@@ -247,4 +271,17 @@ class ApplicationController < LinguaFrancaApplicationController
 			end
 		end
 	end
+
+	def i18n_exception(str, exception, locale, key)
+		# send and email if this is production
+		UserMailer.error_report(
+				"A missing translation found in #{Rails.env}",
+				"A translation for #{key} in #{locale.to_s} was found. The text that was rendered to the user was \"#{str || 'nil'}\".",
+				exception.to_s,
+				exception,
+				request,
+				params,
+				current_user,
+			).deliver_now if Rails.env.preview? || Rails.env.production?
+	end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/oauths_controller.rb b/app/controllers/oauths_controller.rb
index 9b411dd..376bc9e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/oauths_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/oauths_controller.rb
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ class OauthsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def set_callback
+    # force https for prod
+    protocol = Rails.env.preview? || Rails.env.production? ? 'https://' : request.protocol
+
+    # build the callback url
     Sorcery::Controller::Config.send(params[:provider]).callback_url =
-        "#{request.protocol}#{request.env['HTTP_HOST']}/oauth/callback?provider=facebook"
+        "#{protocol}#{request.env['HTTP_HOST']}/oauth/callback?provider=facebook"
   end
 
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb
index baa4bb5..c050d34 100644
--- a/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/user_mailer.rb
@@ -164,4 +164,15 @@ class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
 		mail to: user.email, subject: @subject
 	end
 
+	def error_report(subject, message, report, exception, request, params, user)
+		@host = UserMailer.default_url_options[:host]
+		@subject = subject
+		@message = message
+		@report = report
+		@exception = exception
+		@request = request
+		@params = params
+		@user = user
+		mail to: 'goodgodwin@hotmail.com', subject: @subject
+	end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/application/permission_denied.html.haml b/app/views/application/permission_denied.html.haml
index c89daec..0b86b15 100644
--- a/app/views/application/permission_denied.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/application/permission_denied.html.haml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 	- else
 		= row do
 			= columns do
-				%h2=_'articles.permission_denied.headings.main','Sorry, you currently don\'t have access to this page'
-				%p=_'articles.permission_denied.paragraphs.main', :p
+				%h2=_'error.403.title','Sorry, you currently don\'t have access to this page'
+				%p=_'error.403.description', :p
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 3d9ba37..26a2232 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -5601,6 +5601,7 @@ en:
         facebook_sign_in: Facebook Sign In
   page_titles:
     '403':
+      Access_Denied: Access Denied
       Please_Confirm_Email: Please confirm your email
       Please_Check_Email: Please check your email
       Please_Login: Please login
@@ -5628,6 +5629,8 @@ en:
     About: 'About'
     Register: 'Register'
     Pre_Register: 'Pre-Register'
+    '500':
+      An_Error_Occurred: An Error Occurred
   links:
     footer:
       help_text:
@@ -5667,11 +5670,17 @@ en:
     conference:
       Translate: Edit %{language} version
   error:
+    '403':
+      description: You do not currently have sufficient permissions to access this page. If you believe this is an error, please contact us or file an issue.
+      title: You do not have access to this page
     '404':
       description: Sorry, we couldn't find the page you were looking for. If you really
         believe that it should exist please contact admin@bikebike.org or file an
         issue on github: https://github.com/bikebike/BikeBike/issues
       title: '404: This page doesn''t exist'
+    '500':
+      title: There is a problem
+      description: 'An error has occurred, details about the error have been sent to our development team. In addition, you may contact us or report an issue.'
   roles:
     workshops:
       facilitator:
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 198ed2c..2f35a17 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ BikeBike::Application.routes.draw do
     get   '/oauth/:provider' => 'oauths#oauth', :as => :auth_at_provider
     post  '/translator-request' => 'application#translator_request', :as => :translator_request
 
+    get   '/error_403' => 'application#do_403'
     get   '/error_404' => 'application#error_404'
+    get   '/error_500' => 'application#error_500'
     get   '/404' => 'application#error_404'
     get   '/about' => 'application#about', :as => :about
     get   '/policy' => 'application#policy', :as => :policy