diff --git a/RIGS/rigboard.py b/RIGS/rigboard.py
index 7c5c305c..737b7dc9 100644
--- a/RIGS/rigboard.py
+++ b/RIGS/rigboard.py
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import urllib2
 from django.views import generic
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
-from django.template import Context, RequestContext
+from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.db.models import Q
+from django.contrib import messages
 from z3c.rml import rml2pdf
 from PyPDF2 import PdfFileMerger, PdfFileReader
 
@@ -125,6 +126,13 @@ class EventArchive(generic.ArchiveIndexView):
     def get_queryset(self):
         start = self.request.GET.get('start', None)
         end = self.request.GET.get('end', datetime.date.today())
+
+        # Assume idiots, always check
+        if start and start > end:
+            messages.add_message(self.request, messages.INFO,
+                                 "Muppet! Check the dates, it has been fixed for you.")
+            start, end = end, start  # Stop the impending fail
+
         filter = False
         if end != "":
             filter = Q(start_date__lte=end)
@@ -139,4 +147,10 @@ class EventArchive(generic.ArchiveIndexView):
         else:
             qs = self.model.objects.all()
 
-        return qs.select_related('person', 'organisation', 'venue', 'mic')
\ No newline at end of file
+        # Preselect related for efficiency
+        qs.select_related('person', 'organisation', 'venue', 'mic')
+
+        if len(qs) == 0:
+            messages.add_message(self.request, messages.WARNING, "No events have been found matching those criteria.")
+
+        return qs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/400.html b/templates/400.html
index 69c93032..5dd0c30b 100644
--- a/templates/400.html
+++ b/templates/400.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 {% block content %}
     <div class="text-center">
+        <h1>400: Bad Request</h1>
         <img src="{% static 'imgs/400.jpg' %}"/>
     </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/401.html b/templates/401.html
index 6d930f91..9b9b019f 100644
--- a/templates/401.html
+++ b/templates/401.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 {% block content %}
     <div class="text-center">
+        <h1>401: Unauthorized</h1>
         <img src="{% static 'imgs/401.jpg' %}"/>
     </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/403.html b/templates/403.html
index 2bae9f1f..5f59c351 100644
--- a/templates/403.html
+++ b/templates/403.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 {% block content %}
     <div class="text-center">
+        <h1>403: Forbidden</h1>
         <img src="{% static 'imgs/403.jpg' %}"/>
     </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/404.html b/templates/404.html
index 81dc065f..5b347c1b 100644
--- a/templates/404.html
+++ b/templates/404.html
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 {% block title %}Page Not Found{% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
-    <div class="text-center">
-        <img src="{% static 'imgs/404.jpg' %}"/>
+    <div class="col-sm-12">
+        <h1>404: Not Found</h1>
+
+        <div class="text-center">
+            <img src="{% static 'imgs/404.jpg' %}"/>
+        </div>
     </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/500.html b/templates/500.html
index 3d93d52c..c135cd4c 100644
--- a/templates/500.html
+++ b/templates/500.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 {% block content %}
     <div class="text-center">
+        <h1>500: Server error</h1>
         <img src="{% static 'imgs/500.jpg' %}"/>
     </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index d952fbc3..a2f9af04 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@
                 <div class="info">{{ info }}</div>{% endif %}
             {% if messages %}
                 {% for message in messages %}
-                    <div class="info">{{ message }}</div>
+                    <div class="alert alert-{{ message.level_tag }} alert-dismissible" role="alert">
+                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-label="Close"><span
+                                aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
+                        {{ message }}
+                    </div>
                 {% endfor %}
             {% endif %}
         {% endblock %}