diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
index 51fe34be..c9367dfc 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
@@ -1127,18 +1127,24 @@ long SignupPendingAlertMailfile(CVars in) {
     CVars x;
     CVars out;
     C_CGI_Form form("", "");
-    out["alertemail"] = CfgReadChar("transnotif.contact");
 
-	out["server_name"] = CfgReadChar("system.server_name");
-    form.LetStr("server_name", out["server_name"].c_str());
-    form.LetStr("site_name", "WrenchBoard");
-    form.LetStr("subject", "WrenchBoard Contact Us Alert");
+        try{
+            out["alertemail"] = CfgReadChar("transnotif.contact");
+
+            out["server_name"] = CfgReadChar("system.server_name");
+            form.LetStr("server_name", out["server_name"].c_str());
+            form.LetStr("site_name", "WrenchBoard");
+            form.LetStr("subject", "WrenchBoard Contact Us Alert");
+
+            if (load_db_record(x, "SELECT *,email as email2,to_char(expire, 'Day Mon dd, yyyy HH:MI AM') AS expire,to_char(added, 'Day Mon dd, yyyy HH:MI AM') AS added FROM members_pending WHERE id = %lu ", in["pending_id"].Long())) {
+                vars2form(x, form);
+                form.LetStr("email", out["alertemail"].c_str());
+                form.Email("ALERT/alert_signup.mailfile");
+            }
+        } catch (bad_parameter) {
+            out["status"] = "ERROR";
+        }
 
-    if (load_db_record(x, "SELECT *,email as email2,to_char(expire, 'Day Mon dd, yyyy HH:MI AM') AS expire,to_char(added, 'Day Mon dd, yyyy HH:MI AM') AS added FROM members_pending WHERE id = %lu ", in["pending_id"].Long())) {
-        vars2form(x, form);
-        form.LetStr("email", out["alertemail"].c_str());
-        form.Email("ALERT/alert_signup.mailfile");
-    }
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1204,27 +1210,32 @@ long AccountPendingMail(CVars in) //TESTED
     CVars x;
     CVars out;
     C_CGI_Form form("", "");
-    form.LetStr("main_site_url",  "https://www.wrenchboard.com/");
-	out["server_name"] =  CfgReadChar("system.server_name");
-    form.LetStr("server_name", out["server_name"].c_str());
-    form.LetStr("site_name", "WrenchBoard");
-    form.LetStr("site_trade_name", "Connecting Opportunities");
+    try{
+        form.LetStr("main_site_url",  "https://www.wrenchboard.com/");
+    	out["server_name"] =  CfgReadChar("system.server_name");
+        form.LetStr("server_name", out["server_name"].c_str());
+        form.LetStr("site_name", "WrenchBoard");
+        form.LetStr("site_trade_name", "Connecting Opportunities");
 
-    if (load_db_record(x, "SELECT *,to_char(expire, 'Day Mon dd, yyyy HH:MI AM') AS expire,to_char(now(), 'yyyy') AS YYYY FROM members_pending WHERE id = %lu ", in["pending_id"].Long())) {
-        vars2form(x, form);
-        form.LetStr("email", x["email"].c_str());
-        if (x["signup_random"] != "" && x["signup_random"].Long() > 0  &&  in["mobile_email"].Long() == 100) {
-            form.Email("ACCOUNT/member_pending_mobile.mailfile");
+        if (load_db_record(x, "SELECT *,to_char(expire, 'Day Mon dd, yyyy HH:MI AM') AS expire,to_char(now(), 'yyyy') AS YYYY FROM members_pending WHERE id = %lu ", in["pending_id"].Long())) {
+            vars2form(x, form);
+            form.LetStr("email", x["email"].c_str());
+            if (x["signup_random"] != "" && x["signup_random"].Long() > 0  &&  in["mobile_email"].Long() == 100) {
+                form.Email("ACCOUNT/member_pending_mobile.mailfile");
 
-        } else {
-            form.Email("ACCOUNT/member_pending_mobile.mailfile");
+            } else {
+                form.Email("ACCOUNT/member_pending_mobile.mailfile");
+            }
         }
+
+        in["title"] = "Account Pending Created";
+        in["message"] = "Account Pending";
+        in["title"].set_valid(true);
+        in["message"].set_valid(true);
+    } catch (bad_parameter) {
+        out["status"] = "ERROR";
     }
 
-    in["title"] = "Account Pending Created";
-    in["message"] = "Account Pending";
-    in["title"].set_valid(true);
-    in["message"].set_valid(true);
     return 0;
 }