diff --git a/classes/headers/VariableHeader.php b/classes/headers/VariableHeader.php
index 808fb0d9..f37ffaa3 100644
--- a/classes/headers/VariableHeader.php
+++ b/classes/headers/VariableHeader.php
@@ -188,15 +188,15 @@ public static function afterParse(&$report) {
 				
 				$report->options['Variables'][$var] = $params;
 			}
-			
+
 			//if the type is daterange, parse start and end with strtotime
-			if($params['type'] === 'daterange' && $report->macros[$params['name']]['start'] && $report->macros[$params['name']]['end']) {
-				$start = date_create($report->macros[$params['name']]['start']);
+			if($params['type'] === 'daterange' && $report->macros[$params['name']][0] && $report->macros[$params['name']][1]) {
+				$start = date_create($report->macros[$params['name']][0]);
 				if(!$start) throw new Exception($params['display']." must have a valid start date.");
 				date_time_set($start,0,0,0);
 				$report->macros[$params['name']]['start'] = date_format($start,$params['format']);
-				
-				$end = date_create($report->macros[$params['name']]['end']);
+
+				$end = date_create($report->macros[$params['name']][1]);
 				if(!$end) throw new Exception($params['display']." must have a valid end date.");
 				date_time_set($end,23,59,59);
 				$report->macros[$params['name']]['end'] = date_format($end,$params['format']);
diff --git a/lib/PhpReports/PhpReports.php b/lib/PhpReports/PhpReports.php
index b9beeb52..50953305 100644
--- a/lib/PhpReports/PhpReports.php
+++ b/lib/PhpReports/PhpReports.php
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public static function getDashboards() {
 	public static function getDashboard($dashboard) {
 		$file = PhpReports::$config['dashboardDir'].'/'.$dashboard.'.json';
 		if(!file_exists($file)) {
-			throw new Exception("Unknown dashboard - ".$dashboard);
+			throw "Unknown dashboard - ".$dashboard;
 		}
 		
 		return json_decode(file_get_contents($file),true);