diff --git a/TODO.mkdn b/TODO.mkdn
index 60d0fd9..84edb88 100644
--- a/TODO.mkdn
+++ b/TODO.mkdn
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Bugs
 * When using mood sort, scroll position jumps to last selected chum
 * When left for a really long time, animations slow down pesterchum
 * Openning userlist resets appearance of OP/voice for anyone that become OP/voice after you joined a memo
-* No sign of error if regexp quirk is malformed (not enough captured groups, etc)
 * Windows: Dragging a chum on top of another chum and releasing makes one disappear
 
 Mac Bugs
diff --git a/convo.py b/convo.py
index 4e5c6b2..375528d 100644
--- a/convo.py
+++ b/convo.py
@@ -658,7 +658,14 @@ class PesterConvo(QtGui.QFrame):
         quirks = self.mainwindow.userprofile.quirks
         lexmsg = lexMessage(text)
         if type(lexmsg[0]) is not mecmd and self.applyquirks:
-            lexmsg = quirks.apply(lexmsg)
+            try:
+                lexmsg = quirks.apply(lexmsg)
+            except:
+                msgbox = QtGui.QMessageBox()
+                msgbox.setText("Whoa there! There seems to be a problem.")
+                msgbox.setInformativeText("A quirk seems to be having a problem. (Possibly you're trying to capture a non-existant group?)")
+                msgbox.exec_()
+                return
         lexmsgs = splitMessage(lexmsg)
 
         for lm in lexmsgs: