diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/PassiveAnalytics/Flow.pm b/lib/WebGUI/PassiveAnalytics/Flow.pm
index 291233ca7..622cb8c68 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/PassiveAnalytics/Flow.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/PassiveAnalytics/Flow.pm
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ sub www_editRuleSave {
         $session->log->warn("Error: $@");
         my $error = $@;
         $error =~ s/at \S+?\.pm line \d+.*$//;
+        my $i18n = WebGUI::International->new($session, 'PassiveAnalytics');
+        $error = join ' ', $i18n->get('Regular Expression Error:'), $error;
         return www_editRule($session, $error);
     }
     my $ruleId = $form->get('ruleId');
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/PassiveAnalytics.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/PassiveAnalytics.pm
index 98a99bc41..01747ca57 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/PassiveAnalytics.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/PassiveAnalytics.pm
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ home\?func=match, or<br />
 		context => q|Button label to begin analyzing the logs.|
 	},
 
+	'Regular Expression Error:' => {
+		message => q|Regular Expression Error:|,
+		lastUpdated => 0,
+		context => q|Error displayed when a user enters in a bad regular expression.  This label will be followed by the error from perl.|
+	},
+
 };
 
 1;