diff --git a/bazaar/BoostPyTest/main.cpp b/bazaar/BoostPyTest/main.cpp
index 09fe140dc..670af2383 100644
--- a/bazaar/BoostPyTest/main.cpp
+++ b/bazaar/BoostPyTest/main.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,19 @@ void BoostPyTest::EvalCB()
 {
 	String s = ev.GetData();
 
-	object o = eval(s.Begin(), main_namespace, main_namespace);
-	Value v = extract<Value>(o);
+	Value v;
+	try
+	{
+		object o = eval(s.Begin(), main_namespace, main_namespace);
+		v = extract<Value>(o);
+	}
+	catch(boost::python::error_already_set const &)
+	{
+		// Parse and output the exception
+		std::string perror_str = parse_py_exception();
+		String es = perror_str;
+		v = ErrorValue(es);
+	}
 	
 	evr.SetData(v);	
 }
diff --git a/bazaar/CoreBoostPy/CoreBoostPy.cpp b/bazaar/CoreBoostPy/CoreBoostPy.cpp
index 0792c5863..8e933bf2e 100644
--- a/bazaar/CoreBoostPy/CoreBoostPy.cpp
+++ b/bazaar/CoreBoostPy/CoreBoostPy.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,26 @@
 
 NAMESPACE_UPP
 
+Value PyEvalConvert::Format(const Value& q) const
+{
+	Value v;
+	try
+	{
+		object arg(q);
+		locals["arg"] = arg;
+		object o = eval(expr.Begin(), locals, globals);
+		v = extract<Value>(o);
+	}
+	catch(boost::python::error_already_set const &)
+	{
+		// Parse and output the exception
+		std::string perror_str = parse_py_exception();
+		String es = perror_str;
+		v = ErrorValue(es);
+	}
+	return v;
+}
+
 void export_Core()
 {
 ONCELOCK
diff --git a/bazaar/CoreBoostPy/CoreBoostPy.h b/bazaar/CoreBoostPy/CoreBoostPy.h
index 71f5f313d..f3e5300e7 100644
--- a/bazaar/CoreBoostPy/CoreBoostPy.h
+++ b/bazaar/CoreBoostPy/CoreBoostPy.h
@@ -16,14 +16,7 @@ public:
 	mutable object locals; //added to by Format
 	String expr;
 
-	virtual Value  Format(const Value& q) const
-	{
-		object arg(q);
-		locals["arg"] = arg;
-		object o = eval(expr.Begin(), locals, globals);
-		Value v = extract<Value>(o);
-		return v;
-	}
+	virtual Value Format(const Value& q) const;
 };
 
 void export_Core();
diff --git a/bazaar/CtrlLibBoostPy/CtrlLibBoostPy.upp b/bazaar/CtrlLibBoostPy/CtrlLibBoostPy.upp
index ba1e42f05..c0575b448 100644
--- a/bazaar/CtrlLibBoostPy/CtrlLibBoostPy.upp
+++ b/bazaar/CtrlLibBoostPy/CtrlLibBoostPy.upp
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 uses
 	CtrlLib,
 	Py,
-	CoreBoostPy;
+	CoreBoostPy,
+	ValueCtrl;
 
 file
 	Common.h,
diff --git a/bazaar/CtrlLibBoostPy/init b/bazaar/CtrlLibBoostPy/init
index aef294377..7829406e3 100644
--- a/bazaar/CtrlLibBoostPy/init
+++ b/bazaar/CtrlLibBoostPy/init
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 #include "CtrlLib/init"
 #include "Py/init"
 #include "CoreBoostPy/init"
+#include "ValueCtrl/init"
 #endif
diff --git a/bazaar/Py/Py.cpp b/bazaar/Py/Py.cpp
index 95c08990b..32694c67c 100644
--- a/bazaar/Py/Py.cpp
+++ b/bazaar/Py/Py.cpp
@@ -5,5 +5,61 @@ using namespace boost::python;
 
 NAMESPACE_UPP
 
+#ifdef flagBOOSTPY
+// Parses the value of the active python exception
+// NOTE SHOULD NOT BE CALLED IF NO EXCEPTION
+std::string parse_py_exception()
+{
+	PyObject *type_ptr = NULL, *value_ptr = NULL, *traceback_ptr = NULL;
+	// Fetch the exception info from the Python C API
+	PyErr_Fetch(&type_ptr, &value_ptr, &traceback_ptr);
+
+	// Fallback error
+	std::string ret("Unfetchable Python error");
+
+	// If the fetch got a type pointer, parse the type into the exception string
+	if(type_ptr != NULL){
+		handle<> h_type(type_ptr);
+		str type_pstr(h_type);
+		// Extract the string from the boost::python object
+		extract<std::string> e_type_pstr(type_pstr);
+		// If a valid string extraction is available, use it 
+		//  otherwise use fallback
+		if(e_type_pstr.check())
+			ret = e_type_pstr();
+		else
+			ret = "Unknown exception type";
+	}
+	// Do the same for the exception value (the stringification of the exception)
+	if(value_ptr != NULL){
+		handle<> h_val(value_ptr);
+		str a(h_val);
+		extract<std::string> returned(a);
+		if(returned.check())
+			ret +=  ": " + returned();
+		else
+			ret += std::string(": Unparseable Python error: ");
+	}
+	// Parse lines from the traceback using the Python traceback module
+	if(traceback_ptr != NULL){
+		handle<> h_tb(traceback_ptr);
+		// Load the traceback module and the format_tb function
+		object tb(import("traceback"));
+		object fmt_tb(tb.attr("format_tb"));
+		// Call format_tb to get a list of traceback strings
+		object tb_list(fmt_tb(h_tb));
+		// Join the traceback strings into a single string
+		object tb_str(str("\n").join(tb_list));
+		// Extract the string, check the extraction, and fallback in necessary
+		extract<std::string> returned(tb_str);
+		if(returned.check())
+			ret += ": " + returned();
+		else
+			ret += std::string(": Unparseable Python traceback");
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
 END_UPP_NAMESPACE
 
diff --git a/bazaar/Py/Py.h b/bazaar/Py/Py.h
index 60ef4d5ab..cc980fc67 100644
--- a/bazaar/Py/Py.h
+++ b/bazaar/Py/Py.h
@@ -19,4 +19,14 @@
 
 #include <Core/Core.h>
 
+NAMESPACE_UPP
+
+#ifdef flagBOOSTPY
+// Parses the value of the active python exception
+// NOTE SHOULD NOT BE CALLED IF NO EXCEPTION
+std::string parse_py_exception();
+#endif
+
+END_UPP_NAMESPACE
+
 #endif
diff --git a/bazaar/ValueAccessorEdit/ValueAccessorEdit.upp b/bazaar/ValueAccessorEdit/ValueAccessorEdit.upp
index 325abfc5f..3060d38ff 100644
--- a/bazaar/ValueAccessorEdit/ValueAccessorEdit.upp
+++ b/bazaar/ValueAccessorEdit/ValueAccessorEdit.upp
@@ -9,6 +9,3 @@ file
 	ValueAccessorEdit.cpp,
 	ValueAccessorEdit.lay;
 
-mainconfig
-	"" = "GUI SSE2";
-
diff --git a/bazaar/ValueCtrl/ValueCtrl.cpp b/bazaar/ValueCtrl/ValueCtrl.cpp
index 1d8cea353..620e56037 100644
--- a/bazaar/ValueCtrl/ValueCtrl.cpp
+++ b/bazaar/ValueCtrl/ValueCtrl.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void ValueCtrl::OnAction()
 
 void ValueCtrl::Updated()
 {
-	if(v.IsNull())
+	if(v.GetType() == VOID_V)
 		SetText("#Nil#");
 	else
 		SetText(v.ToString());