diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/error.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/error.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67ef4ea112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/error.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<p class="red">Something went wrong with this editor, below is the data stored:</p>
+<pre>{{control | json}}</pre>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/grid.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/grid.controller.js
index f802173a25..11afb678a2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/grid.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/grid.controller.js
@@ -572,18 +572,31 @@ angular.module("umbraco")
             control.$index = index;
             control.$uniqueId = $scope.setUniqueId();
 
+            //error handling in case of missing editor..
+            //should only happen if stripped earlier 
+            if(!control.editor){
+                control.$editorPath = "views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/error.html";
+            }
+
             if(!control.$editorPath){
                 var editorConfig = $scope.getEditor(control.editor.alias);
-                control.editor = editorConfig;
 
-                //if its a path
-                if(_.indexOf(control.editor.view, "/") >= 0){
-                    control.$editorPath = control.editor.view;
+                if(editorConfig){
+                    control.editor = editorConfig;
+                    
+                    //if its a path
+                    if(_.indexOf(control.editor.view, "/") >= 0){
+                        control.$editorPath = control.editor.view;
+                    }else{
+                        //use convention
+                        control.$editorPath = "views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/" + control.editor.view + ".html";
+                    }
                 }else{
-                    //use convention
-                    control.$editorPath = "views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/" + control.editor.view + ".html";
+                    control.$editorPath = "views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/error.html";
                 }
             }
+
+            
         };