diff --git a/phpBB/db/mysql_schema.sql b/phpBB/db/mysql_schema.sql
index 6bf3a54686..fbebc990a4 100644
--- a/phpBB/db/mysql_schema.sql
+++ b/phpBB/db/mysql_schema.sql
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ CREATE TABLE phpbb_topics (
    topic_poster int(10) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
    topic_time int(10) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
    topic_views int(10) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
+   topic_replies int(10) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
    forum_id int(10) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
    topic_status tinyint(3) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
    topic_notify tinyint(3) DEFAULT '0',
diff --git a/phpBB/functions/error.php b/phpBB/functions/error.php
index acfce126c2..29a985c714 100644
--- a/phpBB/functions/error.php
+++ b/phpBB/functions/error.php
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ function error_die($db, $error_code = "", $error_msg = "")
    {
       switch($error_code)
 	{
+	 case GENERAL_ERROR:
+	   if(!$error_msg)
+	     {
+		$error_msg = "An Error Occured";
+	     }
+	   break;
 	 case SQL_CONNECT:
 	   $db_error = $db->sql_error();
 	   $error_msg = "Error: phpBB could not connect to the database. Reason: " . $db_error["message"];
diff --git a/phpBB/index.php b/phpBB/index.php
index f7f9cdb580..b5716bc6b6 100644
--- a/phpBB/index.php
+++ b/phpBB/index.php
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ if($total_categories)
 	} // for ... categories
 
 }// if ... total_categories
+else
+{
+   error_die($db, GENERAL_ERROR, "There are no Categories or Foums on this board.");
+}
 $template->pparse("output", "body");
 
 include('page_tail.'.$phpEx);