diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index fbc555e9c6..1984f4f136 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -1710,6 +1710,13 @@ class HostList(ListCreateAPIView):
             qs = qs.filter(filter_q)
         return qs
 
+    def list(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            queryset = self.get_queryset()
+        except Exception as e:
+            return Response(dict(error=_(unicode(e))), status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        return Response(dict(results=self.serializer_class(queryset, many=True).data))
+
 
 class HostDetail(RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
 
diff --git a/awx/main/fields.py b/awx/main/fields.py
index 84e090b7de..63f8159b46 100644
--- a/awx/main/fields.py
+++ b/awx/main/fields.py
@@ -488,13 +488,8 @@ class DynamicFilterField(models.TextField):
         * handle keys with " via: a.\"b.c="yeah"
         * handle key with __ in it
 
-        * add not support
-
-        * transform [] into contains via: a.b.c[].d[].e.f[]="blah"
-
-        * handle optional value quoted: a.b.c=""
-
         '''
+        filter_string_raw = filter_string
         filter_string = unicode(filter_string)
 
         atom = CharsNotIn(unicode_spaces_other)
@@ -511,7 +506,11 @@ class DynamicFilterField(models.TextField):
             ("or",  2, opAssoc.LEFT, cls.BoolOr),
         ])
 
-        res = boolExpr.parseString('(' + filter_string + ')')
+        try:
+            res = boolExpr.parseString('(' + filter_string + ')')
+        except:
+            raise RuntimeError(u"Invalid query %s" % filter_string_raw)
+
         if len(res) > 0:
             return res[0].result
 
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
index 83837652a0..08a31e50f0 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 # Python
 import pytest
-from pyparsing import ParseException
 
 # AWX
 from awx.main.fields import DynamicFilterField
@@ -32,8 +31,9 @@ class TestDynamicFilterFieldFilterStringToQ():
         'a__b__c__ space  =ggg',
     ])
     def test_invalid_filter_strings(self, filter_string):
-        with pytest.raises(ParseException):
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as e:
             DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
+        assert e.value.message == u"Invalid query " + filter_string
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("filter_string,q_expected", [
         (u'(a=abc\u1F5E3def)', Q(**{u"a": u"abc\u1F5E3def"})),