diff --git a/includes/handlers.inc b/includes/handlers.inc
index b1ce1a3..77a4423 100644
--- a/includes/handlers.inc
+++ b/includes/handlers.inc
@@ -274,9 +274,23 @@ class views_handler extends views_object {
       return $title;
     }
     $title = ($short && isset($this->definition['title short'])) ? $this->definition['title short'] : $this->definition['title'];
+    if (!isset($this->definition['group'])) {
+      //debug code for determining what is causing: Undefined index: group in views_handler->ui_name()
+      $this->gonnasaythis('broken field: ' . $title ' causes Undefined index: group in views_handler->ui_name()');
+      //look for the debug output in D7core/saythis.txt
+    }
     return t('!group: !title', array('!group' => $this->definition['group'], '!title' => $title));
   }
-
+  /**
+   * debug function, remove this when you're not debugging, clear cache right after putting this in.
+   * a file will be written called saythis.txt into your drupal core directory (same one that contains MAINTAINERS.txt).
+   */
+  function gonnasaythis($what_im_sayin) {
+    if ($fp = fopen('saythis.txt', 'a')) {
+      fwrite($fp, "$what_im_sayin\r\n");
+      fclose($fp);
+    }
+  }
   /**
    * Shortcut to get a handler's raw field value.
    *