diff --git a/src/MetApiController.php b/src/MetApiController.php
index 36c5cc9..6035608 100644
--- a/src/MetApiController.php
+++ b/src/MetApiController.php
@@ -150,11 +150,9 @@ protected function addError($type,$message,$file=null,$line=null)
    * returns $this->errors w/ no view, transformer and an error code of 500
    */
 
-  protected function error($line=false) {
+  protected function error($key,$message) {
 
-    if ($line !== false) {
-      $this->addError($line, __($line));
-    }
+    $this->addError($key, __($message));
 
     return $this->render(['errors' => $this->errors], false, false, 500);
   }