diff --git a/limereport/lrbasedesignintf.cpp b/limereport/lrbasedesignintf.cpp
index e344773..cb8cdac 100644
--- a/limereport/lrbasedesignintf.cpp
+++ b/limereport/lrbasedesignintf.cpp
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ QObject *BaseDesignIntf::createElement(const QString& /*collectionName*/, const
             obj = LimeReport::DesignElementsFactory::instance().objectCreator(elementType)(this, this);
             connect(obj,SIGNAL(propertyChanged(QString,QVariant,QVariant)),page(),SLOT(slotItemPropertyChanged(QString,QVariant,QVariant)));
         }
-    } catch (ReportError error){
+    } catch (ReportError &error){
         qDebug()<<error.what();
     }
     return obj;
diff --git a/limereport/lrdatasourcemanager.cpp b/limereport/lrdatasourcemanager.cpp
index 13a840a..95a1a02 100644
--- a/limereport/lrdatasourcemanager.cpp
+++ b/limereport/lrdatasourcemanager.cpp
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ void DataSourceManager::connectAllDatabases()
     foreach(ConnectionDesc* conn,m_connections){
         try{
             connectConnection(conn);
-        } catch (ReportError e){
+        } catch (ReportError &e){
             putError(e.what());
             setLastError(e.what());
             qDebug()<<e.what();
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ bool DataSourceManager::addModel(const QString &name, QAbstractItemModel *model,
     try{
         putHolder(name, mh);
         connect(mh, SIGNAL(modelStateChanged()), this, SIGNAL(datasourcesChanged()));
-    } catch (ReportError e){
+    } catch (ReportError &e){
         putError(e.what());
         setLastError(e.what());
         return false;
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ void DataSourceManager::connectAutoConnections()
         if (conn->autoconnect()) {
             try {
                 connectConnection(conn);
-            } catch(ReportError e){
+            } catch(ReportError &e){
                 setLastError(e.what());
                 putError(e.what());
                 qDebug()<<e.what();
diff --git a/limereport/lrscriptenginemanager.cpp b/limereport/lrscriptenginemanager.cpp
index 94d814c..9079b71 100644
--- a/limereport/lrscriptenginemanager.cpp
+++ b/limereport/lrscriptenginemanager.cpp
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ QString ScriptEngineManager::expandUserVariables(QString context, RenderPass /*
                     }
                     pos=0;
 
-                } catch (ReportError e){
+                } catch (ReportError &e){
                     dataManager()->putError(e.what());
                     if (!dataManager()->reportSettings() || dataManager()->reportSettings()->suppressAbsentFieldsAndVarsWarnings())
                         context.replace(rx.cap(0),e.what());