diff --git a/apps/ocr/exceptions.py b/apps/ocr/exceptions.py
index 41ebe0c8ca..704e0ae9c7 100644
--- a/apps/ocr/exceptions.py
+++ b/apps/ocr/exceptions.py
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ class UnpaperError(Exception):
     Raised by unpaper
     """
     pass
+
+
+class ReQueueError(Exception):
+    pass
diff --git a/apps/ocr/models.py b/apps/ocr/models.py
index 6e25ef334f..f33ee3fb35 100644
--- a/apps/ocr/models.py
+++ b/apps/ocr/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from ast import literal_eval
+from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
@@ -14,8 +15,9 @@ from sources.managers import SourceTransformationManager
 
 from ocr.literals import DOCUMENTQUEUE_STATE_STOPPED, \
     DOCUMENTQUEUE_STATE_CHOICES, QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PENDING, \
-    QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_CHOICES
+    QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_CHOICES, QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PROCESSING
 from ocr.managers import DocumentQueueManager
+from ocr.exceptions import ReQueueError
 
 
 class DocumentQueue(models.Model):
@@ -56,6 +58,17 @@ class QueueDocument(models.Model):
     def get_transformation_list(self):
         return QueueTransformation.transformations.get_for_object_as_list(self)
 
+    def requeue(self):
+        if self.state == QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PROCESSING:
+            raise ReQueueError
+        else:
+            self.datetime_submitted = datetime.now()
+            self.state = QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PENDING
+            self.delay = False
+            self.result = None
+            self.node_name = None
+            self.save()
+
     def __unicode__(self):
         try:
             return unicode(self.document)
diff --git a/apps/ocr/views.py b/apps/ocr/views.py
index d6102f1200..8fbc40d444 100644
--- a/apps/ocr/views.py
+++ b/apps/ocr/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import datetime
 import socket
 
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ from ocr.models import DocumentQueue, QueueDocument, QueueTransformation
 from ocr.literals import QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PENDING, \
     QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PROCESSING, DOCUMENTQUEUE_STATE_STOPPED, \
     DOCUMENTQUEUE_STATE_ACTIVE
-from ocr.exceptions import AlreadyQueued
+from ocr.exceptions import AlreadyQueued, ReQueueError
 from ocr.api import clean_pages
 from ocr.forms import QueueTransformationForm, QueueTransformationForm_create
 
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ def submit_document_multiple(request):
     for item_id in request.GET.get('id_list', '').split(','):
         submit_document(request, item_id)
         
-    return HttpResponseRedirect(request.META['HTTP_REFERER'])
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER', '/'))
     
 
 def submit_document(request, document_id):
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ def submit_document(request, document_id):
 
     document = get_object_or_404(Document, pk=document_id)
     return submit_document_to_queue(request, document=document,
-        post_submit_redirect=request.META['HTTP_REFERER'])
+        post_submit_redirect=request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER', '/'))
 
 
 def submit_document_to_queue(request, document, post_submit_redirect=None):
@@ -167,22 +166,21 @@ def re_queue_document(request, queue_document_id=None, queue_document_id_list=No
     if request.method == 'POST':
         for queue_document in queue_documents:
             try:
-                queue_document.document
-                if queue_document.state == QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PROCESSING:
-                    messages.warning(request, _(u'Document: %s is already being processed and can\'t be re-queded.') % queue_document)
-                else:
-                    queue_document.datetime_submitted = datetime.datetime.now()
-                    queue_document.state = QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PENDING
-                    queue_document.delay = False
-                    queue_document.result = None
-                    queue_document.node_name = None
-                    queue_document.save()
-                    messages.success(request, _(u'Document: %(document)s was re-queued to the OCR queue: %(queue)s') % {
-                        'document': queue_document.document, 'queue': queue_document.document_queue.label})
+                queue_document.requeue()
+                messages.success(
+                    request,
+                    _(u'Document: %(document)s was re-queued to the OCR queue: %(queue)s') % {
+                        'document': queue_document.document,
+                        'queue': queue_document.document_queue.label
+                    }
+                )
             except Document.DoesNotExist:
                 messages.error(request, _(u'Document id#: %d, no longer exists.') % queue_document.document_id)
-            except Exception, e:
-                messages.error(request, e)
+            except ReQueueError:
+                messages.warning(
+                    request,
+                    _(u'Document: %s is already being processed and can\'t be re-queded.') % queue_document
+                )
         return HttpResponseRedirect(next)
 
     context = {