diff --git a/core/Core.php b/core/Core.php
index 8df6f116b..064437e7f 100755
--- a/core/Core.php
+++ b/core/Core.php
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // ENVIRONMENT CONFIG
 
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+
 /**
  * Include _ss_environment.php files
  */
@@ -169,7 +171,12 @@ require_once(MANIFEST_FILE);
  */
 if(isset($_GET['debugmanifest'])) Debug::show(file_get_contents(MANIFEST_FILE));
 
-
+// If this is a dev site, enable php error reporting
+// This is necessary to force developers to acknowledge and fix
+// notice level errors (you can override this directive in your _config.php)
+if (Director::isLive()) {
+	error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
+}
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // POST-MANIFEST COMMANDS
 
diff --git a/main.php b/main.php
index adb7f78a4..bea8b3935 100644
--- a/main.php
+++ b/main.php
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ if (function_exists('mb_http_output')) {
 	mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
 }
 
-// If this is a dev site, enable php error reporting
-// This is necessary to force developers to acknowledge and fix
-// notice level errors (you can override this directive in your _config.php)
-if (Director::isDev()) {
-	error_reporting(E_ALL);
-}
-
 Session::start();
 
 // Apache rewrite rules use this