diff --git a/core/ViewDataTable/HtmlTable.php b/core/ViewDataTable/HtmlTable.php
index 9b951f392fe..adf4a13ad1d 100644
--- a/core/ViewDataTable/HtmlTable.php
+++ b/core/ViewDataTable/HtmlTable.php
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ function init($currentControllerName,
         $this->setSortedColumn('nb_visits', 'desc');
         $this->setLimit(Piwik_Config::getInstance()->General['datatable_default_limit']);
         $this->handleLowPopulation();
+        $this->setSubtableTemplate("@CoreHome/_dataTable.twig");
     }
 
     protected function getViewDataTableId()
@@ -105,12 +106,14 @@ public function setJsType($type)
         $this->dataTableJsType = $type;
     }
     
-    public function showExpanded($subtableTemplate = false)
+    public function setSubtableTemplate($subtableTemplate)
+    {
+        $this->viewProperties['subtable_template'] = $subtableTemplate;
+    }
+    
+    public function showExpanded()
     {
         $this->viewProperties['show_expanded'] = true;
-        if ($subtableTemplate !== false) {
-            $this->viewProperties['subtable_template'] = $subtableTemplate;
-        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -118,12 +121,13 @@ public function showExpanded($subtableTemplate = false)
      */
     protected function buildView()
     {
-        $view = new Piwik_View($this->dataTableTemplate);
-        
         if (empty($this->viewProperties['dataTableType'])) {
             $this->viewProperties['dataTableType'] = $this->getDefaultDataTableType();
         }
         
+        $template = $this->idSubtable ? $this->viewProperties['subtable_template'] : $this->dataTableTemplate;
+        $view = new Piwik_View($template);
+        
         if (!empty($this->dataTableJsType)) {
             $view->dataTableJsType = $this->dataTableJsType;
         }
@@ -206,13 +210,16 @@ public function addColumnToDisplay($columnName)
     /**
      * Sets the search on a table to be recursive (also searches in subtables)
      * Works only on Actions/Downloads/Outlinks tables.
-     *
-     * @return bool If the pattern for a recursive search was set in the URL
      */
     public function setSearchRecursive()
     {
         $this->variablesDefault['search_recursive'] = true;
-        return $this->setRecursiveLoadDataTableIfSearchingForPattern();
+        $this->setRecursiveLoadDataTableIfSearchingForPattern();
+    }
+    
+    public function isLoadingExpandedDataTable()
+    {
+        return $this->recursiveDataTableLoad;
     }
 
     protected function getRequestString()
@@ -228,23 +235,14 @@ protected function getRequestString()
 
     /**
      * Set the flag to load the datatable recursively so we can search on subtables as well
-     *
-     * @return bool if recursive search is enabled
      */
     protected function setRecursiveLoadDataTableIfSearchingForPattern()
     {
-        try {
-            $requestValue = Piwik_Common::getRequestVar('filter_column_recursive');
-            $requestValue = Piwik_Common::getRequestVar('filter_pattern_recursive');
-            // if the 2 variables are set we are searching for something.
-            // we have to load all the children subtables in this case
-
-            $this->recursiveDataTableLoad = true;
-            return true;
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-            $this->recursiveDataTableLoad = false;
-            return false;
-        }
+        // if the 2 variables are set we are searching for something.
+        // we have to load all the children subtables in this case
+        $this->recursiveDataTableLoad = Piwik_Common::getRequestVar('filter_column_recursive', false) !== false
+                                     && Piwik_Common::getRequestVar('filter_pattern_recursive', false) !== false;
+        return $this->recursiveDataTableLoad;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/plugins/Actions/Controller.php b/plugins/Actions/Controller.php
index d8bf8a12c61..4980cd7764c 100644
--- a/plugins/Actions/Controller.php
+++ b/plugins/Actions/Controller.php
@@ -454,14 +454,11 @@ protected function configureGenericViewActions($view)
     {
         $view->setDataTableType('dataTableActions');
         $view->setJsType('actionDataTable');
+        $view->setSubtableTemplate('@CoreHome/_dataTableActions_subDataTable.twig');
         
-        
-        if (Piwik_Common::getRequestVar('idSubtable', -1) != -1) {
-            $view->setTemplate('@CoreHome/_dataTableActions_subDataTable');
-        }
-        $currentlySearching = $view->setSearchRecursive();
-        if ($currentlySearching) {
-            $view->showExpanded($subtableTemplate = '@CoreHome/_dataTableActions_subDataTable.twig');
+        $view->setSearchRecursive();
+        if ($view->isLoadingExpandedDataTable()) {
+            $view->showExpanded();
             
             // set levelN css class for each row
             $self = $this;
diff --git a/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTable.twig b/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTable.twig
index 3bfe563aa0f..27ace4d782b 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTable.twig
+++ b/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTable.twig
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
                         
                         {# display subtable if present and showing expanded datatable #}
                         {% if properties.show_expanded|default(false) and rowHasSubtable %}
-                            {% include properties.subtable_template|default("@CoreHome/_dataTable.twig") with {'dataTable': row.getSubtable()} %}
+                            {% include properties.subtable_template with {'dataTable': row.getSubtable()} %}
                         {% endif %}
                     {% endfor %}
                     </tbody>
diff --git a/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTableActions_subDataTable.twig b/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTableActions_subDataTable.twig
index cdd0bc603f5..4f4789d49e9 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTableActions_subDataTable.twig
+++ b/plugins/CoreHome/templates/_dataTableActions_subDataTable.twig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{% if arrayDataTable.result is defined and arrayDataTable.result == 'error' %}
-    {{ arrayDataTable.message }}
+{% if error is defined %}
+    {{ error.message }}
 {% else %}
     {% if (dataTable is empty or dataTable.getRowsCount() == 0) and not properties.show_expanded|default(false) %}
         <tr>