diff --git a/config/global.ini.php b/config/global.ini.php
index cafd4ba47fe..e3a929d3e7c 100644
--- a/config/global.ini.php
+++ b/config/global.ini.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 
 ; The list of periods that are available in the Piwik calendar
 ; Example use case: custom date range requests are processed in real time,
-; so they may take a few minutes on very high traffic website. You may remove "range" below.
+; so they may take a few minutes on very high traffic website: you may remove "range" below to disable this period
 enabled_periods_UI = "day,week,month,year,range"
 enabled_periods_API = "day,week,month,year,range"
 
diff --git a/core/Archive.php b/core/Archive.php
index f4732c2751c..a271f409056 100644
--- a/core/Archive.php
+++ b/core/Archive.php
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public static function build($idSites, $period, $strDate, $segment = false, $_re
         $websiteIds = Site::getIdSitesFromIdSitesString($idSites, $_restrictSitesToLogin);
 
         if (Period::isMultiplePeriod($strDate, $period)) {
-            $oPeriod = new Range($period, $strDate);
+            $oPeriod = Factory::build($period, $strDate);
             $allPeriods = $oPeriod->getSubperiods();
         } else {
             $timezone = count($websiteIds) == 1 ? Site::getTimezoneFor($websiteIds[0]) : false;
diff --git a/core/Period.php b/core/Period.php
index 8ec4bf33457..9fc808e13df 100644
--- a/core/Period.php
+++ b/core/Period.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public function __construct(Date $date)
     }
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated
+     * @deprecated Use Factory::build instead
      * @param $period
      * @param $date
      * @return Period
diff --git a/core/Period/Factory.php b/core/Period/Factory.php
index 7a909a182e0..2494da0a507 100644
--- a/core/Period/Factory.php
+++ b/core/Period/Factory.php
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ class Factory
      */
     static public function build($period, $date)
     {
+        self::checkPeriodIsEnabled($period);
+
         if (is_string($date)) {
             if (Period::isMultiplePeriod($date, $period) || $period == 'range') {
-                self::checkPeriodIsEnabled('range');
                 return new Range($period, $date);
             }
             $date = Date::factory($date);
         }
 
-        self::checkPeriodIsEnabled($period);
 
         switch ($period) {
             case 'day':
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static public function build($period, $date)
         }
     }
 
-    private static function checkPeriodIsEnabled($period)
+    public static function checkPeriodIsEnabled($period)
     {
         if(!self::isPeriodEnabledForAPI($period)) {
             self::throwExceptionInvalidPeriod($period);
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ private static function checkPeriodIsEnabled($period)
      */
     private static function throwExceptionInvalidPeriod($strPeriod)
     {
-        $message = Piwik::translate('General_ExceptionInvalidPeriod', array($strPeriod, 'day, week, month, year, range'));
+        $periods = self::getPeriodsEnabledForAPI();
+        $periods = implode(", ", $periods);
+        $message = Piwik::translate('General_ExceptionInvalidPeriod', array($strPeriod, $periods));
         throw new Exception($message);
     }
 
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ public static function makePeriodFromQueryParams($timezone, $period, $date)
         }
 
         if ($period == 'range') {
-            $oPeriod = new Period\Range('range', $date, $timezone, Date::factory('today', $timezone));
+            self::checkPeriodIsEnabled('range');
+            $oPeriod = new Range('range', $date, $timezone, Date::factory('today', $timezone));
         } else {
             if (!($date instanceof Date)) {
                 if ($date == 'now' || $date == 'today') {
@@ -112,11 +115,19 @@ public static function makePeriodFromQueryParams($timezone, $period, $date)
      * @return bool
      */
     public static function isPeriodEnabledForAPI($period)
+    {
+        $enabledPeriodsInAPI = self::getPeriodsEnabledForAPI();
+        return in_array($period, $enabledPeriodsInAPI);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private static function getPeriodsEnabledForAPI()
     {
         $enabledPeriodsInAPI = Config::getInstance()->General['enabled_periods_API'];
         $enabledPeriodsInAPI = explode(",", $enabledPeriodsInAPI);
         $enabledPeriodsInAPI = array_map('trim', $enabledPeriodsInAPI);
-
-        return in_array($period, $enabledPeriodsInAPI);
+        return $enabledPeriodsInAPI;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/Live/Controller.php b/plugins/Live/Controller.php
index 900010f157e..06adb63627c 100644
--- a/plugins/Live/Controller.php
+++ b/plugins/Live/Controller.php
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ public function getLastVisitsStart()
     {
         // hack, ensure we load today's visits by default
         $_GET['date'] = 'today';
+        \Piwik\Period\Factory::checkPeriodIsEnabled('day');
         $_GET['period'] = 'day';
+
         $view = new View('@Live/getLastVisitsStart');
         $view->idSite = $this->idSite;
         $api = new Request("method=Live.getLastVisitsDetails&idSite={$this->idSite}&filter_limit=10&format=php&serialize=0&disable_generic_filters=1");