diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 299b9d5b4..adaeef375 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"env": {
-		"browser": true
+		"browser":true
 	},
 	"globals": {
 		"BOOMR":true,
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 		"no-console":0,
 		"no-delete-var":0,
 		"no-underscore-dangle":0,
-		"no-multi-spaces": 0,
+		"no-multi-spaces":0,
 		"dot-notation":[2, {"allowKeywords": false}],
-		"space-unary-ops": 0,
-		"key-spacing": 0
+		"space-unary-ops":0,
+		"key-spacing":0,
+		"no-empty":2
 	}
 }
diff --git a/boomerang.js b/boomerang.js
index f7f8d042d..33ee9ddb5 100644
--- a/boomerang.js
+++ b/boomerang.js
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ if (!BOOMR.plugins) { BOOMR.plugins = {}; }
 		}
 	}
 	catch(ignore) {
+		// empty
 	}
 
 	try {
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ if (!BOOMR.plugins) { BOOMR.plugins = {}; }
 		}
 	}
 	catch(ignore) {
+		// empty
 	}
 
 	if (!createCustomEvent && d.createEventObject) {
@@ -687,6 +689,7 @@ boomr = {
 				try {
 					form.submit();
 				} catch (ignore) {
+					// empty
 				}
 
 				if (urls.length) {
@@ -866,7 +869,10 @@ boomr = {
 				};
 			}
 		}
-		catch(ignore) { }
+		catch(ignore) {
+			// empty
+		}
+
 		return Date.now || function() { return new Date().getTime(); };
 	}()),
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9bbbde2c5..ef6c3416b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "grunt-contrib-connect": "^0.9.0",
     "grunt-contrib-copy": "^0.7.0",
     "grunt-contrib-uglify": "^0.6.0",
-    "grunt-eslint": "*",
+    "grunt-eslint": "^10.0.0",
     "grunt-filesize": "0.0.7",
     "grunt-karma": "^0.9.0",
     "grunt-protractor-runner": "^1.2.1",
diff --git a/plugins/navtiming.js b/plugins/navtiming.js
index 7804ffa18..9c0bf47be 100644
--- a/plugins/navtiming.js
+++ b/plugins/navtiming.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var impl = {
 
 		BOOMR.addVar(data);
 
-		try { impl.addedVars.push.apply(impl.addedVars, Object.keys(data)); } catch(ignore) {}
+		try { impl.addedVars.push.apply(impl.addedVars, Object.keys(data)); } catch(ignore) { /* empty */ }
 
 		this.complete = true;
 		BOOMR.sendBeacon();
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ var impl = {
 
 			BOOMR.addVar(data);
 
-			try { impl.addedVars.push.apply(impl.addedVars, Object.keys(data)); } catch(ignore) {}
+			try { impl.addedVars.push.apply(impl.addedVars, Object.keys(data)); } catch(ignore) { /* empty */ }
 		}
 
 		// XXX Inconsistency warning.  msFirstPaint above is in milliseconds while
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ var impl = {
 
 				BOOMR.addVar(data);
 
-				try { impl.addedVars.push.apply(impl.addedVars, Object.keys(data)); } catch(ignore) {}
+				try { impl.addedVars.push.apply(impl.addedVars, Object.keys(data)); } catch(ignore) { /* empty */ }
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/plugins/page-params.js b/plugins/page-params.js
index 4bafa0c15..d963a0f96 100644
--- a/plugins/page-params.js
+++ b/plugins/page-params.js
@@ -579,8 +579,7 @@ Handler.prototype = {
 					return null;
 				}
 			}
-			catch(ignore) {
-			}
+			catch(ignore) { /* empty */ }
 
 			BOOMR.addError(e, "PageVars.findResource");
 			return null;
diff --git a/plugins/restiming.js b/plugins/restiming.js
index 54ab89d40..d2246ba46 100644
--- a/plugins/restiming.js
+++ b/plugins/restiming.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ function getNavStartTime(frame) {
 	}
 	catch(e)
 	{
-		// swallow all access exceptions
+		// empty
 	}
 
 	return navStart;
diff --git a/tests/page-templates/04-page-params/01-page-group-order.html b/tests/page-templates/04-page-params/01-page-group-order.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..809ed93bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/page-templates/04-page-params/01-page-group-order.html
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<%= header %>
+<%= boomerangSnippet %>
+<div class="cart-container" style="display: none">
+    <div id="cart-total">$444.44</div>
+</div>
+<script src="01-page-group-order.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+<script>
+page_group_var = 111;
+page_group_fn = function() {
+    return 222;
+}
+page_group_fn_2 = function() {
+    return 333;
+}
+
+BOOMR_test.init({
+    testAfterOnBeacon: true,
+    PageParams: {
+        pageGroups: [
+            {
+                type: "Regexp",
+                parameter1: "/no-match/",
+                parameter2: "No Match"
+            },
+            {
+                // this one should be the match (111)
+                type: "Custom",
+                parameter1: "page_group_var"
+            },
+            {
+                type: "Custom",
+                parameter1: "page_group_fn"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+});
+</script>
+<%= footer %>
diff --git a/tests/page-templates/04-page-params/01-page-group-order.js b/tests/page-templates/04-page-params/01-page-group-order.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acf22473a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/page-templates/04-page-params/01-page-group-order.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*eslint-env mocha*/
+/*global BOOMR_test,assert*/
+
+describe("e2e/04-page-params/00-page-groups", function() {
+    var tf = BOOMR.plugins.TestFramework;
+    var t = BOOMR_test;
+
+    it("Should pass basic beacon validation", function(done) {
+        t.validateBeaconWasSent(done);
+    });
+
+    it("Should set the Page Group to 111", function() {
+        var b = tf.lastBeacon();
+        assert.equal(b["h.pg"], 111);
+    });
+});