diff --git a/lib/cartodb/backends/dataview.js b/lib/cartodb/backends/dataview.js
index 0be51713..e0515efe 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/backends/dataview.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/backends/dataview.js
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ DataviewBackend.prototype.getDataview = function (mapConfigProvider, user, param
 
             var overrideParams = _.reduce(_.pick(params, 'start', 'end', 'bins'),
                 function castNumbers(overrides, val, k) {
-                    overrides[k] = Number.isFinite(+val) ? +val : val;
+                    if (!Number.isFinite(+val)) {
+                        throw new Error('Invalid number format for parameter \'' + k + '\'');
+                    }
+                    overrides[k] = +val;
                     return overrides;
                 },
                 {ownFilter: ownFilter}
diff --git a/test/acceptance/dataviews/histogram.js b/test/acceptance/dataviews/histogram.js
index 5d5ff000..abbaef61 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/dataviews/histogram.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/dataviews/histogram.js
@@ -77,4 +77,24 @@ describe('histogram-dataview', function() {
             done();
         });
     });
+
+    it('should cast all overridable params to numbers', function(done) {
+        var params = {
+            bins: '256 AS other, (select 256 * 2) AS bins_number--',
+            start: 1e3,
+            end: 0,
+            response: TestClient.RESPONSE.ERROR
+        };
+
+        this.testClient = new TestClient(mapConfig, 1234);
+        this.testClient.getDataview('pop_max_histogram', params, function(err, res) {
+            assert.ok(!err, err);
+
+            assert.ok(res.errors);
+            assert.equal(res.errors.length, 1);
+            assert.ok(res.errors[0].match(/Invalid number format for parameter 'bins'/));
+
+            done();
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/support/test-client.js b/test/support/test-client.js
index f5d3789c..75fa51e0 100644
--- a/test/support/test-client.js
+++ b/test/support/test-client.js
@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ TestClient.prototype.getDataview = function(dataviewName, params, callback) {
         url += '?' + qs.stringify(extraParams);
     }
 
+    var expectedResponse = params.response || {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
+        }
+    };
+
     var layergroupId;
     step(
         function createLayergroup() {
@@ -372,12 +379,7 @@ TestClient.prototype.getDataview = function(dataviewName, params, callback) {
                         host: 'localhost'
                     }
                 },
-                {
-                    status: 200,
-                    headers: {
-                        'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
-                    }
-                },
+                expectedResponse,
                 function(res, err) {
                     if (err) {
                         return next(err);