diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/PaveIt.php b/app/Console/Commands/PaveIt.php
index c7a3954dbc..2b9cf0fcf2 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/PaveIt.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/PaveIt.php
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class PaveIt extends Command
                 Statuslabel::getQuery()->delete();
                 Supplier::getQuery()->delete();
                 Group::getQuery()->delete();
+                Import::getQuery()->delete();
 
                 DB::statement('delete from accessories_users');
                 DB::statement('delete from asset_logs');
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ class PaveIt extends Command
                 \DB::statement('drop table IF EXISTS throttle');
                 \DB::statement('drop table IF EXISTS users_groups');
                 \DB::statement('drop table IF EXISTS users');
+                \DB::statement('drop table IF EXISTS imports');
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
index 6fdb087274..2ef18b784f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class ImportController extends Controller
             $results = [];
             $import = new Import;
             foreach ($files as $file) {
-
                 if (!in_array($file->getMimeType(), array(
                     'application/vnd.ms-excel',
                     'text/csv',
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ class ImportController extends Controller
                     'text/comma-separated-values',
                     'text/tsv'))) {
                     $results['error']='File type must be CSV';
-                    return $results;
+                    return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('error', null, $results['error']), 500);
                 }
 
                 $date = date('Y-m-d-his');
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ class ImportController extends Controller
         try {
             unlink(config('app.private_uploads').'/imports/'.$import->file_path);
             $import->delete();
-            return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', null, trans('message.import.file_delete_success')));
+            return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', null, trans('admin/hardware/message.import.file_delete_success')));
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('error', null, trans('admin/hardware/message.import.file_delete_error')), 500);
         }
diff --git a/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php b/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php
index 187d7ead54..1604586e0d 100644
--- a/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ class AssetImporter extends ItemImporter
         parent::handle($row);
 
         foreach ($this->customFields as $customField) {
-            if ($this->item['custom_fields'][$customField->db_column_name()] = $this->array_smart_custom_field_fetch($row, $customField)) {
-                $this->log('Custom Field '. $customField->name.': '.$this->array_smart_custom_field_fetch($row, $customField));
+            $customFieldValue = $this->array_smart_custom_field_fetch($row, $customField);
+            if ($customFieldValue) {
+                $this->item['custom_fields'][$customField->db_column_name()] = $customFieldValue;
+                $this->log('Custom Field '. $customField->name.': '.$customFieldValue);
             }
         }
 
@@ -87,7 +89,6 @@ class AssetImporter extends ItemImporter
                 $asset->{$custom_field} = $val;
             }
         }
-
         if (!$this->testRun) {
             if ($asset->save()) {
                 $asset->logCreate('Imported using csv importer');
diff --git a/app/Importer/Importer.php b/app/Importer/Importer.php
index 8bc0eacf05..3ad02a391e 100644
--- a/app/Importer/Importer.php
+++ b/app/Importer/Importer.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ abstract class Importer
      * ObjectImporter constructor.
      * @param string $filename
      */
-    public function __construct(string $filename)
+    public function __construct($filename)
     {
 
         $this->filename = $filename;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ abstract class Importer
      * @param $results
      * @return array
      */
-    public function normalizeInputArray($results): array
+    public function normalizeInputArray($results)
     {
         $newArray = [];
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ abstract class Importer
     public function array_smart_custom_field_fetch(array $array, $key)
     {
         $index_name = strtolower($key->name);
-        return array_key_exists($index_name, $array) ? e(trim($array[$index_name])) : '';
+        return array_key_exists($index_name, $array) ? e(trim($array[$index_name])) : false;
     }
 
     protected function log($string)
diff --git a/app/Models/CustomField.php b/app/Models/CustomField.php
index fd0c38a301..0f3b1bbbcc 100644
--- a/app/Models/CustomField.php
+++ b/app/Models/CustomField.php
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ class CustomField extends Model
 
     public function db_column_name()
     {
-        return self::convertUnicodeDbSlug();
+        return $this->db_column;
+        // return self::convertUnicodeDbSlug();
     }
 
     //mutators for 'format' attribute