diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
index 9a8df89b..ab62790e 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
         {
             var nlogLoggerProvider = new NLogLoggerProvider();
             _newLog = nlogLoggerProvider.CreateLogger("SERVER");
-            _hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;           
+            _hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;
             AyaNova.Util.ApplicationLogging.LoggerProvider = nlogLoggerProvider;
             ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_CONTENT_ROOT_PATH = hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath;
         }
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
         private string _connectionString = "";
         private readonly Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostEnvironment _hostingEnvironment;
 
-      
+
 
         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // 
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ namespace AyaNova
             _newLog.LogDebug("Ensuring user and backup folders exist and are separate locations...");
             FileUtil.EnsureUserAndUtilityFoldersExistAndAreNotIdentical(_hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath);
 
-      //TODO: ENsure report files here
-      
+            //TODO: ENsure report files here
+
             #region DATABASE
 
 
@@ -464,9 +464,9 @@ namespace AyaNova
                     context.Request.HttpContext.Items["AY_TRANSLATION_ID"] = u.translationId;
 
                     //Is import mode header set?
-                   
-                     context.Request.HttpContext.Items["AY_IMPORT_MODE"]= context.Request.Headers.ContainsKey("X-AY-Import-Mode");
-                    
+                    if (context.Request.Headers.ContainsKey("X-AY-Import-Mode"))
+                        context.Request.HttpContext.Items["AY_IMPORT_MODE"] = true;
+
 
                     //CHECK JWT 
                     if (
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
             _newLog.LogInformation("Boot complete - server open");
 
             //flag in console that server is open
-            Console.WriteLine("BOOT: COMPLETED - SERVER IS NOW OPEN");            
+            Console.WriteLine("BOOT: COMPLETED - SERVER IS NOW OPEN");
             Console.WriteLine("(ctrl-c here will force stop AyaNova server. Controlled shut down via AyaNova APP Operations ServerState page)");
 
         }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs
index 2d965175..e8f77ba8 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 await EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabaseAsync(new Event(UserId, newObject.Id, BizType, AyaEvent.Created), ct);
                 await SearchIndexAsync(newObject, true);
                 await TagBiz.ProcessUpdateTagsInRepositoryAsync(ct, newObject.Tags, null);
-                await NotifyEventProcessor.HandlePotentialNotificationEvent(AyaEvent.Created, newObject);
+                if (!ImportMode)
+                    await NotifyEventProcessor.HandlePotentialNotificationEvent(AyaEvent.Created, newObject);
+                else
+                    newObject.TechNotes+="*";
                 return newObject;
             }
         }