diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/import.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/import.cljs
index 60adad2564..30f94ffb9f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/import.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/import.cljs
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@
          (rx/filter some?)
          (rx/subs!
           (fn [message]
+            (when (some? (:error message))
+              (st/emit! (ptk/data-event ::ev/event {::ev/name "import-files-error"
+                                                    :error (:error message)})))
             (swap! state update-with-analyze-result message))))))
 
 (defn- import-files