diff --git a/app/Import/Configuration/FileConfigurator.php b/app/Import/Configuration/FileConfigurator.php
index 3876c802e3..43d2b63666 100644
--- a/app/Import/Configuration/FileConfigurator.php
+++ b/app/Import/Configuration/FileConfigurator.php
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ class FileConfigurator implements ConfiguratorInterface
             'column-roles-complete'   => false, // not yet configured roles for columns
             'column-mapping-config'   => [], // no mapping made yet.
             'column-mapping-complete' => false, // so mapping is not complete.
+            'has-config-file'         => true,
             'apply-rules'             => true,
             'match-bills'             => false,
             'auto-start'              => false,
diff --git a/app/Support/Import/Configuration/File/Map.php b/app/Support/Import/Configuration/File/Map.php
index 6da53f669a..37cc0da306 100644
--- a/app/Support/Import/Configuration/File/Map.php
+++ b/app/Support/Import/Configuration/File/Map.php
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ class Map implements ConfigurationInterface
         foreach ($setIndexes as $index) {
             $this->data[$index]['values'] = array_unique($this->data[$index]['values']);
             asort($this->data[$index]['values']);
+            // if the count of this array is zero, there is nothing to map.
+            if(count($this->data[$index]['values']) === 0) {
+                unset($this->data[$index]);
+            }
         }
         unset($setIndexes);
 
diff --git a/resources/lang/en_US/import.php b/resources/lang/en_US/import.php
index 16cdd4ed86..ef0316f7af 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en_US/import.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en_US/import.php
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ return [
     'file_map_field_mapped_to'        => 'Mapped to',
     'map_do_not_map'                  => '(do not map)',
     'file_map_submit'                 => 'Start the import',
+    'file_nothing_to_map' => 'There is no data present in your file that you can map to existing values. Please press "Start the import" to continue.',
 
     // map things.
     'column__ignore'                  => '(ignore this column)',
diff --git a/resources/views/import/file/map.twig b/resources/views/import/file/map.twig
index 3a347f8905..5ae646b42c 100644
--- a/resources/views/import/file/map.twig
+++ b/resources/views/import/file/map.twig
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
                     <p>
                         {{ trans('import.file_map_text') }}
                     </p>
+                    {% if data|length == 0 %}
+                        <p class="text-danger">
+                            {{ trans('import.file_nothing_to_map') }}
+                        </p>
+                    {% endif %}
                 </div>
             </div>
 
@@ -25,6 +30,8 @@
     <form action="{{ route('import.configure.post', job.key) }}" method="post">
         <input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}"/>
 
+
+
         {% for field in data %}
             <div class="row">
                 <div class="col-lg-12">