diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php
index 877c9ab084..c41a0b9f93 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php
@@ -424,7 +424,8 @@ class ImportController extends Controller
         $type = strtolower($job->file_type);
 
         // validate type:
-        $validTypes = array_keys('firefly.import_formats');
+        $validTypes = array_keys(config('firefly.import_formats'));
+
 
         if (in_array($type, $validTypes)) {
             /** @var SetupInterface $importer */
diff --git a/app/Import/Importer/CsvImporter.php b/app/Import/Importer/CsvImporter.php
index f356c25e47..92087771c7 100644
--- a/app/Import/Importer/CsvImporter.php
+++ b/app/Import/Importer/CsvImporter.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class CsvImporter implements ImporterInterface
             // find the role for this column:
             $role            = $config['column-roles'][$rowIndex] ?? '_ignore';
             $doMap           = $config['column-do-mapping'][$rowIndex] ?? false;
-            $validConverters = array_keys('csv.import_roles');
+            $validConverters = array_keys(config('csv.import_roles'));
 
             // throw error when not a valid converter.
             if (!in_array($role, $validConverters)) {
diff --git a/app/Import/Setup/CsvSetup.php b/app/Import/Setup/CsvSetup.php
index 545d79e1e1..e1201a7782 100644
--- a/app/Import/Setup/CsvSetup.php
+++ b/app/Import/Setup/CsvSetup.php
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ class CsvSetup implements SetupInterface
         $reader = Reader::createFromString($content);
         $reader->setDelimiter($config['delimiter']);
         $results        = $reader->fetch();
-        $validSpecifics = array_keys('csv.import_specifics');
+        $validSpecifics = array_keys(config('csv.import_specifics'));
 
         foreach ($results as $rowIndex => $row) {