diff --git a/app/Import/Object/ImportJournal.php b/app/Import/Object/ImportJournal.php
index a72f574f28..48b7d7df60 100644
--- a/app/Import/Object/ImportJournal.php
+++ b/app/Import/Object/ImportJournal.php
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class ImportJournal
 
     /**
      * @return string
+     * @throws FireflyException
      */
     public function getAmount(): string
     {
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ class ImportJournal
                 }
             }
         }
+        if(bccomp($this->amount,'0') === 0) {
+            throw new FireflyException('Amount is zero.');
+        }
 
         return $this->amount;
     }
diff --git a/app/Import/Storage/ImportStorage.php b/app/Import/Storage/ImportStorage.php
index 50980ad2a9..598380a06b 100644
--- a/app/Import/Storage/ImportStorage.php
+++ b/app/Import/Storage/ImportStorage.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FireflyIII\Import\Storage;
 
+use ErrorException;
+use Exception;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Import\Object\ImportJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Models\ImportJob;
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ class ImportStorage
             function (ImportJournal $importJournal, int $index) {
                 try {
                     $this->storeImportJournal($index, $importJournal);
-                } catch (FireflyException $e) {
+                } catch (FireflyException | ErrorException | Exception $e) {
                     $this->errors->push($e->getMessage());
                     Log::error(sprintf('Cannot import row #%d because: %s', $index, $e->getMessage()));
                 }
diff --git a/app/Import/Storage/ImportSupport.php b/app/Import/Storage/ImportSupport.php
index 38b444b98e..aa7b1dbf99 100644
--- a/app/Import/Storage/ImportSupport.php
+++ b/app/Import/Storage/ImportSupport.php
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ trait ImportSupport
      */
     private function getTransactionType(string $amount, Account $account): string
     {
-        $transactionType = '';
+        $transactionType = TransactionType::WITHDRAWAL;
         // amount is negative, it's a withdrawal, opposing is an expense:
         if (bccomp($amount, '0') === -1) {
             $transactionType = TransactionType::WITHDRAWAL;