diff --git a/cms/templates/import.html b/cms/templates/import.html
index 27337bf235..2973d6ef4f 100644
--- a/cms/templates/import.html
+++ b/cms/templates/import.html
@@ -77,16 +77,12 @@ $('#fileupload').fileupload({
                 e.preventDefault();
                 submitBtn.hide();
                 data.submit().complete(function(result, textStatus, xhr) {
-                    if (result.status != 200) {
-                        alert('${_("Your import has failed.")}\n\n' + JSON.parse(result.responseText)["ErrMsg"]);
+                    if (xhr.status != 200) {
+                        var errMsg = result.hasOwnProperty("ErrMsg") ? result["ErrMsg"] : "" ;
+                        alert('${_("Your import has failed.")}\n\n' + errMsg);
                         submitBtn.show();
                         bar.hide();
-                    } else {
-                        if (result.responseText["ImportStatus"] == 1) {
-                            bar.hide();
-                            statusBlock.show();
-                        }
-                    }
+                    } 
                 });
             });
         } else {
@@ -102,13 +98,17 @@ $('#fileupload').fileupload({
     },
     done: function(e, data){
         bar.hide();
+        window.onbeforeunload = null;
         alert('${_("Your import was successful.")}');
         window.location = '${successful_import_redirect_url}';
     },
+    start: function(e) {
+        window.onbeforeunload = function() {
+            return '${_("Your import is in progress; navigating away will abort it.")}';
+        }
+    },
     sequentialUploads: true
 
-
-
 });
 
 })();