diff --git a/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js b/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
index 55915d760..361fc9a2a 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
@@ -196,11 +196,9 @@ exports.doImport = function(req, res, padId)
     function(callback) {
       var fileEnding = path.extname(srcFile).toLowerCase();
       if (abiword || fileEnding == ".htm" || fileEnding == ".html") {
-        try{
-          importHtml.setPadHTML(pad, text);
-        }catch(e){
-          apiLogger.warn("Error importing, possibly caused by malformed HTML");
-        }
+        importHtml.setPadHTML(pad, text, function(e){
+          if(e) apiLogger.warn("Error importing, possibly caused by malformed HTML");
+        });
       } else {
         pad.setText(text);
       }
diff --git a/src/node/utils/ImportHtml.js b/src/node/utils/ImportHtml.js
index 3ca91caf4..64f41e8fd 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ImportHtml.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/ImportHtml.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function setPadHTML(pad, html, callback)
   apiLogger.debug('The changeset: ' + theChangeset);
   pad.setText("");
   pad.appendRevision(theChangeset);
-  callback();
+  callback(null);
 }
 
 exports.setPadHTML = setPadHTML;