diff --git a/web/client/components/file/FileUploader.jsx b/web/client/components/file/FileUploader.jsx
index eaf3d2887c..783ba26bad 100644
--- a/web/client/components/file/FileUploader.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/file/FileUploader.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const React = require('react');
 
 const {Message, DateFormat} = require('../I18N/I18N');
 const Spinner = require('react-spinkit');
-const {Glyphicon, ProgressBar, Table} = require('react-bootstrap');
+const {Glyphicon, ProgressBar, Table, Alert} = require('react-bootstrap');
 
 const Dropzone = require('react-dropzone');
 
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ const FileUploader = React.createClass({
         onUpload: React.PropTypes.func,
         uploadAdditionalParams: React.PropTypes.oneOfType([React.PropTypes.array, React.PropTypes.object]),
         // if exists do not run before upload and start directly the upload after drag
-        allowUpload: React.PropTypes.object
+        allowUpload: React.PropTypes.object,
+        error: React.PropTypes.object
     },
     getDefaultProps() {
         return {
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ const FileUploader = React.createClass({
                         </tr>) )
         }</tbody></Table>);
     },
+    renderError() {
+        if (this.props.error) {
+            return (<Alert bsStyle="danger">There was an error during the upload: {this.props.error.statusText}<div>{this.props.error.data}</div></Alert>);
+        }
+    },
     render() {
         if (this.state && this.state.files) {
             return (<div> <Spinner spinnerName="circle" />{this.props.beforeUploadMessage}{this.renderPreview()}</div>);
@@ -93,7 +99,8 @@ const FileUploader = React.createClass({
                 </div>);
         }
 
-        return (<Dropzone
+        return (<div><Dropzone
+            key="dropzone"
             rejectClassName="alert-danger"
             className="alert alert-info"
             onDrop={this.uploadFiles}
@@ -115,7 +122,7 @@ const FileUploader = React.createClass({
                     {this.props.dropMessage}
                 </span>
                 </div>
-        </Dropzone>);
+        </Dropzone>{this.renderError()}</div>);
 
     },
     humanFileSize(size) {
diff --git a/web/client/components/manager/importer/Import.jsx b/web/client/components/manager/importer/Import.jsx
index 036770c6a5..d16d4e9bf2 100644
--- a/web/client/components/manager/importer/Import.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/manager/importer/Import.jsx
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ const Task = React.createClass({
     componentDidMount() {
         if (this.props.import.state === "RUNNING") {
             // Check if some task is running the update is not needed
-            if ( this.props.import.tasks && !(this.props.import.tasks.findIndex((task) => task.state === "RUNNING") >= 0)) {
-                this.interval = setInterval(this.props.loadImport.bind(null, this.props.import.id), this.props.timeout);
-            }
+            this.interval = setInterval(this.props.loadImport.bind(null, this.props.import.id), this.props.timeout);
 
         }
     },
diff --git a/web/client/components/manager/importer/Importer.jsx b/web/client/components/manager/importer/Importer.jsx
index 9f7a7fc2b3..c9b434dae3 100644
--- a/web/client/components/manager/importer/Importer.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/manager/importer/Importer.jsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const BreadCrumb = require('./BreadCrumb');
 const Importer = React.createClass({
     propTypes: {
         loading: React.PropTypes.bool,
+        taskCreationError: React.PropTypes.object,
         error: React.PropTypes.object,
         defaultPresets: React.PropTypes.string,
         /**
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ const Importer = React.createClass({
         return (<div>
                 {breadcrumb}
                 <ImportsGrid
+                loadImports={this.props.loadImports}
                 deleteImport={this.props.deleteImport}
                 loadImport={this.props.loadImport}
                 imports={this.props.imports} />
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ const Importer = React.createClass({
                             boxShadow: "0px 0px 25px 14px #d9edf7"
 
                         }}
+                        error={this.props.taskCreationError}
                         beforeUploadMessage={<Message msgId="importer.creatingImportProcess" />}
                         dropMessage={<Message msgId={message} />}
                         uploading={this.props.uploading}
diff --git a/web/client/components/manager/importer/ImportsGrid.jsx b/web/client/components/manager/importer/ImportsGrid.jsx
index d5813de77a..1d6ed3f59e 100644
--- a/web/client/components/manager/importer/ImportsGrid.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/manager/importer/ImportsGrid.jsx
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ const {Table, Glyphicon, Button, Label, OverlayTrigger, Tooltip} = require('reac
 const ImportsGrid = React.createClass({
     propTypes: {
         loading: React.PropTypes.bool,
+        timeout: React.PropTypes.number,
+        loadImports: React.PropTypes.func,
         loadImport: React.PropTypes.func,
         deleteImport: React.PropTypes.func,
         imports: React.PropTypes.array,
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ const ImportsGrid = React.createClass({
     },
     getDefaultProps() {
         return {
+             timeout: 5000,
+            loadImports: () => {},
             placement: "bottom",
             deleteAction: <Message msgId="importer.import.deleteImport" />,
             loadImport: () => {},
diff --git a/web/client/components/manager/importer/Task.jsx b/web/client/components/manager/importer/Task.jsx
index 4a17af52f6..d69b37ea59 100644
--- a/web/client/components/manager/importer/Task.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/manager/importer/Task.jsx
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ const Task = React.createClass({
 
         };
     },
-    componentDidMount() {
-        // setTimeout(() => {this.props.loadLayer(); }, 500);
-    },
     getbsStyleForState(state) {
         return ImporterUtils.getbsStyleForState(state);
     },
diff --git a/web/client/plugins/manager/Importer.jsx b/web/client/plugins/manager/Importer.jsx
index 4bead410e0..7d213518c9 100644
--- a/web/client/plugins/manager/Importer.jsx
+++ b/web/client/plugins/manager/Importer.jsx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const ImporterPlugin = connect(
             selectedTask: state.importer && state.importer.selectedTask,
             selectedTransform: state.importer && state.importer.selectedTransform,
             error: state.importer && state.importer.loadingError,
+            taskCreationError: state.importer && state.importer.taskCreationError,
             workspaces: state.importer && state.importer.workspaces,
             selectedWorkSpace: state.importer && state.importer.selectedWorkSpace,
             workspaceCreationStatus: state.importer && state.importer.workspaceCreationStatus
diff --git a/web/client/reducers/importer.js b/web/client/reducers/importer.js
index 662d581eb0..38dd825bd1 100644
--- a/web/client/reducers/importer.js
+++ b/web/client/reducers/importer.js
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ function importer(state = {}, action) {
                 let selectedImport = assign({}, state.selectedImport, {
                     tasks: [...(state.selectedImport.tasks || []), ...action.tasks]
                 });
-                return assign({}, state, {selectedImport});
+                return assign({}, state, {taskCreationError: null, selectedImport});
             }
             return state;
         case IMPORTS_TASK_UPDATED: {
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ function importer(state = {}, action) {
         case IMPORTS_TASK_CREATION_ERROR: {
             return assign({}, state, {
                 uploading: false,
-                error: action.error
+                taskCreationError: action.error
             });
         }
         case TASK_PROGRESS_UPDATED: {