diff --git a/django/api/viewsets/upload.py b/django/api/viewsets/upload.py
index f854edaf..13704861 100644
--- a/django/api/viewsets/upload.py
+++ b/django/api/viewsets/upload.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from rest_framework.permissions import AllowAny
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
+import pathlib
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
@@ -50,13 +51,18 @@ def import_data(self, request):
         filename = request.data.get("filename")
         dataset_selected = request.data.get("datasetSelected")
         replace_data = request.data.get("replace", False)
+        filepath = request.data.get("filepath")
 
         if dataset_selected == "ICBC Vins":
-            try:
-                create_vins_file(filename)
-                return Response({"success": True, "message": "ICBC data successfully uploaded!"}, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
-            except Exception as error:
-                return Response({"success": False, "errors": str(error)})
+            file_extension = pathlib.Path(filepath).suffix
+            if file_extension == '.csv':
+                try:
+                    create_vins_file(filename)
+                    return Response({"success": True, "message": "File successfully uploaded!"}, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+                except Exception as error:
+                    return Response({"success": False, "message": str(error)})
+            else:
+                return Response({"success": False, "message": "File must be a csv."}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
         try:
             url = minio_get_object(filename)
             urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, filename)
diff --git a/frontend/src/uploads/UploadContainer.js b/frontend/src/uploads/UploadContainer.js
index 521723d1..22528fc0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/uploads/UploadContainer.js
+++ b/frontend/src/uploads/UploadContainer.js
@@ -45,18 +45,21 @@ const UploadContainer = () => {
 
   const showError = (error) => {
     const { response: errorResponse } = error;
-    setAlertContent("There was an error uploading the file! Please refresh the page.")
-    errorResponse && errorResponse.data && (
+    setAlertContent("There was an issue uploading the file.")
+    if (errorResponse && errorResponse.data && errorResponse.data.message) {
       setAlertContent(
         `${errorResponse.data.message}\n${errorResponse.data.errors ? "Errors: " + errorResponse.data.errors.join("\n") : ""}`,
       )
-    )
+    } else if (errorResponse && errorResponse.data && errorResponse.status === 403) {
+      setAlertContent("There was an error. Please refresh page and ensure you are logged in.")
+    }
     setAlertSeverity("error");
     setAlert(true);
   };
 
   const doUpload = () =>
     uploadFiles.forEach((file) => {
+      let filepath = file.path;
       setLoading(true);
       const uploadPromises = uploadFiles.map((file) => {
         return axios.get(ROUTES_UPLOAD.MINIO_URL).then((response) => {
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ const UploadContainer = () => {
               filename,
               datasetSelected,
               replace,
+              filepath,
             });
           });
         });
@@ -95,7 +99,6 @@ const UploadContainer = () => {
           setUploadFiles([]);
         })
         .catch((error) => {
-          console.log(error)
           showError(error);
         })
         .finally(() => {