diff --git a/vue3/src/composables/useFileApi.ts b/vue3/src/composables/useFileApi.ts
index 736317bfb..86a81429b 100644
--- a/vue3/src/composables/useFileApi.ts
+++ b/vue3/src/composables/useFileApi.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ export function useFileApi() {
     function doAiImport(file: File|null, text: string = '') {
         let formData = new FormData()
 
-        formData.append('file', '')
+        if(file != null){
+            formData.append('file', file)
+        } else {
+            formData.append('file', '')
+        }
         formData.append('text', text)
 
         return fetch(getDjangoUrl(`api/ai-import/`), {
diff --git a/vue3/src/pages/RecipeImportPage.vue b/vue3/src/pages/RecipeImportPage.vue
index b27594d98..2b6194e3e 100644
--- a/vue3/src/pages/RecipeImportPage.vue
+++ b/vue3/src/pages/RecipeImportPage.vue
@@ -580,8 +580,10 @@ function loadRecipeFromUrl(recipeFromSourceRequest: RecipeFromSource) {
 function loadRecipeFromAiImport() {
     let request = null
     if (image.value != null && aiMode.value == 'file') {
+        console.log('file import')
         request = doAiImport(image.value)
     } else if (sourceImportText.value != '' && aiMode.value == 'text') {
+        console.log('text import')
         request = doAiImport(null, sourceImportText.value)
     }