diff --git a/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html b/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html
index c3818e8dd..d20d0c69b 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
         <br/>
     {% endif %}
 
-    <div class="row" v-if="recipe && has_ingredients"> <!-- TODO duplicate code remove -->
-        <div class="col-md-6 order-md-1 col-sm-12 order-sm-2 col-12 order-2">
+    <div class="row">
+        <div class="col-md-6 order-md-1 col-sm-12 order-sm-2 col-12 order-2"  v-if="recipe && has_ingredients">  <!-- TODO duplicate code remove -->
             <div class="card border-primary">
                 <div class="card-body">
                     <div class="row">
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/url_import.html b/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
index f61c2a82f..2b5e327cc 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
@@ -348,7 +348,9 @@
                 },
                 openUnitSelect: function (id) {
                     let index = id.replace('unit_', '')
-                    this.$set(app.$refs.unit[index].$data, 'search', this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index].unit.text)
+                    if (this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index].unit !== null) {
+                        this.$set(app.$refs.unit[index].$data, 'search', this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index].unit.text)
+                    }
                 },
                 openIngredientSelect: function (id) {
                     let index = id.replace('ingredient_', '')
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@
                         this.units = response.data.results;
                         if (this.recipe_data !== undefined) {
                             for (let x of Array.from(this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient)) {
-                                if (x.unit.text !== '') {
+                                if (x.unit !== null && x.unit.text !== '') {
                                     this.units = this.units.filter(item => item.text !== x.unit.text)
                                     this.units.push(x.unit)
                                 }
diff --git a/cookbook/views/data.py b/cookbook/views/data.py
index 102241d59..93ce5329b 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/data.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/data.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import requests
 from PIL import Image
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.core.files import File
+from django.db.transaction import atomic
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ def batch_edit(request):
 
 
 @group_required('user')
+@atomic
 def import_url(request):
     if request.method == 'POST':
         data = json.loads(request.body)
@@ -120,23 +122,26 @@ def import_url(request):
                 recipe.keywords.add(k)
 
         for ing in data['recipeIngredient']:
-            f, f_created = Food.objects.get_or_create(name=ing['ingredient']['text'])
-            if ing['unit']:
-                u, u_created = Unit.objects.get_or_create(name=ing['unit']['text'])
-            else:
-                u = Unit.objects.get(name=request.user.userpreference.default_unit)
+            ingredient = Ingredient()
 
-            # TODO properly handl no_amount recipes
+            ingredient.food, f_created = Food.objects.get_or_create(name=ing['ingredient']['text'])
+            if ing['unit']:
+                ingredient.unit, u_created = Unit.objects.get_or_create(name=ing['unit']['text'])
+
+            # TODO properly handle no_amount recipes
             if isinstance(ing['amount'], str):
                 try:
-                    ing['amount'] = float(ing['amount'].replace(',', '.'))
+                    ingredient.amount = float(ing['amount'].replace(',', '.'))
                 except ValueError:
-                    # TODO return proper error
+                    ingredient.no_amount = True
                     pass
+            elif isinstance(ing['amount'], float) or isinstance(ing['amount'], int):
+                ingredient.amount = ing['amount']
+            ingredient.note = ing['note'] if 'note' in ing else ''
 
-            note = ing['note'] if 'note' in ing else ''
-
-            step.ingredients.add(Ingredient.objects.create(food=f, unit=u, amount=ing['amount'], note=note))
+            ingredient.save()
+            step.ingredients.add(ingredient)
+            print(ingredient)
 
         if data['image'] != '':
             response = requests.get(data['image'])