diff --git a/app/api/csv/csv.ts b/app/api/csv/csv.ts
index 64effd2dd7..a6e154ef41 100644
--- a/app/api/csv/csv.ts
+++ b/app/api/csv/csv.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import readline from 'readline';
-
 import csvtojson from 'csvtojson';
 
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
@@ -8,18 +6,17 @@ import importFile, { ImportFile } from './importFile';
 type CSVRow = { [k: string]: string };
 
 const DELIMITERS = [',', ';'];
-const DELIMITER_REGEX = new RegExp(`[${DELIMITERS.join('')}]`);
 
 const peekHeaders = async (readSource: Readable | string): Promise<string[]> => {
   const readStream =
     typeof readSource === 'string' ? await importFile(readSource).readStream() : readSource;
   let headers: string[] = [];
-  const rl = readline.createInterface({ input: readStream });
-  const line = (await rl[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next()).value;
-  headers = line.split(DELIMITER_REGEX);
-  rl.close();
-  readStream.unpipe();
-  readStream.destroy();
+  const stream = csvtojson().fromStream(readStream);
+  await stream.on('header', async h => {
+    headers = h;
+    await stream.end();
+  });
+
   return headers;
 };
 
diff --git a/app/api/csv/importFile.ts b/app/api/csv/importFile.ts
index 5eeb407e01..43e09134f5 100644
--- a/app/api/csv/importFile.ts
+++ b/app/api/csv/importFile.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { createError } from 'api/utils';
 import zipFile from 'api/utils/zipFile';
 // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-restricted-import
 import { createReadStream } from 'fs';
+// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-restricted-import
+import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
 
 const extractFromZip = async (zipPath: string, fileName: string) => {
   const readStream = await zipFile(zipPath).findReadStream(entry => entry === fileName);
@@ -16,14 +18,19 @@ const extractFromZip = async (zipPath: string, fileName: string) => {
   return readStream;
 };
 
-export class ImportFile {
+class ImportFile {
   filePath: string;
 
   constructor(filePath: string) {
     this.filePath = filePath;
   }
 
+  private async checkFileExists() {
+    await readFile(this.filePath);
+  }
+
   async readStream(fileName = 'import.csv') {
+    await this.checkFileExists();
     if (path.extname(this.filePath) === '.zip') {
       return extractFromZip(this.filePath, fileName);
     }
@@ -46,4 +53,5 @@ export class ImportFile {
 
 const importFile = (filePath: string) => new ImportFile(filePath);
 
+export { ImportFile };
 export default importFile;
diff --git a/app/api/csv/specs/csv.spec.ts b/app/api/csv/specs/csv.spec.ts
index c36803adda..7a77f4582e 100644
--- a/app/api/csv/specs/csv.spec.ts
+++ b/app/api/csv/specs/csv.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('peekHeaders()', () => {
     title1, text1, text1_es, text1_en`;
     const { mockedFile, mockedFileStream } = mockFileStream(content);
     const headers = await peekHeaders(mockedFileStream);
-    expect(headers).toEqual(['title', ' textprop', ' textprop__es', ' textprop__en']);
+    expect(headers).toEqual(['title', 'textprop', 'textprop__es', 'textprop__en']);
     mockedFile.mockRestore();
   });
 
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ describe('peekHeaders()', () => {
       'title',
       'unrelated_property',
       'select_property__en',
-      ' Select Property__es',
+      'Select Property__es',
       'Multiselect Property__en',
-      ' multiselect_property__es',
-      ' no_new_value_select',
+      'multiselect_property__es',
+      'no_new_value_select',
     ]);
   });
 });
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe('validateFormat()', () => {
       message: 'Expected 3 columns, but found 2.',
     },
     {
-      content: 'title,textprop\ntitle1',
+      content: 'title,textprop\ntitle1,',
       columns: 1,
       message: 'Expected 1 columns, but found 2.',
     },
diff --git a/app/api/csv/specs/helpers.js b/app/api/csv/specs/helpers.js
index 9eee40d245..1fff06c1c4 100644
--- a/app/api/csv/specs/helpers.js
+++ b/app/api/csv/specs/helpers.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import path from 'path';
 import yazl from 'yazl';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-restricted-import
+import fsPromises from 'fs/promises';
+// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-restricted-import
 import fs from 'fs';
 
 const createTestingZip = (filesToZip, fileName, directory = __dirname) =>
@@ -37,7 +39,9 @@ class ReadableString extends Readable {
 
 const stream = string => new ReadableString(string);
 
-const mockCsvFileReadStream = str =>
-  jest.spyOn(fs, 'createReadStream').mockImplementation(() => stream(str));
+const mockCsvFileReadStream = str => {
+  jest.spyOn(fsPromises, 'readFile').mockImplementation(() => {});
+  return jest.spyOn(fs, 'createReadStream').mockImplementation(() => stream(str));
+};
 
 export { stream, createTestingZip, mockCsvFileReadStream };
diff --git a/app/api/csv/typeParsers/multiselect.ts b/app/api/csv/typeParsers/multiselect.ts
index 88d16b77a1..0e9d6ad709 100644
--- a/app/api/csv/typeParsers/multiselect.ts
+++ b/app/api/csv/typeParsers/multiselect.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ function labelNotNull(label: string | null): label is string {
 function splitMultiselectLabels(labelString: string): {
   labelInfos: LabelInfo[];
 } {
+  if (!labelString) {
+    return { labelInfos: [] };
+  }
   const labels = labelString
     .split(csvConstants.multiValueSeparator)
     .map(l => l.trim())
diff --git a/app/api/i18n/specs/translations.spec.ts b/app/api/i18n/specs/translations.spec.ts
index a51a79d1a3..473c3a8beb 100644
--- a/app/api/i18n/specs/translations.spec.ts
+++ b/app/api/i18n/specs/translations.spec.ts
@@ -425,11 +425,7 @@ describe('translations', () => {
     });
 
     it('should throw error when translation is not available', async () => {
-      const readFileMock = jest
-        .spyOn(fs.promises, 'readFile')
-        .mockRejectedValue({ code: 'ENOENT' });
-
-      await expect(translations.importPredefined('zh')).rejects.toThrowError(
+      await expect(translations.importPredefined('non-existent')).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
         UITranslationNotAvailable
       );
 
@@ -441,8 +437,6 @@ describe('translations', () => {
       expect(ZHTranslations.Password).toBe('Password');
       expect(ZHTranslations.Account).toBe('Account');
       expect(ZHTranslations.Age).toBe('Age');
-
-      readFileMock.mockRestore();
     });
   });
 });