diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/integrations/pocket.ts b/packages/api/src/services/integrations/pocket.ts
index 0b25928ab..c2a269cbe 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/integrations/pocket.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/integrations/pocket.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+import axios from 'axios'
+import { ArticleSavingRequestStatus } from '../../elastic/types'
+import { env } from '../../env'
 import {
   IntegrationService,
   RetrievedResult,
   RetrieveRequest,
 } from './integration'
-import axios from 'axios'
-import { env } from '../../env'
-import { ArticleSavingRequestStatus } from '../../elastic/types'
 
 interface PocketResponse {
   status: number // 1 if success
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ export class PocketIntegration extends IntegrationService {
     }
     const data = pocketItems.map((item) => ({
       url: item.given_url,
-      labels: Object.values(item.tags ?? {}).map((tag) => tag.tag),
+      labels: item.tags
+        ? Object.values(item.tags).map((tag) => tag.tag)
+        : undefined,
       state: statusToState[item.status],
     }))
     return {
diff --git a/packages/import-handler/src/csv.ts b/packages/import-handler/src/csv.ts
index 66835127c..c73c0dd59 100644
--- a/packages/import-handler/src/csv.ts
+++ b/packages/import-handler/src/csv.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,15 @@ export const importCsv = async (ctx: ImportContext, stream: Stream) => {
     try {
       const url = new URL(row[0])
       const state = row.length > 1 ? row[1] : undefined
-      // labels follows format: "[label1, label2]"
-      const labels = row.length > 2 ? row[2].slice(1, -1).split(',') : undefined
+      // labels follows format: "[label1,label2]"
+      const labels =
+        row.length > 2
+          ? (row[2] as string)
+              .slice(1, -1)
+              .split(',')
+              .map((l) => l.trim())
+              .filter((l) => l !== '')
+          : undefined
       await ctx.urlHandler(ctx, url, state, labels)
       ctx.countImported += 1
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/packages/import-handler/src/index.ts b/packages/import-handler/src/index.ts
index 9998d7d01..89b469ad1 100644
--- a/packages/import-handler/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/import-handler/src/index.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ const urlHandler = async (
       url,
       'csv-importer',
       state,
-      labels
+      labels && labels.length > 0 ? labels : undefined
     )
     if (!result) {
       return Promise.reject('Failed to import url')
diff --git a/packages/import-handler/test/csv/csv.test.ts b/packages/import-handler/test/csv/csv.test.ts
index 0c447b60b..0a8ea2e25 100644
--- a/packages/import-handler/test/csv/csv.test.ts
+++ b/packages/import-handler/test/csv/csv.test.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe('Load a complex CSV file', () => {
 
     await importCsv(stub, stream)
     expect(stub.countFailed).to.equal(0)
-    expect(stub.countImported).to.equal(2)
+    expect(stub.countImported).to.equal(3)
     expect(results).to.eql([
       {
         url: new URL('https://omnivore.app'),
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ describe('Load a complex CSV file', () => {
         state: 'SUCCEEDED',
         labels: ['test', 'development'],
       },
+      {
+        url: new URL('https://test.com'),
+        state: 'SUCCEEDED',
+        labels: ['test', 'development'],
+      },
     ])
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/import-handler/test/csv/data/complex.csv b/packages/import-handler/test/csv/data/complex.csv
index c215da398..fa4ce8b83 100644
--- a/packages/import-handler/test/csv/data/complex.csv
+++ b/packages/import-handler/test/csv/data/complex.csv
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 "https://omnivore.app",ARCHIVED,"[test]"
 "https://google.com",SUCCEEDED,"[test,development]"
+https://test.com,SUCCEEDED,"[test, development]"