diff --git a/packages/server/src/services/chatflows/index.ts b/packages/server/src/services/chatflows/index.ts
index c6917a5b..cdf24d6f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/services/chatflows/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/services/chatflows/index.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ const importChatflows = async (newChatflows: Partial<ChatFlow>[]): Promise<any>
     try {
         const appServer = getRunningExpressApp()
 
+        if (newChatflows.length == 0) throw new Error('No chatflows in this file.')
+
         // step 1 - check whether there are any contradict id
         let ids = '('
         let count: number = 0