diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
index f0ec73aa..bc1e4ff8 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ class Importer:
 
         # Load filter, process file, pass returned filename to import_fpdb_file
             
-        if self.writeq != None:
+        if self.settings['threads'] > 0 and self.writeq != None:
             print "\nConverting " + file + " (" + str(q.qsize()) + ")"
         else:
             print "\nConverting " + file