diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
index aa40b218..16435b06 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class Importer:
                 inputFile = open(file, "rU")
             else:
                 self.removeFromFileList['file'] = True
-                return
+                return (0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
             try:
                 loc = self.pos_in_file[file]
             except: