diff --git a/pyfpdb/HandHistoryConverter.py b/pyfpdb/HandHistoryConverter.py
index 8eb2b9b6..c52444dd 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/HandHistoryConverter.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/HandHistoryConverter.py
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ which it expects to find at self.re_TailSplitHands -- see for e.g. Everleaf.py.
 
         if self.ftpArchive == True:
             log.debug(_("Converting ftpArchive format to readable"))
-            m = re.compile('^\*\*\*\*\*\*+\s#\s\d+\s\*\*\*\*\*+$', re.MULTILINE)
+            # Remove  ******************** # 1 *************************
+            m = re.compile('\*{20}\s#\s\d+\s\*{25}\s+', re.MULTILINE)
             self.obs = m.sub('', self.obs)
 
         if self.obs is None or self.obs == "":
diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
index 102da6fc..65de8181 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ class Importer:
             else:
                 self.pos_in_file[file] = 0
             hhc = obj( self.config, in_path = file, out_path = out_path, index = idx
-                     , starsArchive = self.settings['starsArchive'], sitename = site )
+                     , starsArchive = self.settings['starsArchive'], ftpArchive = self.settings['ftpArchive'],
+                       sitename = site )
             if hhc.getStatus():
                 handlist = hhc.getProcessedHands()
                 self.pos_in_file[file] = hhc.getLastCharacterRead()