diff --git a/src/main/configurations/Translate/Configuration_ImportFromLocalFS.xml b/src/main/configurations/Translate/Configuration_ImportFromLocalFS.xml
index 2d677a3d2..5abe68924 100644
--- a/src/main/configurations/Translate/Configuration_ImportFromLocalFS.xml
+++ b/src/main/configurations/Translate/Configuration_ImportFromLocalFS.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@
 
             <LocalFileSystemPipe name="ReadFile" action="read">
 				<Param name="filename" sessionKey="FileName" />
-				<Forward name="success" path="JsonToXml" />
+				<Forward name="success" path="IsXml" />
 			</LocalFileSystemPipe>
 
+			<XmlWellFormedCheckerPipe name="IsXml">
+				<Forward name="success" path="EXIT" />
+				<Forward name="failure" path="JsonToXml" />
+            </XmlWellFormedCheckerPipe>
+
             <JsonPipe name="JsonToXml">
                 <Forward name="success" path="EXIT"/>
             </JsonPipe>