diff --git a/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/templates/documentsView.ejs b/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/templates/documentsView.ejs
index 2491767fd8..97ca46a71f 100644
--- a/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/templates/documentsView.ejs
+++ b/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/templates/documentsView.ejs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   <div id="importHeader" class="dropdownImport">
     <div class="queryline">
       <input id="importDocuments" name="importDocuments" type="file" accept="application/json" />
-      <button id="confirmDocImport" class="button-success btn-old-padding" style="float:right">
+      <button id="confirmDocImport" class="button-success btn-old-padding" style="float:right" disabled>
         <img id="uploadIndicator" class="upload-indicator" src="img/ajax-loader.gif"/>Import JSON
       </button>
       <div title='Example input data:</br></br> I. Line-wise: </br> { "_key": "key1", ... } { "_key": "key2", ... } or </br></br> II. JSON documents embedded into a list: </br> [ </br> { "_key": "key1", ... }, </br> { "_key": "key2", ... }, </br> ... </br> ]' class="upload-info" style="float:left; margin-top:7px; margin-right: 10px;"><i style="font-size: 13pt;" class="fa fa-info-circle"></i></div>
diff --git a/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/views/documentsView.js b/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/views/documentsView.js
index 4f3c571efe..fecdee5a9c 100644
--- a/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/views/documentsView.js
+++ b/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/views/documentsView.js
@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@
       this.collection.resetFilter();
       this.collection.loadTotal();
       this.restoredFilters = [];
+
+      //for resetting json upload
+      this.allowUpload = false;
+      this.files = undefined;
+      this.file = undefined;
+      $('#confirmDocImport').attr("disabled", true);
+
       this.markFilterToggle();
       this.collection.getDocuments(this.getDocsCallback.bind(this));
     },
@@ -208,6 +215,7 @@
       $('#importDocuments').change(function(e) {
         self.files = e.target.files || e.dataTransfer.files;
         self.file = self.files[0];
+        $('#confirmDocImport').attr("disabled", false);
 
         self.allowUpload = true;
       });