diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
index 4b967d5a1..a02183492 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
@@ -451,6 +451,9 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             }
         }
 
+        // update import timestamp
+        Application_Model_Preference::SetImportTimestamp();
+        
         if ($mode == "create") {
             $filepath = $md['MDATA_KEY_FILEPATH'];
             $filepath = str_replace("\\", "", $filepath);
@@ -508,7 +511,6 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
                 $file->delete();
             }
         }
-
         $this->view->id = $file->getId();
     }
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PreferenceController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PreferenceController.php
index f4c106fe7..94b4f2681 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PreferenceController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PreferenceController.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class PreferenceController extends Zend_Controller_Action
                     ->addActionContext('change-stor-directory', 'json')
                     ->addActionContext('reload-watch-directory', 'json')
                     ->addActionContext('remove-watch-directory', 'json')
+                    ->addActionContext('is-import-in-progress', 'json')
                     ->initContext();
     }
 
@@ -157,6 +158,15 @@ class PreferenceController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         $watched_dirs_form = new Application_Form_WatchedDirPreferences();
         $this->view->subform = $watched_dirs_form->render();
     }
+    
+    public function isImportInProgressAction(){
+        $now = time();
+        $res = false;
+        if(Application_Model_Preference::GetImportTimestamp()+5 > $now){
+            $res = true;
+        }
+        die(json_encode($res));
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
index 19fd6da1f..18fe4a919 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
@@ -356,5 +356,14 @@ class Application_Model_Preference
     public static function GetRemindMeDate(){
         return Application_Model_Preference::GetValue("remindme");
     }
+    
+    public static function SetImportTimestamp(){
+        $now = time();
+        Application_Model_Preference::SetValue("import_timestamp", $now);
+    }
+    
+    public static function GetImportTimestamp(){
+        return Application_Model_Preference::GetValue("import_timestamp");
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/library/library.js b/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/library/library.js
index 820373752..6e61075e0 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/library/library.js
+++ b/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/library/library.js
@@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ function confirmDeletePlaylist(params){
     }
 }
 
+function checkImportStatus(){
+    $.getJSON('/Preference/is-import-in-progress', function(data){
+        var div = $('#library_display_processing');
+        if(data == true){
+            div.html("Import is being processed");
+            div.css('visibility', 'visible');
+        }else{
+            div.css('visibility', 'hidden');
+            div.html("Processing...");
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 function deletePlaylist(json) {
 	if(json.message) {
 		alert(json.message);
@@ -172,4 +185,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
             "sSearch": ""
         }
 	}).fnSetFilteringDelay(350);
+	
+	checkImportStatus()
+	setInterval( "checkImportStatus()", 2000 );
 });
diff --git a/install_minimal/include/AirtimeInstall.php b/install_minimal/include/AirtimeInstall.php
index 149741a90..79d741007 100644
--- a/install_minimal/include/AirtimeInstall.php
+++ b/install_minimal/include/AirtimeInstall.php
@@ -293,6 +293,21 @@ class AirtimeInstall
         }
         return true;
     }
+    
+    public static function SetImportTimestamp()
+    {
+        global $CC_DBC;
+
+        $now = time();
+        
+        $sql = "INSERT INTO cc_pref (keystr, valstr) VALUES ('import_timestamp', '$now')";
+        $result = $CC_DBC->query($sql);
+        if (PEAR::isError($result)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    
 
     public static function GetAirtimeVersion()
     {
diff --git a/install_minimal/include/airtime-db-install.php b/install_minimal/include/airtime-db-install.php
index 7f008b1fe..c2fd837b0 100644
--- a/install_minimal/include/airtime-db-install.php
+++ b/install_minimal/include/airtime-db-install.php
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ if (isset($argv[1]) && $argv[1] == 'y') {
 echo "* Setting Airtime version".PHP_EOL;
 AirtimeInstall::SetAirtimeVersion(AIRTIME_VERSION);
 
+// set up some keys in DB
 AirtimeInstall::SetUniqueId();
+AirtimeInstall::SetImportTimestamp();
 
 if (AirtimeInstall::$databaseTablesCreated) {
 
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php
index ce1a49ab9..b308e1614 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -352,6 +352,34 @@ class AirtimeInstall{
         echo "* Inserting data into country table".PHP_EOL;
         Airtime190Upgrade::execSqlQuery($sql);
     }
+    
+    public static function SetUniqueId()
+    {
+        global $CC_DBC;
+
+        $uniqueId = md5(uniqid("", true));
+
+        $sql = "INSERT INTO cc_pref (keystr, valstr) VALUES ('uniqueId', '$uniqueId')";
+        $result = $CC_DBC->query($sql);
+        if (PEAR::isError($result)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    public static function SetImportTimestamp()
+    {
+        global $CC_DBC;
+
+        $now = time();
+        
+        $sql = "INSERT INTO cc_pref (keystr, valstr) VALUES ('import_timestamp', '$now')";
+        $result = $CC_DBC->query($sql);
+        if (PEAR::isError($result)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
 }
 
 class AirtimeIni{
@@ -783,6 +811,10 @@ AirtimeInstall::MigrateTablesToVersion(__DIR__, '20110713161043');
 
 AirtimeInstall::InsertCountryDataIntoDatabase();
 
+// set up some keys in DB
+AirtimeInstall::SetUniqueId();
+AirtimeInstall::SetImportTimestamp();
+
 AirtimeIni::CreateMonitFile();
 
 AirtimeInstall::CreateSymlinksToUtils();
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py
index 9f0bcfd72..9d449c154 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from airtimemetadata import AirtimeMetadata
 
 def encode_to(obj, encoding='utf-8'):
     if isinstance(obj, basestring):
-        if not isinstance(obj, string):
+        if not isinstance(obj, str):
             obj = obj.encode(encoding)
     return obj