diff --git a/src/components/ImporterView/ImporterMainView.vue b/src/components/ImporterView/ImporterMainView.vue
index a464128..e2e17a8 100644
--- a/src/components/ImporterView/ImporterMainView.vue
+++ b/src/components/ImporterView/ImporterMainView.vue
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
       @close="abortCurrentJob"
       @execute="executeCurrentJob"
     />
+    <importer-view-error-modal
+      ref="errorModal"
+      :error-message="errorMessage"
+    />
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ import ImporterViewProcessingModal from './ImporterViewProcessingModal.vue';
 import ImporterViewCsvFormatModal from './ImporterViewCsvFormatModal.vue';
 import ImporterViewPreview from './ImporterViewPreview.vue';
 import ImporterViewValidationModal from './ImporterViewValidationModal.vue';
+import ImporterViewErrorModal from './ImporterViewErrorModal.vue';
 
 export default {
   name: "ImporterMainView",
@@ -123,6 +128,7 @@ export default {
     ImporterViewCsvFormatModal,
     ImporterViewPreview,
     ImporterViewValidationModal,
+    ImporterViewErrorModal,
   },
   props: {
     schema: {
@@ -139,6 +145,7 @@ export default {
     files: {},
     processingFiles: [],
     currentJob: null,
+    errorMessage: "",
   }),
   computed: {
     isSchemaEmpty() {
@@ -377,7 +384,14 @@ export default {
       const parallelism = format.parallelism;
       const ignoreErrors = format.ignoreErrors;
 
-      const columns = await DuckDB.getCsvHeaderWithCustomSettings(key, delimiter, quote, escape, hasHeader);
+      let columns;
+      try {
+        columns = await DuckDB.getCsvHeaderWithCustomSettings(key, delimiter, quote, escape, hasHeader);
+      } catch (error) {
+        this.errorMessage = `Could not detect the columns with the given CSV format settings for file ${file.file.name}. Please check the settings and try again.`;
+        this.$refs.errorModal.showModal();
+        return;
+      }
       columns.forEach((c, i) => {
         c.type = DuckDB.convertDuckDBTypeToKuzuType(c.type);
         c.name = hasHeader ? c.name : `column${i}`;
diff --git a/src/components/ImporterView/ImporterViewErrorModal.vue b/src/components/ImporterView/ImporterViewErrorModal.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5f9649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/ImporterView/ImporterViewErrorModal.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<template>
+  <div
+    ref="modal"
+    class="modal"
+    tabindex="-1"
+  >
+    <div class="modal-dialog modal-xl">
+      <div class="modal-content">
+        <div class="modal-body">
+          <div>
+            <p class="text-danger">
+              <i class="fas fa-exclamation-triangle" />
+              {{ errorMessage }}
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="modal-footer">
+          <span>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              class="btn btn-danger"
+              @click="hideModal"
+            >
+              Close
+            </button>
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="js">
+import { Modal } from 'bootstrap';
+export default {
+  name: "ImporterViewErrorModal",
+  props: {
+    errorMessage: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+  },
+  mounted() {
+    this.modal = new Modal(this.$refs.modal);
+  },
+  beforeUnmount() {
+    this.modal.dispose();
+  },
+  methods: {
+    showModal() {
+      this.modal.show();
+    },
+    hideModal() {
+      this.modal.hide();
+    },
+  },
+};
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" scoped></style>