# Anki Import Error

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-import-error/12295>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 13, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-import-error/12295 "2021-08-13T21:41:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![cristonda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@cristonda](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/cristonda)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-import-error/12295/1 "2021-08-13T21:41:20Z")

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I have been having issues importing decks into my Anki. It happens to all the decks I have been trying to import. This happened to me before where all I had to do was downgrade my Anki version & it worked but it’s no longer working anymore. I did try adding the special fields add-on but that didn’t work either.

Import failed. Debugging info:  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “aqt/importing.py”, line 395, in on\_done  
File “concurrent/futures/\_base.py”, line 432, in result  
File “concurrent/futures/\_base.py”, line 388, in \_\_get\_result  
File “concurrent/futures/thread.py”, line 57, in run  
File “anki/importing/apkg.py”, line 44, in run  
File “anki/importing/anki2.py”, line 41, in run  
File “anki/importing/anki2.py”, line 66, in \_import  
File “/Users/cristonda/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/880042638/ **init**.py”, line 249, in newImportNotes  
b = json.loads(models)  
File “json/ **init**.py”, line 357, in loads  
File “json/decoder.py”, line 337, in decode  
File “json/decoder.py”, line 355, in raw\_decode  
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

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**Author:** ![kelciour](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/kelciour/32/14770_2.png) [@kelciour](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/kelciour)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-import-error/12295/2 "2021-08-13T23:09:16Z")

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> File “/Users/cristonda/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/ **880042638** /\_\_init\_\_.py”, line 249, in newImportNotes

Try to turn it off and restart Anki - [https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/880042638](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/880042638)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-import-error/12295/3 "2023-05-01T04:55:41Z")

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Closed on May 1, 2023, 4:55am UTC