diff --git a/backend/src/import-from-ss.js b/backend/src/import-from-ss.js
index 75e6119..93c776d 100644
--- a/backend/src/import-from-ss.js
+++ b/backend/src/import-from-ss.js
@@ -231,7 +231,11 @@ module.exports = async (req, res) => {
     const papers = await fetchAuthorPapers(authorId);
     console.log('papers count:', papers.length);
     const result = await Promise.mapSeries(papers, importPaper);
-    console.log(`Added posts for ${result.length} papers by author ${authorId}`);
+    if (result.length) {
+      console.log(`Added posts for ${result.length} papers by author ${authorId}`);
+    }
     res.json(result);
+  } else {
+    res.status(400).end();
   }
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ImportPapersByAuthor.jsx b/frontend/src/components/ImportPapersByAuthor.jsx
index cb2e9e9..d360e36 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ImportPapersByAuthor.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ImportPapersByAuthor.jsx
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ function ImportPapersByAuthor() {
       .catch((error) => {
         setStatus(`Error: ${error.response?.data ?? error.message}`);
       });
-    const getStatus = ({ paperId, postId, alreadyAdded }) => (alreadyAdded
-      ? `Paper ${paperId} was already imported as post ${postId}`
-      : `Imported paper ${paperId} as post ${postId}`);
-    setStatus(results.map(getStatus).join('\n'));
+    if (results?.length) {
+      const getStatus = ({ paperId, postId, alreadyAdded }) => (alreadyAdded
+        ? `Paper ${paperId} was already imported as post ${postId}`
+        : `Imported paper ${paperId} as post ${postId}`);
+      setStatus(results.map(getStatus).join('\n'));
+    } else {
+      setStatus(`Found 0 papers by author ${authorId}`);
+    }
   };
 
   return (