diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
index fa01dff9c..2790ae311 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
@@ -186,11 +186,14 @@ export const savePage = async (
   }
 
   // create a task to update thumbnail and pre-cache all images
-  try {
-    const taskId = await enqueueThumbnailTask(saver.userId, slug)
-    logger.info('Created thumbnail task', { taskId })
-  } catch (e) {
-    logger.error('Failed to create thumbnail task', e)
+  if (input.source !== 'csv-importer') {
+    // we don't want to create thumbnail for imported pages
+    try {
+      const taskId = await enqueueThumbnailTask(saver.userId, slug)
+      logger.info('Created thumbnail task', { taskId })
+    } catch (e) {
+      logger.error('Failed to create thumbnail task', e)
+    }
   }
 
   if (parseResult.highlightData) {