diff --git a/api/models/post/createPost.js b/api/models/post/createPost.js
index 9bfc35713..75de7985e 100644
--- a/api/models/post/createPost.js
+++ b/api/models/post/createPost.js
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ export default function createPost (userId, params) {
     .tap(post => afterCreatingPost(post, merge(
       pick(params, 'community_ids', 'imageUrl', 'videoUrl', 'docs', 'topicNames', 'memberIds', 'eventInviteeIds', 'imageUrls', 'fileUrls', 'announcement', 'location', 'location_id'),
       {children: params.requests, transacting}
-    )))))
+    )))).then(function(inserts) {
+      return inserts
+    }).catch(function(error) {
+      throw error
+    })
+  )
 }
 
 export function afterCreatingPost (post, opts) {
diff --git a/lib/uploader/index.js b/lib/uploader/index.js
index e97ccc4f1..366825683 100644
--- a/lib/uploader/index.js
+++ b/lib/uploader/index.js
@@ -18,21 +18,28 @@ export function upload (args) {
     if (!filename) filename = url
 
     function setupStreams (data, resolve, reject) {
-      const fileType = guessFileType(data, filename)
-      const mimetype = fileType && fileType.mime
-
       didSetup = true
 
-      // this is used so we can get the file type from the first chunk of
-      // data and still use `.pipe` -- you can't pipe a stream after getting
-      // data from it
-      passthrough = new PassThrough()
-
       if (type === 'importPosts') {
-        const csvImporter = createPostImporter(userId, id)
-        csvImporter.on('finish', () => resolve({ numPostsCreated: csvImporter.numPostsCreated, errors: csvImporter.errors }))
-        passthrough.pipe(csvImporter)
+        passthrough = createPostImporter(userId, id)
+        passthrough.on('end', (e) => {
+          // This returns to the front-end after the CSV has been read but before posts have been created
+          const uploaderResult = {
+            type,
+            id,
+            mimetype: "text/csv"
+          }
+          return resolve(uploaderResult)
+        })
       } else {
+        // this is used so we can get the file type from the first chunk of
+        // data and still use `.pipe` -- you can't pipe a stream after getting
+        // data from it
+        passthrough = new PassThrough()
+
+        const fileType = guessFileType(data, filename)
+        const mimetype = fileType && fileType.mime
+
         converter = createConverterStream(type, id, {fileType})
         converter.on('error', err => reject(err))
 
@@ -57,6 +64,7 @@ export function upload (args) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       source.on('data', data => {
         if (sourceHasError) return
+
         if (!didSetup) {
           try {
             setupStreams(data, resolve, reject)
diff --git a/lib/uploader/postImporter.js b/lib/uploader/postImporter.js
index 5787c4119..238b6f21e 100644
--- a/lib/uploader/postImporter.js
+++ b/lib/uploader/postImporter.js
@@ -4,50 +4,75 @@ import { PassThrough } from 'stream'
 import createPost from '../../api/models/post/createPost'
 import { findOrCreateLocation } from '../../api/graphql/mutations/location'
 
+function createObjectFrom(record, userId, communityId) {
+  return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
+    let location
+    try {
+      const locationData = await geocode(record.location)
+      location = await findOrCreateLocation(locationData)
+    } catch (e) {
+      sails.log.error("Error finding post location: " + e)
+      reject(e)
+      return
+    }
+
+    const postParams = {
+      community_ids: [communityId],
+      description: record.description || '',
+      endTime: record.end_date ? new Date(record.end_date) : null,
+      location: record.location,
+      imageUrls: record.image_urls ? record.image_urls.split(/,?\s+/) : [],
+      isPublic: record.is_public ? ['true', 'yes'].includes(record.is_public.toLowerCase()) : false,
+      location_id: location ? location.id : null,
+      name: record.title || '',
+      startTime: record.start_date ? new Date(record.start_date) : null,
+      topicNames: record.topics ? record.topics.split(/,?\s+/) : [],
+      type: record.type ? record.type.toLowerCase() : 'discussion'
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const post = await createPost(userId, postParams)
+      sails.log.info("Finished creating post", postParams)
+      resolve(post)
+    } catch(e) {
+      sails.log.error("Error importing post: " + e.message)
+      reject(e)
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 export function createPostImporter (userId, communityId) {
   const parser = parse({ columns: header => header.map(column => column.toLowerCase()) })
 
-
   parser.errors = []
   parser.numPostsCreated = 0
+  const promiseFactories = []
 
-  parser.on('readable', async function() {
-    let record, location
-    while (record = parser.read()) {
-      try {
-        const locationData = await geocode(record.location)
-        location = await findOrCreateLocation(locationData)
-      } catch (e) {
-        sails.log.error("Error finding post location: " + e)
-        parser.errors.push(e)
-      }
-      const postParams = {
-        community_ids: [communityId],
-        description: record.description || '',
-        endTime: record.end_date ? new Date(record.end_date) : null,
-        location: record.location,
-        imageUrls: record.image_urls ? record.image_urls.split(/,?\s+/) : [],
-        isPublic: record.is_public ? ['true', 'yes'].includes(record.is_public.toLowerCase()) : false,
-        location_id: location ? location.id : null,
-        name: record.title || '',
-        startTime: record.start_date ? new Date(record.start_date) : null,
-        topicNames: record.topics ? record.topics.split(/,?\s+/) : [],
-        type: record.type ? record.type.toLowerCase() : 'discussion'
-      }
-      try {
-        await createPost(userId, postParams)
-        parser.numPostsCreated = parser.numPostsCreated + 1
-      } catch(e) {
-        sails.log.error("Error importing post: " + e.message)
-        parser.errors.push(e.message)
-      }
+  parser.on('readable', () => {
+    let record = parser.read();
+
+    if (record === null) {
+      return
     }
+    const promiseFactory = () => createObjectFrom(record, userId, communityId);
+    promiseFactories.push( promiseFactory );
   })
 
-  // Catch any error
-  parser.on('error', function(err){
-    sails.log.error("Error importing CSV: " + err.message)
-    parser.errors.push(err.message)
+  parser.on('error', (err) => { sails.log.error("Weird parser error, check out " + err)})
+
+  parser.on('end', () => {
+    var sequence = Promise.resolve();
+
+    // Loop over each promise factory and add on a promise to the end of the 'sequence' promise.
+    promiseFactories.forEach(promiseFactory => {
+      sequence = sequence
+        .then(promiseFactory)
+        .then(result => { parser.numPostsCreated = parser.numPostsCreated + 1 })
+        .catch(error => { parser.errors.push(error.message ? error.message : error) })
+    })
+
+    // This will resolve after the entire chain is resolved
+    sequence.then(() => { sails.log.info("Succesfully imported " + parser.numPostsCreated + " posts.\n Errors: " + parser.errors.join("\n"))})
   })
 
   return parser