diff --git a/Service.EDMIService/Methods/GlobalIndexer/ImportFile/ImportFileMethod.vb b/Service.EDMIService/Methods/GlobalIndexer/ImportFile/ImportFileMethod.vb
index a81f029a..040ce527 100644
--- a/Service.EDMIService/Methods/GlobalIndexer/ImportFile/ImportFileMethod.vb
+++ b/Service.EDMIService/Methods/GlobalIndexer/ImportFile/ImportFileMethod.vb
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ Namespace Methods.GlobalIndexer.ImportFile
             Dim oAutoAttributeDict = Helpers.UserAttributesToDictionary(pAutoAttributes)
 
             If pPathConvention Is Nothing OrElse pPathConvention = String.Empty Then
-                Logger.Warn("Virtual path template for File [{0}] was empty. Returning empty string.", pFileInfo.Name)
-                Return String.Empty
+                Logger.Warn("Virtual path template for File [{0}] was empty. Returning nothing.", pFileInfo.Name)
+                Return Nothing
 
             End If