diff --git a/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/import/FervidexPage.tsx b/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/import/FervidexPage.tsx
index 12239bc9e..02b83fe3a 100644
--- a/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/import/FervidexPage.tsx
+++ b/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/import/FervidexPage.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import Divider from "components/util/Divider";
 import ExternalLink from "components/util/ExternalLink";
 import { TachiConfig } from "lib/config";
 import React from "react";
+import { Alert } from "react-bootstrap";
+import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 
 export default function FervidexPage() {
 	useSetSubheader(["Import Scores", "Fervidex"]);
@@ -52,6 +54,17 @@ export default function FervidexPage() {
 				</ul>
 				<li>That's it! Your scores should now automatically submit to the server.</li>
 			</ol>
+			<Alert variant="warning">
+				Looking to import existing scores? Import from your network first. If that's not
+				possible, enable "Sync Existing Scores" in{" "}
+				<Link
+					className="gentle-link"
+					to={"/u/me/integrations/services/fervidex"}
+					style={{ color: "black", textDecoration: "underline" }}
+				>
+					<b>your settings.</b>
+				</Link>
+			</Alert>
 		</div>
 	);
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/import/IIDXEamCSVPage.tsx b/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/import/IIDXEamCSVPage.tsx
index 8e6b7df70..85f30be38 100644
--- a/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/import/IIDXEamCSVPage.tsx
+++ b/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/import/IIDXEamCSVPage.tsx
@@ -103,6 +103,25 @@ function ParseFunction(data: string) {
 		throw new Error(`This CSV has no scores? Only found headers.`);
 	}
 
+	// check for nonsense non-zero EX stuff with zero judgements
+
+	for (const line of lines) {
+		const cells = line.split(",");
+		for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+			const di = 5 + i * 7;
+
+			const exscore = cells[di + 1]!;
+			const pgreat = cells[di + 2]!;
+			const great = cells[di + 3]!;
+
+			if (Number(exscore) && Number(pgreat) === 0 && Number(great) === 0) {
+				throw new Error(
+					`Invalid CSV. This CSV does not have PGREAT/GREAT information, which we use to sanity check scores. If this is from Fervidex you can enable "Sync Existing Scores" and boot the game instead.`
+				);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	const linesWithScores = lines.filter((e) => e !== "");
 
 	return {
diff --git a/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/users/FervidexIntegrationPage.tsx b/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/users/FervidexIntegrationPage.tsx
index e4f119355..52a631209 100644
--- a/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/users/FervidexIntegrationPage.tsx
+++ b/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/users/FervidexIntegrationPage.tsx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function FervidexForm({
 					onChange={(e) => {
 						setFormSettings({ ...formSettings, forceStaticImport: e.target.checked });
 					}}
-					label="Force Static Imports"
+					label="Sync Existing Scores"
 				/>
 				<Form.Text>
 					Import existing scores on game load for non-INFINITAS IIDX versions.
diff --git a/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/users/KsHookSV6CIntegrationPage.tsx b/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/users/KsHookSV6CIntegrationPage.tsx
index 3b41beece..e8916b583 100644
--- a/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/users/KsHookSV6CIntegrationPage.tsx
+++ b/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/users/KsHookSV6CIntegrationPage.tsx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function KsHookSV6CForm({
 					onChange={(e) => {
 						setFormSettings({ ...formSettings, forceStaticImport: e.target.checked });
 					}}
-					label="Force Static Imports"
+					label="Sync Existing Scores"
 				/>
 				<Form.Text>
 					Import existing scores on game load.