diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/excel/excel.parser.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/excel/excel.parser.ts
index d5af1fac0..64ee6fe54 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/excel/excel.parser.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/excel/excel.parser.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ export const parseExcel = (
         if (maybeTimeType === 'block') {
           // we leave this as a clue for the object filtering later on
           entry.type = SupportedEntry.Block;
+          entry.entries = [];
         } else if (maybeTimeType === '' || maybeTimeType === 'event' || isKnownTimerType(maybeTimeType)) {
           // @ts-expect-error -- we leave this as a clue for the object filtering later on
           entry.type = SupportedEntry.Event;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/excel/excel.service.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/excel/excel.service.ts
index 2519b0599..92794c23a 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/excel/excel.service.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/excel/excel.service.ts
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ export function generateRundownPreview(options: ImportMap): { rundown: Rundown;
   const parsedCustomFields = parseCustomFields(dataFromExcel);
 
   // we run the parsed data through an extra step to ensure the objects shape
-  const Rundown = parseRundown(dataFromExcel.rundown, parsedCustomFields);
-  if (Rundown.order.length === 0) {
+  const rundown = parseRundown(dataFromExcel.rundown, parsedCustomFields);
+  if (rundown.order.length === 0) {
     throw new Error(`Could not find data to import in the worksheet: ${options.worksheet}`);
   }
 
   // clear the data
   excelData = xlsx.utils.book_new();
 
-  return { rundown: Rundown, customFields: parsedCustomFields };
+  return { rundown, customFields: parsedCustomFields };
 }