diff --git a/core/views/uploads.py b/core/views/uploads.py
index 79fdae7..3773e4f 100644
--- a/core/views/uploads.py
+++ b/core/views/uploads.py
@@ -161,16 +161,17 @@ def get_complaints(complaints, waldata, svxfiles, files, wallet, wurl):
                     sx = sx + ".svx"
                 svxfiles.append(sx)                   
                 if not (Path(settings.SURVEX_DATA) / sx).is_file():
-                    file_complaint = f"{wallet} Incorrect survex file name. {sx} was not found in LOSER repo"
+                    file_complaint = f"{wallet} Incorrect survex file name. File {sx} was not found in LOSER repo"
                     complaints.append(file_complaint)
                     message = f"! {file_complaint}"
                     print(message)
                     DataIssue.objects.update_or_create(parser='scans', message=message, url=wurl) # set URL to this wallet folder
                 else:
                     try:
-                        svxfile = SurvexFile.objects.get(path=sx)
+                        sxpath = str(Path(sx).with_suffix(''))
+                        svxfile = SurvexFile.objects.get(path=sxpath)
                     except:
-                        file_complaint = f"{wallet} Survex file name {sx} was not imported via a *include statement so it not available."
+                        file_complaint = f"{wallet} Survex file {sx} exists, but is not registered as imported via a *include {sxpath}."
                         complaints.append(file_complaint)
                         message = f"! {file_complaint}"
                         print(message)