diff --git a/admin/import_export_framework.pl b/admin/import_export_framework.pl
index 60dcf7fe58..b2d090dad6 100755
--- a/admin/import_export_framework.pl
+++ b/admin/import_export_framework.pl
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ unless ($authenticated) {
     exit 0;
 }
 
-my $frameworkcode = $input->param('frameworkcode') || '';
-my $framework_name = $frameworkcode || 'default';
+my $framework_name = $input->param('frameworkcode') || 'default';
+my $frameworkcode = ($framework_name eq 'default') ? q{} : $framework_name;
 my $action = $input->param('action') || 'export';
 
 ## Exporting
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/biblio_framework.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/biblio_framework.tt
index 20efbc1bb4..4edc86188f 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/biblio_framework.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/biblio_framework.tt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
               </div>
               <form action="/cgi-bin/koha/admin/import_export_framework.pl" name="form_i_default" id="form_i_default" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="form_import">
                 <div class="modal-body">
-                  <input type="hidden" name="frameworkcode" value="" />
+                  <input type="hidden" name="frameworkcode" value="default" />
                   <input type="hidden" name="action" value="import" />
                   <p><label for="file_import_default">Upload file:</label> <input type="file" name="file_import_default" id="file_import_default" class="input_import" /></p>
                     <div id="importing_default" style="display:none" class="importing"><img src="[% interface %]/[% theme %]/img/spinner-small.gif" alt="" /><span class="importing_msg"></span></div>