diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/importer/ImporterColumnSelector.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/importer/ImporterColumnSelector.tsx
index 4036b4f3b5..8031495cac 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/importer/ImporterColumnSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/importer/ImporterColumnSelector.tsx
@@ -84,16 +84,28 @@ function ImporterDefaultField({
 }) {
   const api = useApi();
 
-  const [rawValue, setRawValue] = useState<any>('');
+  const [rawValue, setRawValue] = useState<any>(undefined);
+
+  // Initialize raw value with provided default
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setRawValue(session.fieldDefaults[fieldName]);
+  }, [fieldName, session.fieldDefaults]);
 
   const fieldType: string = useMemo(() => {
     return session.availableFields[fieldName]?.type;
   }, [fieldName, session.availableFields]);
 
-  const [value] = useDebouncedValue(rawValue, fieldType == 'string' ? 500 : 10);
-
   const onChange = useCallback(
     (value: any) => {
+      if (value === undefined) {
+        value = session.fieldDefaults[fieldName];
+      }
+
+      // No change - do nothing
+      if (value === session.fieldDefaults[fieldName]) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       // Update the default value for the field
       const defaults = {
         ...session.fieldDefaults,
@@ -114,6 +126,21 @@ function ImporterDefaultField({
     [fieldName, session, session.fieldDefaults]
   );
 
+  const getDebounceTime = (type: string) => {
+    switch (type) {
+      case 'string':
+        return 500;
+      case 'number':
+      case 'float':
+      case 'integer':
+        return 200;
+      default:
+        return 50;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const [value] = useDebouncedValue(rawValue, getDebounceTime(fieldType));
+
   // Update the default value after the debounced value changes
   useEffect(() => {
     onChange(value);
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/importer/ImporterDrawer.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/importer/ImporterDrawer.tsx
index 2ed836627c..eb5a4343af 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/importer/ImporterDrawer.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/importer/ImporterDrawer.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function ImportDrawerStepper({
     >
       <Stepper.Step label={t`Upload File`} />
       <Stepper.Step label={t`Map Columns`} />
-      <Stepper.Step label={t`Import Data`} />
+      <Stepper.Step label={t`Import Rows`} />
       <Stepper.Step label={t`Process Data`} />
       <Stepper.Step label={t`Complete Import`} />
     </Stepper>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export default function ImporterDrawer({
         <Divider />
       </Stack>
     );
-  }, [session.sessionData]);
+  }, [currentStep, session.sessionData]);
 
   return (
     <Drawer
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/hooks/UseImportSession.tsx b/src/frontend/src/hooks/UseImportSession.tsx
index 5410e77ee7..4e97c05944 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/hooks/UseImportSession.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/hooks/UseImportSession.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export function useImportSession({
   } = useInstance({
     endpoint: ApiEndpoints.import_session_list,
     pk: sessionId,
+    hasPrimaryKey: true,
     defaultValue: {}
   });
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/hooks/UseInstance.tsx b/src/frontend/src/hooks/UseInstance.tsx
index 9caf729aea..75158a9d5a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/hooks/UseInstance.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/hooks/UseInstance.tsx
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function useInstance<T = any>({
           pk == null ||
           pk == undefined ||
           pk.toString().length == 0 ||
-          pk == '-1'
+          pk.toString() == '-1'
         ) {
           setInstance(defaultValue);
           return defaultValue;