diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/index.js
index b9da2f487..2e568aad3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 //= require repositories/import/records_importer.js
-(function() {
+(function(global) {
   'use strict';
 
+  global.pageReload = function() {
+    animateSpinner();
+    location.reload();
+  }
+
+  function reloadOnHidden() {
+    $('#modal-import-records')
+      .on('hidden.bs.modal', function() {
+        animateSpinner();
+        location.reload();
+      });
+  }
+
   function initImportRecordsModal() {
     $('#importRecordsButton').off().on('click', function() {
       $('#modal-import-records').modal('show');
@@ -13,7 +26,12 @@
     $('#form-records-file').on('ajax:success', function(ev, data) {
       $('#modal-import-records').modal('hide');
       $(data.html).appendTo('body').promise().done(function() {
-        $('#parse-records_modal').modal('show');
+        $('#parse-records_modal')
+          .modal('show')
+          .on('hidden.bs.modal', function() {
+            animateSpinner();
+            location.reload();
+          });
         repositoryRecordsImporter();
       });
     });
@@ -34,6 +52,7 @@
           pane.tab('show').promise().done(function() {
             initImportRecordsModal();
           });
+          reloadOnHidden()
         },
         error: function (error) {
           // TODO
@@ -63,4 +82,4 @@
     loadRepositoryTab();
     initImportRecordsModal();
   });
-})();
+})(window);
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss
index f01dd4139..728a6c8b6 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/scinote.scss
@@ -2120,3 +2120,7 @@ th.custom-field .modal-tooltiptext {
 .my_module-state-buttons {
   padding-top: 6px;
 }
+
+.parse-records-table {
+  max-height: 200px;
+}
diff --git a/app/views/repositories/_import_repository_records_modal.html.erb b/app/views/repositories/_import_repository_records_modal.html.erb
index 72ca2387a..80d574f96 100644
--- a/app/views/repositories/_import_repository_records_modal.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/repositories/_import_repository_records_modal.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
     <div class="modal-content">
       <div class="modal-header">
-        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
+        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close" onClick="pageReload()"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
         <h4 class="modal-title"><%= t('repositories.modal_import.title') %></h4>
         <%= t("repositories.modal_import.notice") %>
       </div>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
           <%= f.file_field :file %>
       </div>
       <div class="modal-footer">
-        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal"><%= t('general.cancel')%></button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal" onClick="pageReload()"><%= t('general.cancel')%></button>
         <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="<%= t("repositories.modal_import.upload") %>"</input>
       </div>
       <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/repositories/_parse_records_modal.html.erb b/app/views/repositories/_parse_records_modal.html.erb
index 223a36c66..05925e6c5 100644
--- a/app/views/repositories/_parse_records_modal.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/repositories/_parse_records_modal.html.erb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <div class="modal-dialog modal-lg">
     <div class="modal-content">
       <div class="modal-header">
-        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
+        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close" onClick="pageReload()"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
         <h4 class="modal-title" id="parse-modal-title"><%= t('repositories.modal_parse.title') %></h4>
       </div>
       <%= bootstrap_form_tag(url: import_records_repository_path(@import_data.repository, format: :json),
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       <div class="modal-body">
         <h4><%= t("teams.parse_sheet.help_text") %></h4>
         <div style="overflow-x: scroll">
-          <table class="table" style="display: block">
+          <table class="table parse-records-table" style="display: block">
             <thead>
               <th style="min-width: 100px">
                 <p><%= t("teams.parse_sheet.scinote_columns_html") %></p>
@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="modal-footer">
-        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal"><%= t('general.cancel')%></button>
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal" onClick="pageReload()"><%= t('general.cancel')%></button>
         <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="<%= t('repositories.modal_parse.title') %>"</input>
       </div>
       <% end %>
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
-
-<%= javascript_include_tag('samples/samples_importer') %>