diff --git a/app/views/protocols/import_export/_import_json_protocol_preview_modal.html.erb b/app/views/protocols/import_export/_import_json_protocol_preview_modal.html.erb
index 6f67da96a..7a011102b 100644
--- a/app/views/protocols/import_export/_import_json_protocol_preview_modal.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/protocols/import_export/_import_json_protocol_preview_modal.html.erb
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
   remote: true, :html=> { :id => "protocolsio-import-form" }) do |f| %>
 
 <%= hidden_field_tag :json_object, JSON.generate(@json_object) %>
-
-<% if URI.parse(request.referrer).query %>
-<%= hidden_field_tag :type,CGI.parse(URI.parse(request.referrer).query).fetch('type') %>
-<% else %>
-<%= hidden_field_tag :type,'public' %>
+<% byebug %>
+<% url_query = Rack::Utils.parse_query URI(request.referrer).query %>
+<% type_privacy = "public" %>
+<% if url_query.key?("type") && url_query["type"]=="private" %>
+    <% type_privacy = "private" %>
 <% end %>
+<%= hidden_field_tag :type, type_privacy %>
 <!--Get the type of protocol to import (private, public) from the url -->
 <div
   id="modal-import-json-protocol-preview"