diff --git a/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/sourcing-data-import.service.ts b/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/sourcing-data-import.service.ts
index 7916ab527..3a23b297c 100644
--- a/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/sourcing-data-import.service.ts
+++ b/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/sourcing-data-import.service.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ export class SourcingDataImportService {
       if (errors.length) {
         throw new GeoCodingError(
           'Import failed. There are GeoCoding errors present in the file',
+          errors,
         );
       }
       const warnings: string[] = [];
diff --git a/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/validation/excel-validator.service.ts b/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/validation/excel-validator.service.ts
index e24f6870a..efae6e508 100644
--- a/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/validation/excel-validator.service.ts
+++ b/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/validation/excel-validator.service.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class ExcelValidatorService {
   }
 
   private setLineNumber(index: number, sheetName: SheetName): number {
-    return sheetName === 'sourcingData' ? index + 5 : index + 1;
+    return sheetName === 'sourcingData' ? index + 5 : index + 2;
   }
 
   private getProgressTracker(sheet: Sheet): ValidationProgressTracker {
diff --git a/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/validation/validators/sourcing-data.sheet-validator.ts b/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/validation/validators/sourcing-data.sheet-validator.ts
index 9d1e1ee16..4cfa33674 100644
--- a/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/validation/validators/sourcing-data.sheet-validator.ts
+++ b/api/src/modules/import-data/sourcing-data/validation/validators/sourcing-data.sheet-validator.ts
@@ -42,14 +42,11 @@ export class SourcingDataSheetValidator {
   @IsNotEmpty({
     message: 'location type input is required',
   })
-  @IsEnum(
-    Object.values(LOCATION_TYPES).map((s: string) => s.replace(/-/g, ' ')),
-    {
-      message: `Available columns for new location type: ${Object.values(
-        LOCATION_TYPES,
-      ).join(', ')}`,
-    },
-  )
+  @IsEnum(Object.values(LOCATION_TYPES), {
+    message: `Available columns for new location type: ${Object.values(
+      LOCATION_TYPES,
+    ).join(', ')}`,
+  })
   'location_type': LOCATION_TYPES;
 
   @IsNotEmpty({