diff --git a/resources/views/others/import.edge b/resources/views/others/import.edge
index ca7cc6df..5e6031bd 100644
--- a/resources/views/others/import.edge
+++ b/resources/views/others/import.edge
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 @section('content')
 <div class="w-screen bg-purple-200 flex items-center justify-center">
+@if(connectWithFranz)
 <form class="w-full max-w-sm bg-white shadow-md rounded px-8 pt-6 pb-8 mb-4"
   action="/import" method="POST">
     <h1 class="text-gray-700 text-center text-2xl pb-5">
@@ -63,5 +64,27 @@
       </a>
     </div>
 </form>
+@else
+<div class="w-full max-w-sm bg-white shadow-md rounded px-8 pt-6 pb-8 mb-4">
+    <h1 class="text-gray-700 text-center text-2xl pb-5">
+      Franz/Ferdi Import Unavailable
+    </h1>
+    <div class="bg-orange-100 border-l-4 border-orange-500 text-orange-700 p-4 mb-4">
+      <p class="font-bold mb-1">Account import is disabled</p>
+      <p class="text-sm">
+        This server does not have Franz/Ferdi account imports enabled. To use Ferdium with this server, please create a new account directly instead.
+      </p>
+    </div>
+    <p class="text-gray-600 text-sm text-center py-2 mb-4">
+      If you are the server administrator and want to enable imports, set the <code class="bg-gray-100 px-1 rounded">CONNECT_WITH_FRANZ</code> environment variable to <code class="bg-gray-100 px-1 rounded">true</code> and restart the server.
+    </p>
+    <div class="text-center space-y-2">
+      <a class="block w-full bg-blue-500 hover:bg-blue-700 text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline text-center"
+        href="/user/login">
+        Login to an existing account
+      </a>
+    </div>
+</div>
+@endif
 </div>
 @endsection
diff --git a/start/routes/web.ts b/start/routes/web.ts
index 308abec6..e0c80082 100644
--- a/start/routes/web.ts
+++ b/start/routes/web.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ Route.group(() => {
   }).prefix('user');
 
   // Franz/Ferdi account import
-  Route.get('import', ({ view }) => view.render('others/import'));
+  Route.get('import', ({ view }) => {
+    const { connectWithFranz } = require('../config/app');
+    return view.render('others/import', { connectWithFranz: connectWithFranz !== 'false' });
+  });
   Route.post('import', 'UserController.import');
 
   // 404 handler