diff --git a/official/import_filters.lua b/official/import_filters.lua
index 9fa496d..584a271 100644
--- a/official/import_filters.lua
+++ b/official/import_filters.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --[[
     This file is part of darktable,
-    copyright (c) 2015 Tobias Ellinghaus
+    copyright (c) 2015-2016 Tobias Ellinghaus & Christian Mandel
 
     darktable is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ dt.register_import_filter("prefer raw over jpeg", function(event, images)
   local current_base = ""
   local jpg_indices = {}
   local other_format_found = false
+
+  -- add dummy image to force processing for the last image
   local last_index
   table.insert(images, "")
+
   for i, img in ipairs(images) do
     local extension = img:match("[^.]*$"):upper()
     local base = img:match("^.*[.]")
@@ -77,7 +80,12 @@ dt.register_import_filter("prefer raw over jpeg", function(event, images)
 
     last_index = i
   end
+
+  -- remove dummy image from list (just to make sure, it works even with keeping
+  -- the dummy but that may break in the future), table.remove(images) does not
+  -- work reliable because it can fail for sparse tables
   images[last_index] = nil
+
 end)
 
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