diff --git a/app/controllers/core.server.controller.js b/app/controllers/core.server.controller.js
index 029cca5..43c26d7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/core.server.controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/core.server.controller.js
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@ exports.index = function(req, res) {
             // naming this "file_data" because I assume that we will
             // only be POST-ing imported files.  This may change in the
             // future.
-            
-            // split out the contents from the headers
-            var csv_body = body.split("Content-Type: text/csv\r\n\r\n");
-            // and from the footers
-            var csv_only = csv_body[1].split("\r\n\r\n-----------------------------");
-            var csv_contents = csv_only[0];
+            // split out the contents from the headers and footers
+            var csv_body = body.split("\r\n");
+            var csv_contents = csv_body[4];
             res.send(csv_contents);
         });
     }
diff --git a/app/views/index.jade b/app/views/index.jade
index b7235bc..3831edc 100644
--- a/app/views/index.jade
+++ b/app/views/index.jade
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ html(lang="en")
         form(action="/upload", method="post", enctype="multipart/form-data" id="importForm")
           input#import_file(type='file' name="import.csv")
           button#importAll(type='button')
+          div#duplicate_notification
         form#searchForm
           div.form-group
             input#searchField.form-control(name='searchField', type='text', placeholder='search by first or last name')
diff --git a/public/js/index.js b/public/js/index.js
index f3c054c..fa6efa2 100644
--- a/public/js/index.js
+++ b/public/js/index.js
@@ -1003,23 +1003,55 @@ $(function() {
                 ssn_array.push(dataset[client]['ssn']);
             }
             // loop through array
-            var line_counter = 1;
+            var line_counter = 0;
+            var duplicate_lines = "";
             for (var line in data_array){
-                if (data_array.hasOwnProperty(line)) {
+                //skip header row
+                if (line_counter != 0 && data_array.hasOwnProperty(line)) {
                     // for each line, check whether ssn exists via API
                     // if it does, put that record in a list of possible duplicates
                     if (ssn_array.indexOf(data_array[line][ssn_index]) > 0) {
-                        console.log("DEBUG: line " + line_counter + " already exists");
+                        duplicate_lines += "Line " + line_counter + " has a duplicate SSN<br>";
                     }
                     // if it doesn't, POST that record to the API
                     else {
-                        console.log("DEBUG: ready to import line: " + line_counter);
- 
+                        // get line into correct format for POSTing
+                        var new_client = {};
+                        new_client['personalId'] = data_array[line][1];
+                        new_client['firstName'] = data_array[line][2];
+                        new_client['middleName'] = data_array[line][3];
+                        new_client['lastName'] = data_array[line][4];
+                        new_client['nameSuffix'] = data_array[line][5];
+                        new_client['nameDataQuality'] = data_array[line][6];
+                        new_client['ssn'] = data_array[line][7];
+                        new_client['ssnDataQuality'] = data_array[line][8];
+                        new_client['dob'] = data_array[line][9];
+                        new_client['dobDataQuality'] = data_array[line][10];
+                        new_client['amIndAKNative'] = data_array[line][11];
+                        new_client['asian'] = data_array[line][12];
+                        new_client['blackAfAmerican'] = data_array[line][13];
+                        new_client['nativeHIOtherPacific'] = data_array[line][14];
+                        new_client['white'] = data_array[line][15];
+                        new_client['raceNone'] = data_array[line][16];
+                        new_client['ethnicity'] = data_array[line][17];
+                        new_client['gender'] = data_array[line][18];
+                        new_client['otherGender'] = data_array[line][19];
+                        new_client['veteranStatus'] = data_array[line][20];
+                        new_client['dateCreated'] = data_array[line][21];
+                        new_client['dateUpdated'] = data_array[line][22];
+                        // do the POST!
+                        $.ajax("/clients/", {
+                            method: "POST",
+                            data: new_client,
+                            always:  console.log("finished post")
+                        });
+
                     }
                 }
                 line_counter++;
             }
             // display the list of possible duplicates to the user
+            $("#duplicate_notification").text(duplicate_lines);
         });
     }