diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/DebateFormatDownloadManager.java b/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/DebateFormatDownloadManager.java
index a2daa763..1c0c2ca9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/DebateFormatDownloadManager.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/DebateFormatDownloadManager.java
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ void checkForExistingFile(FormatXmlFilesManager filesManager, DebateFormatFieldE
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (versionStr == null) {
+                Log.e(TAG, "No version found in " + this.filename);
+                this.state = DownloadState.UPDATE_AVAILABLE;
+                return;
+            }
+
             int existingVersion;
             try {
                 existingVersion = Integer.parseInt(versionStr);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/DebatingTimerFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/DebatingTimerFragment.java
index 843ff04d..769f428f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/DebatingTimerFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/DebatingTimerFragment.java
@@ -1876,17 +1876,21 @@ private void showDialogToConfirmImport() {
         FormatXmlFilesManager filesManager = new FormatXmlFilesManager(context);
         boolean exists = filesManager.exists(incomingFilename);
 
-        String incomingStyleName, existingStyleName;
+        String incomingStyleName = null, existingStyleName = null;
 
         try {
             incomingStyleName = nameExtractor.getFieldValue(is);
             is.close();
-        } catch (IOException | SAXException e) {
+        } catch (IOException e) {
             showSnackbar(Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG, R.string.importDebateFormat_snackbar_error_generic);
             return;
+        } catch (SAXException e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "showDialogToConfirmImport: error parsing incoming file");
+            // continue with unknown file name
         }
+        if (incomingStyleName == null)
+            incomingStyleName = getString(R.string.importDebateFormat_placeholder_unknownStyleName);
 
-        existingStyleName = null;
         if (exists) {
             // If there's an existing file, grab its style name and prompt to replace. (We don't
             // give an option not to replace.
@@ -1895,9 +1899,10 @@ private void showDialogToConfirmImport() {
                 existingStyleName = nameExtractor.getFieldValue(existingIs);
                 existingIs.close();
             } catch (IOException | SAXException e) {
-                existingStyleName = getString(R.string.importDebateFormat_placeholder_unknownStyleName);
                 Log.e(TAG, "showDialogToConfirmImport: error parsing existing file");
             }
+            if (existingStyleName == null)
+                existingStyleName = getString(R.string.importDebateFormat_placeholder_unknownStyleName);
 
         } else {
             // If it wasn't found, check if the style name happens to match any other file, since we
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/FormatChooserFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/FormatChooserFragment.java
index 48d7e974..5f6d0c3c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/FormatChooserFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/FormatChooserFragment.java
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ private void importIncomingFilePrompt(@Nullable Uri uri) {
         if (!filename.endsWith(".xml"))
             filename = filename + ".xml";
 
-        String existingStyleName;
+        String existingStyleName = null;
 
         if (mFilesManager.exists(filename)) {
             DebateFormatFieldExtractor nameExtractor = new DebateFormatFieldExtractor(context, R.string.xml2elemName_name);
@@ -681,8 +681,10 @@ private void importIncomingFilePrompt(@Nullable Uri uri) {
             } catch (IOException | SAXException e) {
                 Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't open existing file, even though one exists");
                 e.printStackTrace();
-                existingStyleName = "???";
             }
+            if (existingStyleName == null)
+                existingStyleName = getString(R.string.importDebateFormat_placeholder_unknownStyleName);
+
             DialogFragment fragment = ConfirmOverwriteDialogFragment.newInstance(uri, filename, existingStyleName);
             fragment.show(getChildFragmentManager(), DIALOG_TAG_CONFIRM_OVERWRITE + filename);
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/debateformat/DebateFormatFieldExtractor.java b/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/debateformat/DebateFormatFieldExtractor.java
index cc734e61..df4fde18 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/debateformat/DebateFormatFieldExtractor.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/czlee/debatekeeper/debateformat/DebateFormatFieldExtractor.java
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.util.Xml;
 
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import net.czlee.debatekeeper.R;
 
 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
 
@@ -63,7 +66,10 @@ public DebateFormatFieldExtractor(Context context, int fieldNameResId) {
      * @param is an {@link InputStream}
      * @return the name of the style, e.g. "British Parliamentary", or null if the file is not a
      * valid debate format XML file.
+     * @throws IOException if thrown by {@link Xml#parse(InputStream, Xml.Encoding, ContentHandler)}
+     * @throws SAXException if thrown by {@link Xml#parse(InputStream, Xml.Encoding, ContentHandler)}
      */
+    @Nullable
     public String getFieldValue(InputStream is) throws IOException, SAXException {
         mFieldValue = null;
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/debating_timer.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/debating_timer.xml
index 1ee7e85f..45cb94ce 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/debating_timer.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/debating_timer.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <string name="importDebateFormat_dialog_addendum_overwriteExistingDifferentName">
         This will overwrite the existing custom style \"%1$s\", because its file has the same name.
         If you don\'t want to lose %1$s, cancel and then import using a different file name.</string>
-    <string name="importDebateFormat_placeholder_unknownStyleName">(unknown)</string>
+    <string name="importDebateFormat_placeholder_unknownStyleName">[name unknown]</string>
     <string name="importDebateFormat_dialog_button_yes">Import</string>
     <string name="importDebateFormat_dialog_button_no">Cancel</string>
     <string name="replaceDebateFormat_dialog_title">Replace debate style?</string>