diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 179afbde5..42f1e2a6e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), NavigationListener {
                     val eventType = EventType(0, holidays, config.primaryColor)
                     eventTypeId = dbHelper.insertEventType(eventType)
                 }
-                val result = IcsImporter().importEvents(applicationContext, it as String, eventTypeId)
+                val result = IcsImporter().importEvents(this, it as String, eventTypeId)
                 handleParseResult(result)
             }).start()
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/ImportEventsDialog.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/ImportEventsDialog.kt
index f6f3f01a3..e14d7b8bf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/ImportEventsDialog.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/dialogs/ImportEventsDialog.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.calendar.dialogs
 
-import android.app.Activity
 import android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.R
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.activities.SimpleActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.config
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.dbHelper
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.helpers.DBHelper
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.setupDialogStuff
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.toast
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.dialog_import_events.view.*
 
-class ImportEventsDialog(val activity: Activity, val path: String, val callback: (refreshView: Boolean) -> Unit) : AlertDialog.Builder(activity) {
+class ImportEventsDialog(val activity: SimpleActivity, val path: String, val callback: (refreshView: Boolean) -> Unit) : AlertDialog.Builder(activity) {
     var currEventTypeId = DBHelper.REGULAR_EVENT_TYPE_ID
 
     init {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ImportEventsDialog(val activity: Activity, val path: String, val callback:
             getButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setOnClickListener({
                 activity.toast(R.string.importing)
                 Thread({
-                    val result = IcsImporter().importEvents(context, path, currEventTypeId)
+                    val result = IcsImporter().importEvents(activity, path, currEventTypeId)
                     handleParseResult(result)
                     dismiss()
                 }).start()
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
index d9f130c4d..60a9e9692 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.calendar.helpers
 
 import android.content.Context
+import android.widget.Toast
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.R
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.activities.SimpleActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.dbHelper
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.helpers.IcsImporter.ImportResult.*
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.models.Event
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.models.EventType
+import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.showErrorToast
 import java.io.File
 
 class IcsImporter {
@@ -32,15 +35,15 @@ class IcsImporter {
     var eventsImported = 0
     var eventsFailed = 0
 
-    fun importEvents(context: Context, path: String, defaultEventType: Int): ImportResult {
+    fun importEvents(activity: SimpleActivity, path: String, defaultEventType: Int): ImportResult {
         try {
-            val importIDs = context.dbHelper.getImportIds()
+            val importIDs = activity.dbHelper.getImportIds()
             var prevLine = ""
 
             val inputStream = if (path.contains("/")) {
                 File(path).inputStream()
             } else {
-                context.assets.open(path)
+                activity.assets.open(path)
             }
 
             inputStream.bufferedReader().use {
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ class IcsImporter {
                             curReminderMinutes.add(Parser().parseDurationSeconds(line.substring(TRIGGER.length)) / 60)
                     } else if (line.startsWith(CATEGORIES)) {
                         val categories = line.substring(CATEGORIES.length)
-                        tryAddCategories(categories, context)
+                        tryAddCategories(categories, activity)
                     } else if (line.startsWith(LAST_MODIFIED)) {
                         curLastModified = getTimestamp(line.substring(LAST_MODIFIED.length)) * 1000L
                     } else if (line.startsWith(EXDATE)) {
@@ -105,9 +108,9 @@ class IcsImporter {
                             event.endTS -= DAY
                         }
 
-                        context.dbHelper.insert(event, true) {
+                        activity.dbHelper.insert(event, true) {
                             for (exceptionTS in curRepeatExceptions) {
-                                context.dbHelper.addEventRepeatException(it, exceptionTS)
+                                activity.dbHelper.addEventRepeatException(it, exceptionTS)
                             }
                             eventsImported++
                             resetValues()
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ class IcsImporter {
                 }
             }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
+            activity.showErrorToast(e.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
             eventsFailed++
         }