diff --git a/import.js b/import.js
index b0c12b2..6de8dc2 100644
--- a/import.js
+++ b/import.js
@@ -41,8 +41,14 @@ const importFile = (octokit, file, values) => {
           sendObj.issue.title = row[titleIndex];
 
           // if we have a body column, pass that.
-          if (bodyIndex > -1 && row[bodyIndex] !== "") {
-            sendObj.issue.body = row[bodyIndex];
+          if (bodyIndex > -1) {
+            if (row[bodyIndex] !== "") {
+              sendObj.issue.body = row[bodyIndex];
+            }
+            else {
+              // if the body is not defined, copy the title to the body of the issue
+              sendObj.issue.body = row[titleIndex];
+            }
           }
 
           // if we have a labels column, pass that.
diff --git a/test/emptyBodyLines.csv b/test/emptyBodyLines.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b480fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/emptyBodyLines.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+title, body,labels
+Test 1, , bug
+Test 2, This is the test2 desc, question