diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
index 743cce410b..04e77fbe62 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
@@ -136,16 +136,15 @@ export async function importToRows(
 
     // We use a reference to table here and update it after input processing,
     // so that we can auto increment auto IDs in imported data properly
-    const processed = await inputProcessing(userId, table, row, {
+    row = await inputProcessing(userId, table, row, {
       noAutoRelationships: true,
     })
-    row = processed
 
     // However here we must reference the original table, as we want to mutate
     // the real schema of the table passed in, not the clone used for
     // incrementing auto IDs
     for (const [fieldName, schema] of Object.entries(originalTable.schema)) {
-      if (schema.type === FieldType.LINK) {
+      if (schema.type === FieldType.LINK && data.find(row => row[fieldName])) {
         throw new HTTPError(
           `Can't bulk import relationship fields for internal databases, found value in field "${fieldName}"`,
           400
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/application.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/application.spec.ts
index 729f899379..6d85cdbda9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/application.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { DEFAULT_TABLES } from "../../../db/defaultData/datasource_bb_default"
+
 jest.mock("../../../utilities/redis", () => ({
   init: jest.fn(),
   getLocksById: () => {
@@ -447,4 +449,18 @@ describe("/applications", () => {
       expect(devLogs.data.length).toBe(0)
     })
   })
+
+  describe("POST /api/applications/:appId/sample", () => {
+    it("should be able to add sample data", async () => {
+      await config.api.application.addSampleData(config.getAppId())
+      for (let table of DEFAULT_TABLES) {
+        const res = await config.api.row.search(
+          table._id!,
+          { query: {} },
+          { status: 200 }
+        )
+        expect(res.rows.length).not.toEqual(0)
+      }
+    })
+  })
 })