diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
index 26bb86b829c4444caf792697520d4733cae3e0bc..f7f7efb43d226f1688124572ff4847444fcbd610 100755
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def assure_name_format(name):
 
 
 def check_reference_field(ent_id, recordtype):
-    if 1 != db.execute_query("COUNT {} WIHT id={}".format(
+    if 1 != db.execute_query("COUNT {} WITH id={}".format(
             recordtype,
             ent_id),
             unique=True):
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ def string_in_list(val, options, ignore_case=True):
     ValueError
        If val is not contained in options.
     """
+
     if ignore_case:
         val = val.lower()
         options = [o.lower() for o in options]