diff --git a/dotdrop/cfg_yaml.py b/dotdrop/cfg_yaml.py
index acfd5c3..faaf797 100644
--- a/dotdrop/cfg_yaml.py
+++ b/dotdrop/cfg_yaml.py
@@ -324,11 +324,16 @@ class CfgYaml:
 
     def add_dotfile_to_profile(self, dotfile_key, profile_key):
         """add an existing dotfile key to a profile_key"""
+        # create the profile if it doesn't exist
         self._new_profile(profile_key)
-        profile = self._yaml_dict[self.key_profiles][profile_key]
+        profile = self.profiles[profile_key]
+
+        # ensure profile dotfiles list is not None
         if self.key_profile_dotfiles not in profile or \
                 profile[self.key_profile_dotfiles] is None:
             profile[self.key_profile_dotfiles] = []
+
+        # add to the profile
         pdfs = profile[self.key_profile_dotfiles]
         if self.key_all not in pdfs and \
                 dotfile_key not in pdfs:
diff --git a/dotdrop/importer.py b/dotdrop/importer.py
index 0db389a..4115d3e 100644
--- a/dotdrop/importer.py
+++ b/dotdrop/importer.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class Importer:
             self.log.err('importing \"{}\" failed!'.format(path))
             return -1
 
-        if self._already_exists(path, dst):
+        if self._already_exists(src, dst):
             return -1
 
         self.log.dbg('import dotfile: src:{} dst:{}'.format(src, dst))
diff --git a/tests-ng/profile-import-dotfiles.sh b/tests-ng/profile-import-dotfiles.sh
index 8505cdc..d0fa00b 100755
--- a/tests-ng/profile-import-dotfiles.sh
+++ b/tests-ng/profile-import-dotfiles.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ echo '----------'
 cat ${cfg2}
 
 cnt=$(cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} files -G -c ${cfg} -p p1 | grep '^f_def' | wc -l)
-[ "${cnt}" != "1" ] && echo "imported twice!" && exit 1
+[ "${cnt}" != "1" ] && echo "imported twice! (${cnt})" && exit 1
 
 echo "OK"
 exit 0