diff --git a/app/Importer/AccessoryImporter.php b/app/Importer/AccessoryImporter.php
index 9901fb70d75d..eb17c5acadc0 100644
--- a/app/Importer/AccessoryImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/AccessoryImporter.php
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ public function createAccessoryIfNotExists($row)
         $this->item['min_amt'] = $this->findCsvMatch($row, "min_amt");
         $accessory->fill($this->sanitizeItemForStoring($accessory));
 
-        //FIXME: this disables model validation.  Need to find a way to avoid double-logs without breaking everything.
-        // $accessory->unsetEventDispatcher();
+        // This sets an attribute on the Loggable trait for the action log
+        $accessory->setImported(true);
         if ($accessory->save()) {
-            $accessory->logCreate('Imported using CSV Importer');
             $this->log('Accessory '.$this->item['name'].' was created');
 
             return;
diff --git a/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php b/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php
index cf762a8fd44d..e001a383ad6f 100644
--- a/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ public function createAssetIfNotExists(array $row)
                 $asset->{$custom_field} = $val;
             }
         }
-       
+        // This sets an attribute on the Loggable trait for the action log
+        $asset->setImported(true);
         if ($asset->save()) {
 
-            $asset->logCreate(trans('general.importer.import_note'));
             $this->log('Asset '.$this->item['name'].' with serial number '.$this->item['serial'].' was created');
 
             // If we have a target to checkout to, lets do so.
diff --git a/app/Importer/ComponentImporter.php b/app/Importer/ComponentImporter.php
index 71ded1b0e5c4..f72d4cbfd7e6 100644
--- a/app/Importer/ComponentImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/ComponentImporter.php
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ public function createComponentIfNotExists()
         $this->log('No matching component, creating one');
         $component = new Component;
         $component->fill($this->sanitizeItemForStoring($component));
-        //FIXME: this disables model validation.  Need to find a way to avoid double-logs without breaking everything.
-        $component->unsetEventDispatcher();
+
+        // This sets an attribute on the Loggable trait for the action log
+        $component->setImported(true);
         if ($component->save()) {
-            $component->logCreate('Imported using CSV Importer');
             $this->log('Component '.$this->item['name'].' was created');
 
             // If we have an asset tag, checkout to that asset.
diff --git a/app/Importer/ConsumableImporter.php b/app/Importer/ConsumableImporter.php
index 5a65514deb61..9e7019b0861e 100644
--- a/app/Importer/ConsumableImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/ConsumableImporter.php
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ public function createConsumableIfNotExists($row)
         $this->item['item_no'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'item_number'));
         $this->item['min_amt'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, "min_amt"));
         $consumable->fill($this->sanitizeItemForStoring($consumable));
-        //FIXME: this disables model validation.  Need to find a way to avoid double-logs without breaking everything.
-        $consumable->unsetEventDispatcher();
+
+        // This sets an attribute on the Loggable trait for the action log
+        $consumable->setImported(true);
         if ($consumable->save()) {
-            $consumable->logCreate('Imported using CSV Importer');
             $this->log('Consumable '.$this->item['name'].' was created');
 
             return;
diff --git a/app/Importer/LicenseImporter.php b/app/Importer/LicenseImporter.php
index 393d00367d49..b7c55cdba6c2 100644
--- a/app/Importer/LicenseImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/LicenseImporter.php
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ public function createLicenseIfNotExists(array $row)
         } else {
             $license->fill($this->sanitizeItemForStoring($license));
         }
-        //FIXME: this disables model validation.  Need to find a way to avoid double-logs without breaking everything.
-        // $license->unsetEventDispatcher();
+
+        // This sets an attribute on the Loggable trait for the action log
+        $license->setImported(true);
         if ($license->save()) {
-            $license->logCreate('Imported using csv importer');
             $this->log('License '.$this->item['name'].' with serial number '.$this->item['serial'].' was created');
 
             // Lets try to checkout seats if the fields exist and we have seats.
diff --git a/app/Models/Actionlog.php b/app/Models/Actionlog.php
index bc08aa800a89..90e0e884f8b5 100755
--- a/app/Models/Actionlog.php
+++ b/app/Models/Actionlog.php
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ class Actionlog extends SnipeModel
 {
     use HasFactory;
 
+    // This is to manually set the source (via setActionSource()) for determineActionSource()
+    protected ?string $source = null;
+
     protected $presenter = \App\Presenters\ActionlogPresenter::class;
     use SoftDeletes;
     use Presentable;
@@ -341,7 +344,12 @@ public function getListingOfActionLogsChronologicalOrder()
      * @since v6.3.0
      * @return string
      */
-    public function determineActionSource() {
+    public function determineActionSource(): string
+    {
+        // This is a manually set source
+        if($this->source) {
+            return $this->source;
+        }
 
         // This is an API call
         if (((request()->header('content-type') && (request()->header('accept'))=='application/json'))
@@ -358,4 +366,10 @@ public function determineActionSource() {
         return 'cli/unknown';
 
     }
+
+    // Manually sets $this->source for determineActionSource()
+    public function setActionSource($source = null): void
+    {
+        $this->source = $source;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/Loggable.php b/app/Models/Loggable.php
index ce3a07f159ee..9e9355ea745d 100644
--- a/app/Models/Loggable.php
+++ b/app/Models/Loggable.php
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 trait Loggable
 {
+    // an attribute for setting whether or not the item was imported
+    public ?bool $imported = false;
+
     /**
      * @author  Daniel Meltzer <dmeltzer.devel@gmail.com>
      * @since [v3.4]
@@ -18,6 +21,11 @@ public function log()
         return $this->morphMany(Actionlog::class, 'item');
     }
 
+    public function setImported(bool $bool): void
+    {
+        $this->imported = $bool;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @author  Daniel Meltzer <dmeltzer.devel@gmail.com>
      * @since [v3.4]
diff --git a/app/Observers/AccessoryObserver.php b/app/Observers/AccessoryObserver.php
index f97d166b173f..ddf29681be74 100644
--- a/app/Observers/AccessoryObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/AccessoryObserver.php
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public function created(Accessory $accessory)
         $logAction->item_id = $accessory->id;
         $logAction->created_at = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
         $logAction->user_id = Auth::id();
+        if($accessory->imported) {
+            $logAction->setActionSource('importer');
+        }
         $logAction->logaction('create');
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Observers/AssetObserver.php b/app/Observers/AssetObserver.php
index 2b0955fde6bb..8fcf2485a36e 100644
--- a/app/Observers/AssetObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/AssetObserver.php
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ public function created(Asset $asset)
         $logAction->item_id = $asset->id;
         $logAction->created_at = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
         $logAction->user_id = Auth::id();
+        if($asset->imported) {
+            $logAction->setActionSource('importer');
+        }
         $logAction->logaction('create');
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Observers/ComponentObserver.php b/app/Observers/ComponentObserver.php
index 57792022bb7e..a8bb386e8e85 100644
--- a/app/Observers/ComponentObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/ComponentObserver.php
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public function created(Component $component)
         $logAction->item_id = $component->id;
         $logAction->created_at = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
         $logAction->user_id = Auth::id();
+        if($component->imported) {
+            $logAction->setActionSource('importer');
+        }
         $logAction->logaction('create');
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Observers/ConsumableObserver.php b/app/Observers/ConsumableObserver.php
index b945196e20d0..1f0c777dcc54 100644
--- a/app/Observers/ConsumableObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/ConsumableObserver.php
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public function created(Consumable $consumable)
         $logAction->item_id = $consumable->id;
         $logAction->created_at = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
         $logAction->user_id = Auth::id();
+        if($consumable->imported) {
+            $logAction->setActionSource('importer');
+        }
         $logAction->logaction('create');
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Observers/LicenseObserver.php b/app/Observers/LicenseObserver.php
index 1478aba113dc..06280209652b 100644
--- a/app/Observers/LicenseObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/LicenseObserver.php
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public function created(License $license)
         $logAction->item_id = $license->id;
         $logAction->created_at = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
         $logAction->user_id = Auth::id();
+        if($license->imported) {
+            $logAction->setActionSource('importer');
+        }
         $logAction->logaction('create');
     }
 
diff --git a/sample_csvs/components-sample.csv b/sample_csvs/components-sample.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0861abc8dd1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_csvs/components-sample.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Item Name,Purchase Date,Purchase Cost,Location,Company,Order Number,Serial number,Category,Quantity
+RTX 4080,2024-01-01,5000.00,Austin,Grokability,2790,123456789,GPU,10
\ No newline at end of file