diff --git a/changedetectionio/importer.py b/changedetectionio/importer.py
index 60e494e0..c1eda44d 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/importer.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/importer.py
@@ -171,10 +171,12 @@ class import_xlsx_wachete(Importer):
                     data[column_title] = cell.value
 
                 # Forced switch to webdriver/playwright/etc
-                dynamic_wachet = str(data.get('dynamic wachet')).strip().lower()  # Convert bool to str to cover all cases
+                dynamic_wachet = str(data.get('dynamic wachet', '')).strip().lower()  # Convert bool to str to cover all cases
                 # libreoffice and others can have it as =FALSE() =TRUE(), or bool(true)
                 if 'true' in dynamic_wachet or dynamic_wachet == '1':
                     extras['fetch_backend'] = 'html_webdriver'
+                elif 'false' in dynamic_wachet or dynamic_wachet == '0':
+                    extras['fetch_backend'] = 'html_requests'
 
                 if data.get('xpath'):
                     # @todo split by || ?
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/import/spreadsheet.xlsx b/changedetectionio/tests/import/spreadsheet.xlsx
index b7f33db2..d25b933b 100644
Binary files a/changedetectionio/tests/import/spreadsheet.xlsx and b/changedetectionio/tests/import/spreadsheet.xlsx differ
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_import.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_import.py
index e8c66726..ed080e0e 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/test_import.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_import.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def test_import_custom_xlsx(client, live_server):
         follow_redirects=True,
     )
 
-    assert b'3 imported from custom .xlsx' in res.data
+    assert b'4 imported from custom .xlsx' in res.data
     # Because this row was actually just a header with no usable URL, we should get an error
     assert b'Error processing row number 1' in res.data
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def test_import_watchete_xlsx(client, live_server):
         follow_redirects=True,
     )
 
-    assert b'3 imported from Wachete .xlsx' in res.data
+    assert b'4 imported from Wachete .xlsx' in res.data
 
     res = client.get(
         url_for("index")
@@ -206,10 +206,13 @@ def test_import_watchete_xlsx(client, live_server):
             filters = watch.get('include_filters')
             assert filters[0] == '/html[1]/body[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]||//*[@id=\'content\']/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]||//*[@id=\'content\']/div[1]'
             assert watch.get('time_between_check') == {'weeks': 0, 'days': 1, 'hours': 6, 'minutes': 24, 'seconds': 0}
-            assert watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'system' # always uses default
+            assert watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'html_requests' # Has inactive 'dynamic wachet'
 
         if watch.get('title') == 'JS website':
             assert watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'html_webdriver' # Has active 'dynamic wachet'
 
+        if watch.get('title') == 'system default website':
+            assert watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'system' # uses default if blank
+
     res = client.get(url_for("form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data