diff --git a/htroot/Vocabulary_p.html b/htroot/Vocabulary_p.html
index 92ff93cb4..4779c724e 100644
--- a/htroot/Vocabulary_p.html
+++ b/htroot/Vocabulary_p.html
@@ -125,25 +125,27 @@ To see a list of all APIs, please visit the <a href="http://www.yacy-websuche.de
             <dd><input type="text" id="discoverobjectspace" name="discoverobjectspace" value="http://" size="78" maxlength="512" disabled="disabled"/><div id="searchresults"></div></dd>
             </dl>
         </dd>
-        <dt>Import from a csv file&nbsp;<input type="radio" name="discovermethod" value="csv" disabled="disabled" onclick="document.getElementById('discoverpath').disabled='';document.getElementById('discovercolumnliteral').disabled='';document.getElementById('discovercolumnsynonyms').disabled='';document.getElementById('discovercolumnobjectlink').disabled='';"/></dt>
+        <dt>Import from a csv file&nbsp;<input type="radio" name="discovermethod" value="csv" disabled="disabled" onclick="document.getElementById('discoverpath').disabled='';document.getElementById('discoverLineStart').disabled='';document.getElementById('discovercolumnliteral').disabled='';document.getElementById('discovercolumnsynonyms').disabled='';document.getElementById('discovercolumnobjectlink').disabled='';document.getElementById('discoverCharset').disabled='';document.getElementById('discoverColSeparator').disabled='';"/></dt>
         <dd>
             <dl>
             <dt><i>File Path</i></dt>
             <dd><input type="text" id="discoverpath" name="discoverpath" value="" size="78" maxlength="256" disabled="disabled"></dd>
+            <dt><i>Start line</i></dt>
+            <dd><input type="number" id="discoverLineStart" name="discoverLineStart" min="0" max="99" step="1" size="2" value="0" disabled="disabled" style="width:50px;"> (first has index 0)</dd>
             <dt><i>Column for Literals</i></dt>
             <dd><input type="number" id="discovercolumnliteral" name="discovercolumnliteral" min="0" max="99" step="1" size="2" value="0" disabled="disabled" style="width:50px;"> (first has index 0)</dd>
             <dt><i>Synonyms</i></dt>
             <dd><input type="radio" name="discoversynonymsmethod" id="discoversynonymsmethod" value="none" checked="checked"/> <i>no Synonyms</i><br/>
                 <input type="radio" name="discoversynonymsmethod" id="discoversynonymsmethod" value="enrichsynonyms"/> <i>Auto-Enrich with Synonyms from Stemming Library</i><br/>
                 <input type="radio" name="discoversynonymsmethod" id="discoversynonymsmethod" value="readcolumn" onclick="document.getElementById('discovercolumnsynonyms').value=parseInt(document.getElementById('discovercolumnliteral').value)+1;"/> <i>Read Column</i><br/>
-                <input type="number" id="discovercolumnsynonyms" name="discovercolumnsynonyms" min="-1" max="99" step="1" size="2" value="-1" style="width:50px;"> (first has index 0)
+                <input type="number" id="discovercolumnsynonyms" name="discovercolumnsynonyms" min="-1" max="99" step="1" size="2" value="-1" disabled="disabled" style="width:50px;"> (first has index 0)
             </dd>
             <dt><i>Column for Object Link (optional)</i></dt>
             <dd><input type="number" id="discovercolumnobjectlink" name="discovercolumnobjectlink" min="-1" max="99" step="1" size="2" value="-1" disabled="disabled" style="width:50px;"> (first has index 0, if unused set -1)</dd>
             <dt><i>Charset of Import File</i></dt>
-            <dd><select name="charset">#{charset}#<option value="#[name]#" #(selected)#::selected="selected"#(/selected)#>#[name]#</option>#{/charset}#</select></dd>
+            <dd><select name="charset" id="discoverCharset" disabled="disabled">#{charset}#<option value="#[name]#" #(selected)#::selected="selected"#(/selected)#>#[name]#</option>#{/charset}#</select></dd>
             <dt><i>Column separator</i></dt>
-            <dd><select name="columnSeparator">
+            <dd><select name="columnSeparator" id="discoverColSeparator" disabled="disabled">
             		<option value="," title="Standard CSV field delimiter">Comma ','</option>
             		<option value=";">Semicolon ';'</option>
             	</select>
diff --git a/htroot/Vocabulary_p.java b/htroot/Vocabulary_p.java
index ffefbbb30..c8ba6356e 100644
--- a/htroot/Vocabulary_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Vocabulary_p.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public class Vocabulary_p {
                     final String discoverFromCSVPath = post.get("discoverpath", "").replaceAll("%20", " ");
                     String discoverFromCSVCharset = post.get("charset", StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
                     final String columnSeparator = post.get("columnSeparator", ";");
+                    final int lineStart = post.getInt("discoverLineStart", 0);
                     final int discovercolumnliteral = post.getInt("discovercolumnliteral", 0);
                     final int discovercolumnsynonyms = post.getInt("discovercolumnsynonyms", -1);
                     final int discovercolumnobjectlink = post.getInt("discovercolumnobjectlink", -1);
@@ -108,12 +109,21 @@ public class Vocabulary_p {
                                 String line = null;
                                 final Pattern separatorPattern = Pattern.compile(columnSeparator);
                                 Map<String, String> synonym2literal = new HashMap<>(); // helper map to check if there are double synonyms
+                                int lineIndex = -1;
                                 while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
-                                    if (line.length() == 0) continue;
+                                	lineIndex++;
+                                	if(lineIndex < lineStart) {
+                                		continue;
+                                	}
+                                    if (line.length() == 0) {
+                                    	continue;
+                                    }
                                     String[] l = separatorPattern.split(line);
                                     if (l.length == 0) l = new String[]{line};
                                     String literal = discovercolumnliteral < 0 || l.length <= discovercolumnliteral ? null : l[discovercolumnliteral].trim();
-                                    if (literal == null) continue;
+                                    if (literal == null) {
+                                    	continue;
+                                    }
                                     literal = normalizeLiteral(literal);
                                     String objectlink = discovercolumnobjectlink < 0 || l.length <= discovercolumnobjectlink ? null : l[discovercolumnobjectlink].trim();
                                     if (literal.length() > 0) {