diff --git a/app/services/tryout_json_import.py b/app/services/tryout_json_import.py
index 4525e3d..7751841 100644
--- a/app/services/tryout_json_import.py
+++ b/app/services/tryout_json_import.py
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ def _extract_tryout_previews(payload: dict[str, Any]) -> list[tuple[str, dict[st
 
 def _normalize_question(question: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     raw_options = question.get("options") or []
-    has_option_labels = any(bool((opt or {}).get("label")) for opt in raw_options if isinstance(opt, dict))
+    has_option_labels = any(
+        bool(((opt or {}).get("text") or (opt or {}).get("label") or "").strip())
+        for opt in raw_options
+        if isinstance(opt, dict)
+    )
     normalized = {
         "source_question_id": str(question.get("id", "")),
         "title": str(question.get("title") or "").strip(),
@@ -158,7 +162,7 @@ async def preview_tryout_json_import(payload: dict[str, Any], website_id: int, d
         warnings: list[str] = []
         if missing_option_labels:
             warnings.append(
-                f"{missing_option_labels} question(s) have no visible option labels in the export; import will store raw reference data only."
+                f"{missing_option_labels} question(s) have no exported option text in the JSON; import will store raw reference data only."
             )
 
         summary = QuestionDiffSummary(