diff --git a/meilisearch-types/src/document_formats.rs b/meilisearch-types/src/document_formats.rs
index 0b78e4a94..b40a6981d 100644
--- a/meilisearch-types/src/document_formats.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-types/src/document_formats.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
 use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{self, BufReader, BufWriter, Seek, Write};
+use std::io::{self, BufWriter};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
-use csv::StringRecord;
 use memmap2::Mmap;
 use milli::documents::Error;
 use milli::update::new::TopLevelMap;
@@ -11,13 +10,13 @@ use milli::Object;
 use serde::de::{SeqAccess, Visitor};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 use serde_json::error::Category;
+use serde_json::{Map, Value};
 
-use crate::error::deserr_codes::MalformedPayload;
 use crate::error::{Code, ErrorCode};
 
 type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, DocumentFormatError>;
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum PayloadType {
     Ndjson,
     Json,
@@ -101,6 +100,16 @@ impl From<(PayloadType, serde_json::Error)> for DocumentFormatError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<(PayloadType, csv::Error)> for DocumentFormatError {
+    fn from((ty, error): (PayloadType, csv::Error)) -> Self {
+        if error.is_io_error() {
+            Self::Io(error.into())
+        } else {
+            Self::MalformedPayload(Error::Csv(error), ty)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<io::Error> for DocumentFormatError {
     fn from(error: io::Error) -> Self {
         Self::Io(error)
@@ -140,78 +149,63 @@ fn parse_csv_header(header: &str) -> (&str, AllowedType) {
 
 /// Reads CSV from input and write an obkv batch to writer.
 pub fn read_csv(input: &File, output: impl io::Write, delimiter: u8) -> Result<u64> {
-    use serde_json::{Map, Value};
-
+    let ptype = PayloadType::Csv { delimiter };
     let mut output = BufWriter::new(output);
     let mut reader = csv::ReaderBuilder::new().delimiter(delimiter).from_reader(input);
 
-    // TODO manage error correctly
-    // Make sure that we insert the fields ids in order as the obkv writer has this requirement.
-    let mut typed_fields: Vec<_> = reader
-        .headers()
-        .unwrap()
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(parse_csv_header)
-        .map(|(f, t)| (f.to_string(), t))
-        .collect();
+    let headers = reader.headers().map_err(|e| DocumentFormatError::from((ptype, e)))?.clone();
+    let typed_fields: Vec<_> = headers.iter().map(parse_csv_header).collect();
+    let mut object: Map<_, _> = headers.iter().map(|k| (k.to_string(), Value::Null)).collect();
 
-    let mut object: Map<_, _> =
-        reader.headers().unwrap().iter().map(|k| (k.to_string(), Value::Null)).collect();
-
-    let mut line: usize = 0;
+    let mut line = 0;
     let mut record = csv::StringRecord::new();
-    while reader.read_record(&mut record).unwrap() {
-        // We increment here and not at the end of the while loop to take
-        // the header offset into account.
+    while reader.read_record(&mut record).map_err(|e| DocumentFormatError::from((ptype, e)))? {
+        // We increment here and not at the end of the loop
+        // to take the header offset into account.
         line += 1;
 
-        // Reset the document to write
+        // Reset the document values
         object.iter_mut().for_each(|(_, v)| *v = Value::Null);
 
-        for (i, (name, type_)) in typed_fields.iter().enumerate() {
+        for (i, (name, atype)) in typed_fields.iter().enumerate() {
             let value = &record[i];
             let trimmed_value = value.trim();
-            let value = match type_ {
+            let value = match atype {
                 AllowedType::Number if trimmed_value.is_empty() => Value::Null,
                 AllowedType::Number => match trimmed_value.parse::<i64>() {
                     Ok(integer) => Value::from(integer),
-                    Err(_) => {
-                        match trimmed_value.parse::<f64>() {
-                            Ok(float) => Value::from(float),
-                            Err(error) => {
-                                panic!("bad float")
-                                // return Err(Error::ParseFloat {
-                                //     error,
-                                //     line,
-                                //     value: value.to_string(),
-                                // });
-                            }
+                    Err(_) => match trimmed_value.parse::<f64>() {
+                        Ok(float) => Value::from(float),
+                        Err(error) => {
+                            return Err(DocumentFormatError::MalformedPayload(
+                                Error::ParseFloat { error, line, value: value.to_string() },
+                                ptype,
+                            ))
                         }
-                    }
+                    },
                 },
                 AllowedType::Boolean if trimmed_value.is_empty() => Value::Null,
                 AllowedType::Boolean => match trimmed_value.parse::<bool>() {
                     Ok(bool) => Value::from(bool),
                     Err(error) => {
-                        panic!("bad bool")
-                        // return Err(Error::ParseBool {
-                        //     error,
-                        //     line,
-                        //     value: value.to_string(),
-                        // });
+                        return Err(DocumentFormatError::MalformedPayload(
+                            Error::ParseBool { error, line, value: value.to_string() },
+                            ptype,
+                        ))
                     }
                 },
                 AllowedType::String if value.is_empty() => Value::Null,
                 AllowedType::String => Value::from(value),
             };
 
-            *object.get_mut(name).unwrap() = value;
+            *object.get_mut(*name).expect("encountered an unknown field") = value;
         }
 
-        serde_json::to_writer(&mut output, &object).unwrap();
+        serde_json::to_writer(&mut output, &object)
+            .map_err(|e| DocumentFormatError::from((ptype, e)))?;
     }
 
-    Ok(line.saturating_sub(1) as u64)
+    Ok(line as u64)
 }
 
 /// Reads JSON from temporary file and write an obkv batch to writer.