diff --git a/dbclient/SecretsClient.py b/dbclient/SecretsClient.py
index 41e40ae..ce38a71 100644
--- a/dbclient/SecretsClient.py
+++ b/dbclient/SecretsClient.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def import_all_secrets(self, log_dir='secret_scopes/', secret_scopes: list = [],
                     else:
                         logging.info("Skipping ACL Updates for {}".format(scope_name))
                     # loop through the scope and create the k/v pairs
-                with open(file_path, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as fp:
+                    with open(file_path, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as fp:
                         for s in fp:
                             s_dict = json.loads(s)
                             k = s_dict.get('name')
diff --git a/dbclient/parser.py b/dbclient/parser.py
index 811b0a4..e8ece4f 100644
--- a/dbclient/parser.py
+++ b/dbclient/parser.py
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ def build_client_config(profile, url, token, args):
               'skip_failed': args.skip_failed,
               'debug': args.debug,
               'file_format': str(args.notebook_format), 
-              'timeout':args.timeout, 
-              'skip_missing_users':args.skip_missing_users
+              'timeout':args.timeout if 'timeout' in args else 86400,
+              'skip_missing_users':args.skip_missing_users if 'skip_missing_users' in args else True
               }
     # this option only exists during imports so we check for existence
     if 'overwrite_notebooks' in args: