diff --git a/GUI/View/Loaders/QREDataLoader.cpp b/GUI/View/Loaders/QREDataLoader.cpp
index 5ed3b8a80823ee04883b981f756f0b0b58848d4f..70f9399d12df7ff59c82302cb7316e5c10c5438e 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Loaders/QREDataLoader.cpp
+++ b/GUI/View/Loaders/QREDataLoader.cpp
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void QREDataLoader::calculateFromParseResult() const
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (r > 1.0) {
+        if (r > 1.0 && !m_importSettings.allowValuesGreaterOne) {
             m_importResult.addError(lineNr, ErrorDefinition::RGreaterOne, r);
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/GUI/View/Loaders/QREDataLoader.h b/GUI/View/Loaders/QREDataLoader.h
index ab2ce283b27cfbc7d05e985bb4773d0375ff07b8..2944c652b14c43ee33a84c7610937caae3ed4ed0 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Loaders/QREDataLoader.h
+++ b/GUI/View/Loaders/QREDataLoader.h
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ private:
 
     //! Settings for importing the file
     struct ImportSettings {
-        QString separator;    //!< column separator
-        QString headerPrefix; //!< prefix denoting header line
-        QString linesToSkip;  //!< pattern denoting line to skip (i.e. '1,10-12,42')
+        QString separator;                 //!< column separator
+        QString headerPrefix;              //!< prefix denoting header line
+        QString linesToSkip;               //!< pattern denoting line to skip (i.e. '1,10-12,42')
+        bool allowValuesGreaterOne = true; //!< always true for now (see ##94); could
+                                           //!< be made configurable later on
         QMap<DataType, ColumnDefinition> columnDefinitions;
 
         bool operator!=(const ImportSettings& other) const;