diff --git a/src/adaptors/UBImportDocument.cpp b/src/adaptors/UBImportDocument.cpp
index 7d43feee..27ba6673 100644
--- a/src/adaptors/UBImportDocument.cpp
+++ b/src/adaptors/UBImportDocument.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ UBDocumentProxy* UBImportDocument::importFile(const QFile& pFile, const QString&
 		return 0;
 	}
 	else{
-		UBDocumentProxy* newDocument = UBPersistenceManager::persistenceManager()->createDocumentFromDir(documentRootFolder);
+		UBDocumentProxy* newDocument = UBPersistenceManager::persistenceManager()->createDocumentFromDir(documentRootFolder, pGroup);
 		UBApplication::showMessage(tr("Import successful."));
 		return newDocument;
 	}
diff --git a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
index 23b5e3c3..8d0e1952 100644
--- a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
+++ b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.cpp
@@ -254,13 +254,23 @@ UBDocumentProxy* UBPersistenceManager::createDocument(const QString& pGroupName,
     return doc;
 }
 
-
-UBDocumentProxy* UBPersistenceManager::createDocumentFromDir(const QString& pDocumentDirectory)
+UBDocumentProxy* UBPersistenceManager::createDocumentFromDir(const QString& pDocumentDirectory, const QString& pGroupName, const QString& pName, bool withEmptyPage)
 {
     checkIfDocumentRepositoryExists();
 
     UBDocumentProxy* doc = new UBDocumentProxy(pDocumentDirectory); // deleted in UBPersistenceManager::destructor
 
+    if (pGroupName.length() > 0)
+    {
+        doc->setMetaData(UBSettings::documentGroupName, pGroupName);
+    }
+
+    if (pName.length() > 0)
+    {
+        doc->setMetaData(UBSettings::documentName, pName);
+    }
+    if (withEmptyPage) createDocumentSceneAt(doc, 0);
+
     QMap<QString, QVariant> metadatas = UBMetadataDcSubsetAdaptor::load(pDocumentDirectory);
 
     foreach(QString key, metadatas.keys())
diff --git a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.h b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.h
index 7a7bdd87..b9c53579 100644
--- a/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.h
+++ b/src/core/UBPersistenceManager.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class UBPersistenceManager : public QObject
         static void destroy();
 
 		virtual UBDocumentProxy* createDocument(const QString& pGroupName = "", const QString& pName = "", bool withEmptyPage = true);
-        virtual UBDocumentProxy* createDocumentFromDir(const QString& pDocumentDirectory);
+        virtual UBDocumentProxy* createDocumentFromDir(const QString& pDocumentDirectory, const QString& pGroupName = "", const QString& pName = "", bool withEmptyPage = false);
 
         virtual UBDocumentProxy* persistDocumentMetadata(UBDocumentProxy* pDocumentProxy);