diff --git a/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js b/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
index 7ad82a87..026ce020 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ exports.doImport = function(req, res, padId)
     function(callback) {
       if(!directDatabaseAccess){
         var fileEnding = path.extname(srcFile).toLowerCase();
-        if (abiword || fileEnding == ".htm" || fileEnding == ".html") {
+        if (importHandledByPlugin || abiword || fileEnding == ".htm" || fileEnding == ".html") {
           importHtml.setPadHTML(pad, text, function(e){
             if(e) apiLogger.warn("Error importing, possibly caused by malformed HTML");
           });