diff --git a/features/data/simple_import.json b/features/data/simple_import.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54631c24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/data/simple_import.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "entries" :
+    [
+        {
+            "date" : "2013-06-09 15:39",
+            "title" : "My first entry.",
+            "body" : "Everything is alright"
+        },
+        {
+            "date" : "2013-06-10 15:40",
+            "title" : "Life is good.",
+            "body" : "But I'm better."
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/features/plugins.feature b/features/plugins.feature
index 8b86328b..08dabbe8 100644
--- a/features/plugins.feature
+++ b/features/plugins.feature
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Feature: Functionality of Importer and Exporter Plugins
         Given We use the config "basic_onefile.yaml"
         When We run "jrnl --version"
         Then the output should contain pyproject.toml version
-        And The output should contain "<plugin_name> : <version> from jrnl.<source>.<type>.<filename>" 
+        And the output should contain "<plugin_name> : <version> from jrnl.<source>.<type>.<filename>" 
         And the output should not contain ".contrib."
 
         Examples:
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Feature: Functionality of Importer and Exporter Plugins
         Given We use the config "basic_onefile.yaml"
         When We run "jrnl --version"
         Then the output should contain pyproject.toml version
-        And The output should contain "<plugin_name> : <version> from jrnl.<source>.<type>.<filename>" 
+        And the output should contain "<plugin_name> : <version> from jrnl.<source>.<type>.<filename>"
+
         Examples:
             | plugin_name | version                  | source  | type     | filename    |
             | jrnl        | <pyproject.toml version> | plugins | importer | jrnl        |
@@ -65,9 +66,15 @@ Feature: Functionality of Importer and Exporter Plugins
             | json        | <pyproject.toml version> | plugins | exporter | json     |
             | txt         | <pyproject.toml version> | plugins | exporter | text     |
 
+    @skip_only_with_external_plugins
+    Scenario Outline: Custom JSON Import
+        Given we use the config "simple.yaml"
+        When we run "jrnl --import ./features/data/simple_import.json"
+        Then the journal should contain "My first entry."
+        And the journal should contain "Life is good."
 
     @skip_only_with_external_plugins
-    Scenario Outline: JSON format
+    Scenario Outline: Custom JSON Export
         Given we use the config "<config>.yaml"
         And we use the password "test" if prompted
         When we run "jrnl --format json"
@@ -79,8 +86,8 @@ Feature: Functionality of Importer and Exporter Plugins
         And entry 3 should not have an array "tags"
 
         Examples: configs
-        | config          |
-        | basic_onefile   |
-        | basic_encrypted |
-        | basic_folder    |
-        | basic_dayone    |
+            | config          |
+            | basic_onefile   |
+            | basic_encrypted |
+            | basic_folder    |
+            | basic_dayone    |
diff --git a/jrnl/commands.py b/jrnl/commands.py
index 90c01b5a..c2ab66d5 100644
--- a/jrnl/commands.py
+++ b/jrnl/commands.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def postconfig_import(args, config, **kwargs):
 
     format = args.export if args.export else "jrnl"
     get_importer(format).import_(journal, args.filename)
+    journal.write()
 
 
 def postconfig_encrypt(args, config, original_config, **kwargs):
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/importer/jrnl.py b/jrnl/plugins/importer/jrnl.py
index 07031cc3..1519e05a 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/importer/jrnl.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/importer/jrnl.py
@@ -37,4 +37,3 @@ class Importer(BaseImporter):
             ),
             file=sys.stderr,
         )
-        journal.write()
diff --git a/tests/external_plugins_src/jrnl/contrib/importer/simple_json.py b/tests/external_plugins_src/jrnl/contrib/importer/simple_json.py
index b1d27858..a67645b6 100644
--- a/tests/external_plugins_src/jrnl/contrib/importer/simple_json.py
+++ b/tests/external_plugins_src/jrnl/contrib/importer/simple_json.py
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@ class Importer(BaseImporter):
                 data = json.loads(f)
         else:
             try:
-                data = sys.stdin.read()
+                f = sys.stdin.read()
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 print(
                     "[Entries NOT imported into journal.]",
                     file=sys.stderr,
                 )
                 sys.exit(0)
+            data = json.loads(f)
 
         for json_entry in data:
             raw = json_entry["title"] + "/n" + json_entry["body"]