diff --git a/features/data/configs/dayone2.yaml b/features/data/configs/dayone2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0831af75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/data/configs/dayone2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+default_hour: 9
+default_minute: 0
+editor: ''
+template: false
+encrypt: false
+highlight: true
+journals:
+  default: features/journals/dayone2.json
+linewrap: 80
+tagsymbols: '@'
+timeformat: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
+indent_character: "|"
diff --git a/features/data/journals/dayone2.json b/features/data/journals/dayone2.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f3ff20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/data/journals/dayone2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+    "entries": [
+        {
+            "audios": [],
+            "creationDate": "2020-01-10T12:22:12Z",
+            "photos": [],
+            "starred": false,
+            "tags": [],
+            "text": "Entry Number One.",
+            "timeZone": "Europe/London",
+            "uuid": "EBB5A5F4057F461E8F176E18AB7E0493"
+        },
+        {
+            "audios": [],
+            "creationDate": "2020-01-10T12:21:48Z",
+            "photos": [],
+            "starred": true,
+            "tags": [],
+            "text": "Entry Number Two.\n\nAnd a bit of text over here.",
+            "timeZone": "Europe/London",
+            "uuid": "EC61E5D4E66C44E6AC796E863E8BF7E7"
+        }
+    ],
+    "metadata": {
+        "version": "1.2"
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/features/dayone2.feature b/features/dayone2.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c809479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/dayone2.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Feature: Day One 2.0 implementation details.
+
+
+    Scenario: Loading a Day One 2.0 journal
+        Given we use the config "dayone2.yaml"
+        When we run "jrnl -n 2"
+        Then we should get no error
+        and the output should be
+            """
+            2020-01-10 12:21 Entry Number Two.
+            | And a bit of text over here.
+
+            2020-01-10 12:22 Entry Number One.
+            """
+
diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index e5bf4ecc..11788d3d 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@ def open_journal(name, config, legacy=False):
 
             sys.exit(1)
 
+    elif config["journal"].strip("/").endswith(".json"):
+        # Loads a Day One v2.0 journal
+        from .dayone2 import DayOne2
+
+        return DayOne2(**config).open()
+
     if not config["encrypt"]:
         if legacy:
             return LegacyJournal(name, **config).open()
diff --git a/jrnl/cli.py b/jrnl/cli.py
index 1c53dc29..433560db 100644
--- a/jrnl/cli.py
+++ b/jrnl/cli.py
@@ -133,20 +133,9 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
         metavar="TYPE",
         dest="import_",
         choices=plugins.IMPORT_FORMATS,
-        help="Import entries into your journal. TYPE can be {}, and it defaults to jrnl if nothing else is specified.".format(
-            plugins.util.oxford_list(plugins.IMPORT_FORMATS)
-        ),
+        help="Import entries into your journal. TYPE can be one of "\
+             "{0}".format(plugins.util.oxford_list(plugins.IMPORT_FORMATS)),
         default=False,
-        const="jrnl",
-        nargs="?",
-    )
-    exporting.add_argument(
-        "-i",
-        metavar="INPUT",
-        dest="input",
-        help="Optionally specifies input file when using --import.",
-        default=False,
-        const=None,
     )
     exporting.add_argument(
         "--encrypt",
@@ -181,14 +170,14 @@ def guess_mode(args, config):
     compose = True
     export = False
     import_ = False
-    if args.import_ is not False:
+    if args.import_:
         compose = False
         export = False
         import_ = True
     elif (
-        args.decrypt is not False
-        or args.encrypt is not False
-        or args.export is not False
+        args.decrypt
+        or args.encrypt
+        or args.export
         or any((args.short, args.tags, args.edit))
     ):
         compose = False
@@ -357,6 +346,10 @@ def run(manual_args=None):
         else:
             sys.exit()
 
+    # Import mode
+    if args.import_:
+        return plugins.get_importer(args.import_, args.text)
+
     # This is where we finally open the journal!
     try:
         journal = open_journal(journal_name, config)
@@ -364,12 +357,8 @@ def run(manual_args=None):
         print(f"[Interrupted while opening journal]", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    # Import mode
-    if mode_import:
-        plugins.get_importer(args.import_).import_(journal, args.input)
-
     # Writing mode
-    elif mode_compose:
+    if mode_compose:
         raw = " ".join(args.text).strip()
         log.debug('Appending raw line "%s" to journal "%s"', raw, journal_name)
         journal.new_entry(raw)
diff --git a/jrnl/dayone2.py b/jrnl/dayone2.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec8e6c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jrnl/dayone2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import json
+
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from .Entry import Entry
+from . import Journal
+
+
+class DayOne2(Journal.PlainJournal):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    def _parse(self, json_data):
+
+        entries = []
+
+        json_string = json.loads(json_data)
+
+        for entry in json_string["entries"]:
+            entries.append(
+                Entry(
+                    self,
+                    date=datetime.strptime(entry["creationDate"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"),
+                    text=entry["text"],
+                    starred=entry["starred"],
+                )
+            )
+
+        return entries
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py b/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py
index 00ee2498..cb1c1ff9 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 
+from .dayone2_importer import DayOne2Importer
 from .text_exporter import TextExporter
 from .jrnl_importer import JRNLImporter
 from .json_exporter import JSONExporter
@@ -20,7 +21,9 @@ __exporters = [
     YAMLExporter,
     FancyExporter,
 ] + template_exporters
-__importers = [JRNLImporter]
+
+__importers = [DayOne2Importer,
+               JRNLImporter]
 
 __exporter_types = {name: plugin for plugin in __exporters for name in plugin.names}
 __importer_types = {name: plugin for plugin in __importers for name in plugin.names}
@@ -36,8 +39,8 @@ def get_exporter(format):
     return None
 
 
-def get_importer(format):
+def get_importer(file_format, path):
     for importer in __importers:
-        if hasattr(importer, "names") and format in importer.names:
-            return importer
+        if hasattr(importer, "names") and file_format in importer.names:
+            return importer(path)
     return None
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/dayone2_importer.py b/jrnl/plugins/dayone2_importer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dea3df7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/dayone2_importer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from jrnl.Entry import Entry
+from jrnl.plugins.json_importer import JSONImporter
+
+
+class DayOne2Importer(JSONImporter):
+
+    names = ["dayone2"]
+    extension = "json"
+
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        self.type = 'Day One 2'
+        self.path = path
+        self.keys = ['audios', 'creationDate', 'photos',
+                     'starred', 'tags', 'text', 'timeZone', 'uuid']
+        JSONImporter.__init__(self)
+        self.convert_journal()
+
+    def convert_journal(self):
+        print(self._convert())
+
+    def validate_schema(self):
+        for key in self.json['entries'][0]:
+            try:
+                assert key in self.keys
+
+            except AssertionError:
+                raise KeyError(f"{self.path} is not the expected Day One 2 format.")
+        print(f"{self.path} validated as Day One 2.")
+        return True
+
+    def parse_json(self):
+        entries = []
+        for entry in self.json["entries"]:
+            entries.append(
+                Entry(
+                    self,
+                    date=datetime.strptime(entry["creationDate"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"),
+                    text=entry["text"],
+                    starred=entry["starred"],
+                )
+            )
+        self.journal.entries = entries
+        return entries
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/jrnl_importer.py b/jrnl/plugins/jrnl_importer.py
index 972114d4..d7dd3bf1 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/jrnl_importer.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/jrnl_importer.py
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ class JRNLImporter:
 
     names = ["jrnl"]
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def import_(journal, input=None):
+    def __init__(self, input):
+        self.input = input
+        self.import_(self.input)
+
+    def import_(self, journal, input=None):
         """Imports from an existing file if input is specified, and
         standard input otherwise."""
         old_cnt = len(journal.entries)
         old_entries = journal.entries
-        if input:
+        if self.input:
             with open(input, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                 other_journal_txt = f.read()
         else:
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/json_importer.py b/jrnl/plugins/json_importer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bff811fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/json_importer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import json
+import os
+
+from abc import abstractmethod
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from jrnl.Journal import PlainJournal
+from jrnl.plugins.text_exporter import TextExporter
+
+
+class JSONImporter(PlainJournal, TextExporter):
+    """This importer reads a JSON file and returns a dict. """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        PlainJournal.__init__(self)
+        self.journal = PlainJournal()
+        self.path = self.path[0]
+        self.filename = os.path.splitext(self.path)[0]
+        self.json = self.import_file()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"{self.type} journal with {len(self.journal)} " \
+               f"entries located at {self.path}"
+
+    def _convert(self):
+        if self.validate_schema():
+            self.data = self.parse_json()
+            self.create_file(self.filename + '.txt')
+            return self.export(self.journal, self.filename + '.txt')
+
+    def import_file(self):
+        """Reads a JSON file and returns a dict."""
+        if os.path.exists(self.path):
+            try:
+                with open(self.path) as f:
+                    return json.load(f)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                print(f"{self.path} is not valid JSON.")
+        elif Path(self.path).suffix != '.json':
+            print(f"{self.path} must be a JSON file.")
+        else:
+            print(f"{self.path} does not exist.")
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def parse_json(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def validate_schema(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError