diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.js b/editor/svg-editor.js
index 67ba44f9..b532698b 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.js
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.js
@@ -4745,7 +4745,7 @@ TODOS
 			$('#zoom').SpinButton({ min: 0.001, max: 10000, step: 50, stepfunc: stepZoom, callback: changeZoom })
 				// Set default zoom
 				.val(svgCanvas.getZoom() * 100);
-
+///EDITED
 			$('#workarea').contextMenu({
 					menu: 'cmenu_canvas',
 					inSpeed: 0
@@ -4904,12 +4904,14 @@ TODOS
 						if (file.type.indexOf('svg') != -1) {
 							reader = new FileReader();
 							reader.onloadend = function(e) {
-								svgCanvas.importSvgString(e.target.result, true);
+								var newElement = svgCanvas.importSvgString(e.target.result, true);
 								svgCanvas.ungroupSelectedElement();
 								svgCanvas.ungroupSelectedElement();
 								svgCanvas.groupSelectedElements();
 								svgCanvas.alignSelectedElements('m', 'page');
 								svgCanvas.alignSelectedElements('c', 'page');
+								// highlight imported element, otherwise we get strange empty selectbox
+								svgCanvas.selectOnly([newElement]);
 								$('#dialog_box').hide();
 							};
 							reader.readAsText(file);
diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index 773ba265..babfa1b8 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -5083,7 +5083,8 @@ this.importSvgString = function(xmlString) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	return true;
+	// we want to return the element so we can automatically select it
+	return use_el;
 };
 
 // TODO(codedread): Move all layer/context functions in draw.js