diff --git a/packages/webapp/src/client/index.ts b/packages/webapp/src/client/index.ts
index 3ffe1658..039465d8 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/webapp/src/client/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ export type NewUser = {
     recaptcha: string | null;
 }
 
+export type ImportMapInfo = {
+    title: string;
+    description?: string;
+    contentType?: string;
+    content?: ArrayBuffer | null | string;
+
+}
 export type Label = {
     id: number;
     title: string;
@@ -55,6 +62,7 @@ export type AccountInfo = {
 }
 
 interface Client {
+    importMap(model: ImportMapInfo): Promise<number>
     createMap(map: BasicMapInfo): Promise<number>;
     deleteMaps(ids: number[]): Promise<void>;
     deleteMap(id: number): Promise<void>;
@@ -67,7 +75,7 @@ interface Client {
 
     fetchLabels(): Promise<Label[]>;
     deleteLabel(id: number): Promise<void>;
-    fetchAccountInfo():Promise<AccountInfo>;
+    fetchAccountInfo(): Promise<AccountInfo>;
 
     registerNewUser(user: NewUser): Promise<void>;
     resetPassword(email: string): Promise<void>;
diff --git a/packages/webapp/src/client/mock-client/index.ts b/packages/webapp/src/client/mock-client/index.ts
index d8b0c36e..a0bb2548 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/src/client/mock-client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/webapp/src/client/mock-client/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import Client, { AccountInfo, BasicMapInfo, ChangeHistory, Label, MapInfo, NewUser } from '..';
-
+import Client, { AccountInfo, BasicMapInfo, ChangeHistory, ImportMapInfo, Label, MapInfo, NewUser} from '..';
 class MockClient implements Client {
     private maps: MapInfo[] = [];
     private labels: Label[] = [];
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ class MockClient implements Client {
 
         // Remove, just for develop ....
         function createMapInfo(
-            id: number,
+            id: number, 
             starred: boolean,
             title: string,
             labels: number[],
@@ -34,6 +33,10 @@ class MockClient implements Client {
         ];
 
     }
+    importMap(model: ImportMapInfo): Promise<number> {
+        return Promise.resolve(10);
+    }
+    
     fetchAccountInfo(): Promise<AccountInfo> {
         return Promise.resolve({
             firstName: 'Costme',
diff --git a/packages/webapp/src/client/rest-client/index.ts b/packages/webapp/src/client/rest-client/index.ts
index 5889b8e3..97846411 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/src/client/rest-client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/webapp/src/client/rest-client/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
-import Client, { ErrorInfo, MapInfo, BasicMapInfo, NewUser, Label, ChangeHistory, AccountInfo } from '..';
+import Client, { ErrorInfo, MapInfo, BasicMapInfo, NewUser, Label, ChangeHistory, AccountInfo, ImportMapInfo } from '..';
 
 export default class RestClient implements Client {
     private baseUrl: string;
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ export default class RestClient implements Client {
         this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
         this.sessionExpired = sessionExpired;
     }
+    importMap(model: ImportMapInfo): Promise<number> {
+        const handler = (success: (mapId: number) => void, reject: (error: ErrorInfo) => void) => {
+            axios.post(this.baseUrl + `/c/restful/maps?title=${model.title}&description=${model.description ? model.description : ''}`,
+                model.content,
+                { headers: { 'Content-Type': model.contentType } }
+            ).then(response => {
+                const mapId = response.headers.resourceid;
+                success(mapId);
+            }).catch(error => {
+                const errorInfo = this.parseResponseOnError(error.response);
+                reject(errorInfo);
+            });
+        }
+        return new Promise(handler);    }
 
     fetchAccountInfo(): Promise<AccountInfo> {
         const handler = (success: (account: AccountInfo) => void, reject: (error: ErrorInfo) => void) => {
diff --git a/packages/webapp/src/components/maps-page/action-dispatcher/base-dialog/index.tsx b/packages/webapp/src/components/maps-page/action-dispatcher/base-dialog/index.tsx
index 5f5cf3b0..beb12bef 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/src/components/maps-page/action-dispatcher/base-dialog/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/webapp/src/components/maps-page/action-dispatcher/base-dialog/index.tsx
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ export type DialogProps = {
 
     title: string;
     description?: string;
+
     submitButton?: string;
+    actionUrl?: string;
 }
 
 const BaseDialog = (props: DialogProps) => {
     const intl = useIntl();
-    const { onClose, onSubmit } = props;
+    const { onClose, onSubmit, actionUrl = "" } = props;
 
     const handleOnSubmit = (e: React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
         e.preventDefault();
diff --git a/packages/webapp/src/components/maps-page/action-dispatcher/import-dialog/index.tsx b/packages/webapp/src/components/maps-page/action-dispatcher/import-dialog/index.tsx
index 31d5a096..21a8bda4 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/src/components/maps-page/action-dispatcher/import-dialog/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/webapp/src/components/maps-page/action-dispatcher/import-dialog/index.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ import BaseDialog from '../base-dialog';
 export type ImportModel = {
     title: string;
     description?: string;
+    contentType?: string;
+    content?: ArrayBuffer | null | string;
 }
 
 export type CreateProps = {
     onClose: () => void
 }
 
-const defaultModel: ImportModel = { title: '', description: '' };
+const defaultModel: ImportModel = { title: '' };
 const ImportDialog = (props: CreateProps) => {
     const client: Client = useSelector(activeInstance);
     const [model, setModel] = React.useState<ImportModel>(defaultModel);
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ const ImportDialog = (props: CreateProps) => {
     const intl = useIntl();
 
     const mutation = useMutation<number, ErrorInfo, ImportModel>((model: ImportModel) => {
-        return client.createMap(model);
+        return client.importMap(model);
     },
         {
             onSuccess: (mapId: number) => {
@@ -55,9 +57,41 @@ const ImportDialog = (props: CreateProps) => {
 
         const name = event.target.name;
         const value = event.target.value;
-        setModel({ ...model, [name as keyof BasicMapInfo]: value });
+        setModel({ ...model, [name as keyof ImportModel]: value });
     }
 
+    const handleOnFileChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+        const files = event?.target?.files;
+        const reader = new FileReader();
+
+        if (files) {
+            const file = files[0];
+            var title = file.name;
+            title = title.substring(0, title.lastIndexOf("."));
+
+            // Closure to capture the file information.
+            reader.onload =  (event) => {
+                const fileContent = event?.target?.result;
+                model.content = fileContent;
+
+                // Suggest file name ... 
+                const fileName = file.name;
+                if (fileName) {
+                    var title = fileName.split('.')[0]
+                    if (!model.title || 0 === model.title.length) {
+                        model.title = title;
+                    }
+                }
+                model.contentType = file.name.lastIndexOf(".wxml") != -1 ? "application/xml" : "application/freemind";
+                setModel({...model});
+            };
+
+            // Read in the image file as a data URL.
+            reader.readAsText(file);
+        }
+
+    };
+
     return (
         <div>
             <BaseDialog onClose={handleOnClose} onSubmit={handleOnSubmit} error={error}
@@ -66,21 +100,24 @@ const ImportDialog = (props: CreateProps) => {
                 submitButton={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'import.button', defaultMessage: 'Create' })}>
 
                 <FormControl fullWidth={true}>
+                    <input
+                        accept=".wxml,.mm"
+                        id="contained-button-file"
+                        type="file"
+                        required={true}
+                        style={{ display: 'none' }}
+                        onChange={handleOnFileChange}
+                    />
+
                     <Input name="title" type="text" label={intl.formatMessage({ id: "action.rename-name-placeholder", defaultMessage: "Name" })}
                         value={model.title} onChange={handleOnChange} error={error} fullWidth={true} />
 
                     <Input name="description" type="text" label={intl.formatMessage({ id: "action.rename-description-placeholder", defaultMessage: "Description" })}
                         value={model.description} onChange={handleOnChange} required={false} fullWidth={true} />
 
-                    <input
-                        accept="image/*"
-                        id="contained-button-file"
-                        type="file"
-                        style={{display: 'none'}}
-                    />
                     <label htmlFor="contained-button-file">
-                        <Button variant="outlined" color="primary" component="span" style={{margin: '10px 5px', width: '100%'}}>
-                            <FormattedMessage id="maps.choose-file" defaultMessage="Choose a file"/>
+                        <Button variant="outlined" color="primary" component="span" style={{ margin: '10px 5px', width: '100%' }}>
+                            <FormattedMessage id="maps.choose-file" defaultMessage="Choose a file" />
                         </Button>
                     </label>
                 </FormControl>