diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/start/ImportAppModal.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/start/ImportAppModal.svelte
index 7d30ded896..1bc32dc7a4 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/start/ImportAppModal.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/start/ImportAppModal.svelte
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
       label="App export"
       on:change={e => {
         file = e.detail?.[0]
+        encrypted = file?.name?.endsWith(".enc.tar.gz")
       }}
     />
     <Toggle text="Encrypted" bind:value={encrypted} />
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/exportImport.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/exportImport.svelte
index bfa0274781..64ca0e0a2c 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/exportImport.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/exportImport.svelte
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   import ExportAppModal from "components/start/ExportAppModal.svelte"
   import ImportAppModal from "components/start/ImportAppModal.svelte"
 
-  $: filteredApps = $apps.filter(app => app.devId == $store.appId)
+  $: filteredApps = $apps.filter(app => app.devId === $store.appId)
   $: app = filteredApps.length ? filteredApps[0] : {}
   $: appDeployed = app?.status === AppStatus.DEPLOYED
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/appImport.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/appImport.spec.ts
index ef3c739e72..51331323de 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/appImport.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/appImport.spec.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ describe("/applications/:appId/import", () => {
       .set(config.defaultHeaders())
       .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
       .expect(200)
-    expect(res.body.message).toBe("app updated")
+    const appPackage = await config.api.application.get(appId!)
+    expect(appPackage.navigation?.links?.length).toBe(2)
+    expect(expect(appPackage.navigation?.links?.[0].url).toBe("/blank"))
+    expect(expect(appPackage.navigation?.links?.[1].url).toBe("/derp"))
     const screens = await config.api.screen.list()
     expect(screens.length).toBe(2)
     expect(screens[0].routing.route).toBe("/derp")
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/applications/import.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/applications/import.ts
index a7788924d8..158e4772b2 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/applications/import.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/applications/import.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import {
   Document,
   Database,
   RowValue,
+  DocumentType,
+  App,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import backups from "../backups"
 
@@ -12,9 +14,39 @@ export type FileAttributes = {
   path: string
 }
 
+async function getNewAppMetadata(
+  tempDb: Database,
+  appDb: Database
+): Promise<App> {
+  // static doc denoting app information
+  const docId = DocumentType.APP_METADATA
+  try {
+    const [tempMetadata, appMetadata] = await Promise.all([
+      tempDb.get<App>(docId),
+      appDb.get<App>(docId),
+    ])
+    return {
+      ...appMetadata,
+      automationErrors: undefined,
+      theme: tempMetadata.theme,
+      customTheme: tempMetadata.customTheme,
+      features: tempMetadata.features,
+      icon: tempMetadata.icon,
+      navigation: tempMetadata.navigation,
+      type: tempMetadata.type,
+      version: tempMetadata.version,
+    }
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unable to retrieve app metadata for import - ${err.message}`
+    )
+  }
+}
+
 function mergeUpdateAndDeleteDocuments(
   updateDocs: Document[],
-  deleteDocs: Document[]
+  deleteDocs: Document[],
+  metadata: App
 ) {
   // compress the documents to create and to delete (if same ID, then just update the rev)
   const finalToDelete = []
@@ -26,7 +58,7 @@ function mergeUpdateAndDeleteDocuments(
       finalToDelete.push(deleteDoc)
     }
   }
-  return [...updateDocs, ...finalToDelete]
+  return [...updateDocs, ...finalToDelete, metadata]
 }
 
 async function removeImportableDocuments(db: Database) {
@@ -90,12 +122,15 @@ export async function updateWithExport(
     await backups.importApp(devId, tempDb, template, {
       importObjStoreContents: false,
     })
+    const newMetadata = await getNewAppMetadata(tempDb, appDb)
     // get the documents to copy
     const toUpdate = await getImportableDocuments(tempDb)
     // clear out the old documents
     const toDelete = await removeImportableDocuments(appDb)
     // now bulk update documents - add new ones, delete old ones and update common ones
-    await appDb.bulkDocs(mergeUpdateAndDeleteDocuments(toUpdate, toDelete))
+    await appDb.bulkDocs(
+      mergeUpdateAndDeleteDocuments(toUpdate, toDelete, newMetadata)
+    )
   } finally {
     await tempDb.destroy()
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/application.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/application.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85bc4e4173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/application.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { App } from "@budibase/types"
+import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
+import { TestAPI } from "./base"
+
+export class ApplicationAPI extends TestAPI {
+  constructor(config: TestConfiguration) {
+    super(config)
+  }
+
+  get = async (appId: string): Promise<App> => {
+    const result = await this.request
+      .get(`/api/applications/${appId}/appPackage`)
+      .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
+      .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
+      .expect(200)
+    return result.body.application as App
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/index.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/index.ts
index 889133b847..fce8237760 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { ViewV2API } from "./viewV2"
 import { DatasourceAPI } from "./datasource"
 import { LegacyViewAPI } from "./legacyView"
 import { ScreenAPI } from "./screen"
+import { ApplicationAPI } from "./application"
 
 export default class API {
   table: TableAPI
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export default class API {
   permission: PermissionAPI
   datasource: DatasourceAPI
   screen: ScreenAPI
+  application: ApplicationAPI
 
   constructor(config: TestConfiguration) {
     this.table = new TableAPI(config)
@@ -24,5 +26,6 @@ export default class API {
     this.permission = new PermissionAPI(config)
     this.datasource = new DatasourceAPI(config)
     this.screen = new ScreenAPI(config)
+    this.application = new ApplicationAPI(config)
   }
 }