diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/importing/ImportingUtilities.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/importing/ImportingUtilities.java
index d87c91500..25d63204a 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/importing/ImportingUtilities.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/importing/ImportingUtilities.java
@@ -1008,6 +1008,8 @@ public class ImportingUtilities {
         ProjectMetadata pm = new ProjectMetadata();
         pm.setName(JSONUtilities.getString(optionObj, "projectName", "Untitled"));
         pm.setTags(JSONUtilities.getStringArray(optionObj, "projectTags"));
+        pm.appendImportOptionMetadata(optionObj);
+
         String encoding = JSONUtilities.getString(optionObj, "encoding", "UTF-8");
         if ("".equals(encoding)) {
             // encoding can be present, but empty, which won't trigger JSONUtilities default processing