diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/importing/ImportingJob.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/importing/ImportingJob.java
index 8e4c930c0..5d470e405 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/importing/ImportingJob.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/importing/ImportingJob.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.json.JSONWriter;
 
 import com.google.refine.Jsonizable;
+import com.google.refine.ProjectManager;
 import com.google.refine.ProjectMetadata;
 import com.google.refine.model.Project;
 import com.google.refine.util.JSONUtilities;
@@ -167,6 +168,11 @@ public class ImportingJob implements Jsonizable {
         if (project != null) {
             project.dispose();
         }
+        
+        // Make sure all projects have been saved in case we run out of memory 
+        // or have some other catastrophe on import
+        ProjectManager.singleton.save(true);
+        
         project = new Project();
         metadata = new ProjectMetadata();
     }