diff --git a/core/client/views/debug.js b/core/client/views/debug.js
index 6d56d9e23d..42e3d005be 100644
--- a/core/client/views/debug.js
+++ b/core/client/views/debug.js
@@ -8,6 +8,59 @@
             "click .js-delete": "handleDeleteClick"
         },
 
+        initialize: function () {
+            // Disable import button and initizalize BlueImp file upload
+            $('#startupload').prop('disabled', true);
+            $('#importfile').fileupload({
+                url: Ghost.paths.apiRoot + '/db/',
+                limitMultiFileUploads: 1,
+                replaceFileInput: false,
+                headers: {
+                    'X-CSRF-Token': $("meta[name='csrf-param']").attr('content')
+                },
+                dataType: 'json',
+                add: function (e, data) {
+                    /*jslint unparam:true*/
+                    data.context = $('#startupload').prop('disabled', false)
+                        .click(function () {
+                            $('#startupload').prop('disabled', true);
+                            data.context = $('#startupload').text('Importing');
+                            data.submit();
+                            // unregister click event to allow different subsequent uploads
+                            $('#startupload').off('click');
+                        });
+                },
+                done: function (e, data) {
+                    /*jslint unparam:true*/
+                    $('#startupload').text('Import');
+                    if (!data.result) {
+                        throw new Error('No response received from server.');
+                    }
+                    if (!data.result.message) {
+                        throw new Error('Unknown error');
+                    }
+
+                    Ghost.notifications.addItem({
+                        type: 'success',
+                        message: data.result.message,
+                        status: 'passive'
+                    });
+                },
+                error: function (response) {
+                    $('#startupload').text('Import');
+                    var responseJSON = response.responseJSON,
+                        message = responseJSON && responseJSON.error ? responseJSON.error : 'unknown';
+                    Ghost.notifications.addItem({
+                        type: 'error',
+                        message: ['A problem was encountered while importing new content to your blog. Error: ', message].join(''),
+                        status: 'passive'
+                    });
+                }
+
+            });
+
+        },
+
         handleMenuClick: function (ev) {
             ev.preventDefault();
 
@@ -21,6 +74,7 @@
 
             return false;
         },
+
         handleDeleteClick: function (ev) {
             ev.preventDefault();
             this.addSubview(new Ghost.Views.Modal({
diff --git a/core/server/api/db.js b/core/server/api/db.js
index b683bfc39e..4c0e24d4e8 100644
--- a/core/server/api/db.js
+++ b/core/server/api/db.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ api.notifications    = require('./notifications');
 api.settings         = require('./settings');
 
 db = {
-    'export': function (req, res) {
+    'exportContent': function (req, res) {
         /*jslint unparam:true*/
         return dataExport().then(function (exportedData) {
             // Save the exported data to the file system for download
@@ -44,11 +44,10 @@ db = {
             });
         });
     },
-    'import': function (req, res) {
-        var notification,
-            databaseVersion;
+    'importContent': function (options) {
+        var databaseVersion;
 
-        if (!req.files.importfile || !req.files.importfile.path || req.files.importfile.name.indexOf('json') === -1) {
+        if (!options.importfile || !options.importfile.path || options.importfile.name.indexOf('json') === -1) {
             /**
              * Notify of an error if it occurs
              *
@@ -57,30 +56,17 @@ db = {
              * - If there is no path
              * - If the name doesn't have json in it
              */
-            return api.notifications.browse().then(function (notifications) {
-                notification = {
-                    type: 'error',
-                    message:  "Must select a .json file to import",
-                    status: 'persistent',
-                    id: 'per-' + (notifications.length + 1)
-                };
-
-
-
-                return api.notifications.add(notification).then(function () {
-                    res.redirect(configPaths().debugPath);
-                });
-            });
+            return when.reject({errorCode: 500, message: 'Please select a .json file to import.'});
         }
 
-        api.settings.read({ key: 'databaseVersion' }).then(function (setting) {
+        return api.settings.read({ key: 'databaseVersion' }).then(function (setting) {
             return when(setting.value);
         }, function () {
             return when('001');
         }).then(function (version) {
             databaseVersion = version;
             // Read the file contents
-            return nodefn.call(fs.readFile, req.files.importfile.path);
+            return nodefn.call(fs.readFile, options.importfile.path);
         }).then(function (fileContents) {
             var importData,
                 error = '',
@@ -132,32 +118,9 @@ db = {
         }).then(function importSuccess() {
             return api.settings.updateSettingsCache();
         }).then(function () {
-            return api.notifications.browse();
-        }).then(function (notifications) {
-            notification = {
-                type: 'success',
-                message: "Posts, tags and other data successfully imported",
-                status: 'persistent',
-                id: 'per-' + (notifications.length + 1)
-            };
-
-            return api.notifications.add(notification).then(function () {
-                res.redirect(configPaths().debugPath);
-            });
+            return when.resolve({message: 'Posts, tags and other data successfully imported'});
         }).otherwise(function importFailure(error) {
-            return api.notifications.browse().then(function (notifications) {
-                // Notify of an error if it occurs
-                notification = {
-                    type: 'error',
-                    message: error.message || error,
-                    status: 'persistent',
-                    id: 'per-' + (notifications.length + 1)
-                };
-
-                return api.notifications.add(notification).then(function () {
-                    res.redirect(configPaths().debugPath);
-                });
-            });
+            return when.reject({errorCode: 500, message: error.message || error});
         });
     },
     'deleteAllContent': function () {
diff --git a/core/server/api/index.js b/core/server/api/index.js
index 3a1e669d5b..e82e3ff46e 100644
--- a/core/server/api/index.js
+++ b/core/server/api/index.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function cacheInvalidationHeader(req, result) {
 // takes the API method and wraps it so that it gets data from the request and returns a sensible JSON response
 requestHandler = function (apiMethod) {
     return function (req, res) {
-        var options = _.extend(req.body, req.query, req.params),
+        var options = _.extend(req.body, req.files, req.query, req.params),
             apiContext = {
                 user: req.session && req.session.user
             };
diff --git a/core/server/middleware/index.js b/core/server/middleware/index.js
index 506876ec55..236028ffb5 100644
--- a/core/server/middleware/index.js
+++ b/core/server/middleware/index.js
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ module.exports = function (server, dbHash) {
     expressServer.use(express.json());
     expressServer.use(express.urlencoded());
 
-    expressServer.use(subdir + '/ghost/upload/', middleware.busboy);
-    expressServer.use(subdir + '/ghost/api/v0.1/db/', middleware.busboy);
-
     // ### Sessions
     cookie = {
         path: subdir + '/ghost',
diff --git a/core/server/routes/admin.js b/core/server/routes/admin.js
index d6c0146a0d..02f5413c07 100644
--- a/core/server/routes/admin.js
+++ b/core/server/routes/admin.js
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ module.exports = function (server) {
     server.get('/ghost/settings*', middleware.auth, admin.settings);
     server.get('/ghost/debug/', middleware.auth, admin.debug.index);
 
-    // We don't want to register bodyParser globally b/c of security concerns, so use multipart only here
-    server.post('/ghost/upload/', middleware.auth, admin.uploader);
+    server.post('/ghost/upload/', middleware.auth, middleware.busboy, admin.uploader);
 
     // redirect to /ghost and let that do the authentication to prevent redirects to /ghost//admin etc.
     server.get(/\/((ghost-admin|admin|wp-admin|dashboard|signin)\/?)$/, function (req, res) {
diff --git a/core/server/routes/api.js b/core/server/routes/api.js
index 39c2c6fa52..ffb0be2bc3 100644
--- a/core/server/routes/api.js
+++ b/core/server/routes/api.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = function (server) {
     server.del('/ghost/api/v0.1/notifications/:id', middleware.authAPI, api.requestHandler(api.notifications.destroy));
     server.post('/ghost/api/v0.1/notifications/', middleware.authAPI, api.requestHandler(api.notifications.add));
     // #### Import/Export
-    server.get('/ghost/api/v0.1/db/', middleware.auth, api.db['export']);
-    server.post('/ghost/api/v0.1/db/', middleware.auth, api.db['import']);
+    server.get('/ghost/api/v0.1/db/', middleware.auth, api.db.exportContent);
+    server.post('/ghost/api/v0.1/db/', middleware.authAPI, middleware.busboy, api.requestHandler(api.db.importContent));
     server.del('/ghost/api/v0.1/db/', middleware.authAPI, api.requestHandler(api.db.deleteAllContent));
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/server/views/debug.hbs b/core/server/views/debug.hbs
index 1fd7b9b824..0d993f3426 100644
--- a/core/server/views/debug.hbs
+++ b/core/server/views/debug.hbs
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@
                     </div>
                 </fieldset>
             </form>
-            <form id="settings-import" method="post" action="{{adminUrl}}/api/v0.1/db/" enctype="multipart/form-data">
-                <input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="{{csrfToken}}" />
+            <form id="settings-import" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                 <fieldset>
                     <div class="form-group">
                         <label>Import</label>
-                        <input type="file" class="button-add" name="importfile" />
-                        <input type="submit" class="button-save" value="Import" />
+                        <input type="file" class="button-add" name="importfile" id="importfile" />
+                        <button type="submit" class="button-save" value="Import" id="startupload" >Import</button>
                         <p>Import from another Ghost installation. If you import a user, this will replace the current user & log you out.</p>
                     </div>
                 </fieldset>