diff --git a/99-run.sh b/99-run.sh
index ec83b89..ff5cddb 100755
--- a/99-run.sh
+++ b/99-run.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ set -eu
 
 omero=/opt/omero/server/OMERO.server/bin/omero
 cd /opt/omero/server
+echo "Running importer in the background"
+sh -c "/tools/wait-on-login && /tools/import-all" &
 echo "Starting OMERO.server"
 exec $omero admin start --foreground
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6231eaa..8674a32 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ RUN curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/dumb-init \
     chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dumb-init
 ADD entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
 ADD 50-config.py 60-database.sh 99-run.sh /startup/
+ADD wait-on-login import-all /tools/
+RUN mkdir /import && touch /import/test.fake
 
 USER omero-server
 
diff --git a/import-all b/import-all
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ca65e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-all
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import atexit
+import os
+import socket
+import sys
+import time
+
+
+OMERO_DIST = os.environ.get("OMERO_DIST", "/opt/omero/server/OMERO.server")
+if not os.path.exists(OMERO_DIST):
+	OMERO_DIST = "/opt/omero/web/OMERO.web"
+
+sys.path.append("/".join([OMERO_DIST, "lib/python"]))
+import omero
+from omero.cli import cli_login
+from omero.util.import_candidates import as_dictionary
+
+
+OMERO_HOST = os.environ.get("OMERO_HOST", "localhost")
+OMERO_USER = os.environ.get("OMERO_USER", "root")
+OMERO_PASS = os.environ.get("OMERO_PASS", "omero")
+OMERO_PORT = int(os.environ.get("OMERO_PORT", "4064"))
+SLEEP_TIME = int(os.environ.get("SLEEP_TIME", "30"))
+
+
+with cli_login("-s", OMERO_HOST,
+               "-u", OMERO_USER,
+               "-p", str(OMERO_PORT),
+               "-w", OMERO_PASS) as cli:
+
+    for k, v in as_dictionary(("/import",)).items():
+        cli.onecmd(["import", k])