diff --git a/browser/main/NoteList/index.js b/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
index f0626fb9..2fcc61cc 100644
--- a/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
+++ b/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
@@ -895,43 +895,50 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     if (!location.pathname.match(/\/trashed/)) this.addNotesFromFiles(filepaths)
   }
 
-  // Add notes to the current folder
-  addNotesFromFiles (filepaths) {
-    const { dispatch, location } = this.props
-    const { storage, folder } = this.resolveTargetFolder()
+ // Add notes to the current folder
+ addNotesFromFiles (filepaths) {
+  const { dispatch, location } = this.props
+  const { storage, folder } = this.resolveTargetFolder()
 
-    if (filepaths === undefined) return
-    filepaths.forEach((filepath) => {
-      fs.readFile(filepath, (err, data) => {
-        if (err) throw Error('File reading error: ', err)
+  if (filepaths === undefined) return
+  filepaths.forEach((filepath) => {
+    fs.readFile(filepath, (err, data) => {
+      if (err) throw Error('File reading error: ', err)
 
-        fs.stat(filepath, (err, {mtime, birthtime}) => {
-          if (err) throw Error('File stat reading error: ', err)
+      fs.stat(filepath, (err, {mtime, birthtime}) => {
+        if (err) throw Error('File stat reading error: ', err)
+
+        const content = data.toString()
+        const newNote = {
+          content: content,
+          folder: folder.key,
+          title: path.basename(filepath, path.extname(filepath)),
+          type: 'MARKDOWN_NOTE',
+          createdAt: birthtime,
+          updatedAt: mtime
+        }
+        dataApi.createNote(storage.key, newNote)
+        .then((note) => {
+
+          attachmentManagement.importAttachments(note.content, filepath, storage.key, note.key)
+          .then((newcontent) => {
+              note.content = newcontent;
+
+              dispatch({
+                type: 'UPDATE_NOTE',
+                note: note
+              })
+              hashHistory.push({
+                pathname: location.pathname,
+                query: {key: getNoteKey(note)}
+              })
 
-          const content = data.toString()
-          const newNote = {
-            content: content,
-            folder: folder.key,
-            title: path.basename(filepath, path.extname(filepath)),
-            type: 'MARKDOWN_NOTE',
-            createdAt: birthtime,
-            updatedAt: mtime
-          }
-          dataApi.createNote(storage.key, newNote)
-          .then((note) => {
-            dispatch({
-              type: 'UPDATE_NOTE',
-              note: note
-            })
-            hashHistory.push({
-              pathname: location.pathname,
-              query: {key: getNoteKey(note)}
-            })
           })
         })
       })
     })
-  }
+  })
+}
 
   getTargetIndex () {
     const { location } = this.props
diff --git a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/attachmentManagement.js b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/attachmentManagement.js
index 6fa3b51f..c6e7c7a9 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/attachmentManagement.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/attachmentManagement.js
@@ -449,6 +449,45 @@ function getAbsolutePathsOfAttachmentsInContent (markdownContent, storagePath) {
   return result
 }
 
+/**
+ * @description Copies the attachments to the storage folder and returns the mardown content it should be replaced with
+ * @param {String} markDownContent content in which the attachment paths should be found
+ * @param {String} filepath The path of the file with attachments to import
+ * @param {String} storageKey Storage key of the destination storage
+ * @param {String} noteKey Key of the current note. Will be used as subfolder in :storage
+ */
+function importAttachments (markDownContent, filepath, storageKey, noteKey) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    let attach_names = markDownContent.match(/!\[.+?]\((?:.+?\..+?\))/g);
+
+    if (!attach_names)
+      resolve(markDownContent);
+
+    else {
+      let promise_array = [];
+      let end_path = []
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < attach_names.length; i++){
+        end_path[i] = attach_names[i].match(/(?<=]\()(?:.+?\..+?)(?=\))/)[0];
+        let begin_path = filepath.match(/\/.+\//)[0];
+        let final_path = path.join(begin_path, end_path[i]);
+
+        promise_array.push(this.copyAttachment(final_path, storageKey, noteKey));
+      }
+
+      Promise.all(promise_array).then((file_names) => {
+
+        for (let j = 0; j < file_names.length; j++) {
+          let new_path = path.join(STORAGE_FOLDER_PLACEHOLDER, noteKey, file_names[j]);
+          markDownContent = markDownContent.replace(end_path[j], new_path);
+        }
+
+        resolve(markDownContent);
+      })
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 /**
  * @description Moves the attachments of the current note to the new location.
  * Returns a modified version of the given content so that the links to the attachments point to the new note key.
@@ -656,6 +695,7 @@ module.exports = {
   handlePasteNativeImage,
   getAttachmentsInMarkdownContent,
   getAbsolutePathsOfAttachmentsInContent,
+  importAttachments,
   removeStorageAndNoteReferences,
   deleteAttachmentFolder,
   deleteAttachmentsNotPresentInNote,