diff --git a/step-controller/step-controller-server-webapp/src/test/java/step/core/export/ExportManagerTest.java b/step-controller/step-controller-server-webapp/src/test/java/step/core/export/ExportManagerTest.java
index 050443c77..5bb1fe26b 100644
--- a/step-controller/step-controller-server-webapp/src/test/java/step/core/export/ExportManagerTest.java
+++ b/step-controller/step-controller-server-webapp/src/test/java/step/core/export/ExportManagerTest.java
@@ -577,18 +577,28 @@ public void testExportPlanByWithCustomFields() throws Exception {
 			testExportFile.delete();
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	@Test
 	public void testExportPlanRecursively() throws Exception {
-		testExportPlansRecursively(true);
+		testExportPlansRecursively(false, true);
 	}
-	
+
 	@Test
 	public void testExportPlanRecursivelyNewReferences() throws Exception {
-		testExportPlansRecursively(false);
+		testExportPlansRecursively(false, false);
 	}
-	
-	private void testExportPlansRecursively(boolean overwrite) throws Exception {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testExportPlanRecursivelyWithPansOnly() throws Exception {
+		testExportPlansRecursively(true, true);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testExportPlanRecursivelyNewReferencesWithPansOnly() throws Exception {
+		testExportPlansRecursively(true, false);
+	}
+
+	private void testExportPlansRecursively(boolean plansOnly, boolean overwrite) throws Exception {
 		Sequence rootSequence = sequence();
 		Plan plan = PlanBuilder.create().startBlock(rootSequence).add(sequence()).endBlock().build();
 		planAccessor.save(plan);
@@ -603,27 +613,23 @@ private void testExportPlansRecursively(boolean overwrite) throws Exception {
 		sequence.addChild(callFunction);
 		Plan plan2 = PlanBuilder.create().startBlock(rootSequence).add(sequence).endBlock().build();
 		planAccessor.save(plan2);
-		
+
 		File testExportFile = new File("testExport.json");
 		try (FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(testExportFile)) {
 			ExportManager exportManager = newExportManager();
 			Map<String, String> metadata = buildMetadata();
 			ExportConfiguration exportConfig = new ExportConfiguration(outputStream, metadata, dummyObjectPredicate(), "plans", true, null);
 			exportManager.exportById(exportConfig, plan2.getId().toString());
-			
-			planAccessor.getAll().forEachRemaining(p->planAccessor.remove(p.getId()));
-			functionAccessor.getAll().forEachRemaining(p->functionAccessor.remove(p.getId()));
-			
+
+			planAccessor.getAll().forEachRemaining(p -> planAccessor.remove(p.getId()));
+			functionAccessor.getAll().forEachRemaining(p -> functionAccessor.remove(p.getId()));
+
 			ImportManager importManager = createNewContextAndGetImportManager();
-			importManager.importAll(new ImportConfiguration(testExportFile, dummyObjectEnricher(), null, overwrite));
-			
-			AtomicInteger nbPlans = new AtomicInteger(0);
-			planAccessor.getAll().forEachRemaining(p-> nbPlans.incrementAndGet());
-			AtomicInteger nbFunctions = new AtomicInteger(0);
-			functionAccessor.getAll().forEachRemaining(f->nbFunctions.incrementAndGet());
-			assertEquals(2, nbPlans.intValue());
-			assertEquals(1, nbFunctions.intValue());
-			
+			importManager.importAll(new ImportConfiguration(testExportFile, dummyObjectEnricher(), plansOnly ? List.of("plans") : null, overwrite));
+
+			assertEquals(2, planAccessor.stream().count());
+			assertEquals(plansOnly ? 0 : 1, functionAccessor.stream().count());
+
 			Plan actualPlan = planAccessor.get(plan.getId());
 			Plan actualPlan2 = planAccessor.get(plan2.getId());
 			Function actualFunction = functionAccessor.get(function.getId());
@@ -631,7 +637,11 @@ private void testExportPlansRecursively(boolean overwrite) throws Exception {
 				assertEquals(plan.getId(), actualPlan.getId());
 				assertEquals(plan.getRoot(), actualPlan.getRoot());
 				assertEquals(plan2.getId(), actualPlan2.getId());
-				assertEquals(function.getId(), actualFunction.getId());
+				if (plansOnly) {
+					assertNull(actualFunction);
+				} else {
+					assertEquals(function.getId(), actualFunction.getId());
+				}
 			} else {
 				assertNull(actualPlan);
 				assertNull(actualPlan2);
@@ -641,7 +651,7 @@ private void testExportPlansRecursively(boolean overwrite) throws Exception {
 			testExportFile.delete();
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	@Test
 	public void testExportPlansWithCompo() throws Exception {
 		testExportPlansWithCompoFct(true);
diff --git a/step-core/src/main/java/step/core/imports/ImportManager.java b/step-core/src/main/java/step/core/imports/ImportManager.java
index 287bc0fde..61884088c 100644
--- a/step-core/src/main/java/step/core/imports/ImportManager.java
+++ b/step-core/src/main/java/step/core/imports/ImportManager.java
@@ -175,25 +175,26 @@ private String importEntitiesToTemporaryCollection(ImportConfiguration importCon
 		FilesystemCollectionFactory tempCollectionFactory = importContext.getTempCollectionFactory();
 		Collection<Document> tempCollection = tempCollectionFactory.getCollection(name, Document.class);
 
-		if (!skip) {
-			if (entityByName == null) {
-				throw new RuntimeException(
-						"The entity type with name '" + name + "' is unsupported in this version or license of step.");
+		if (entityByName == null) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(
+					"The entity type with name '" + name + "' is unsupported in this version or license of step.");
+		}
+		if (jParser.nextToken().equals(JsonToken.START_ARRAY)) {
+			if (!skip) {
+				logger.info("Importing entities of type " + name);
 			}
-			logger.info("Importing entities of type " + name);
-			if (jParser.nextToken().equals(JsonToken.START_ARRAY)) {
-				while (!jParser.nextToken().equals(JsonToken.END_ARRAY)) {
+			while (!jParser.nextToken().equals(JsonToken.END_ARRAY)) {
+				if (!skip) {
 					importOne(tempCollection, jParser);
+				} else {
+					// consume the json object when skipped
+					mapper.readValue(jParser, Document.class);
 				}
-			} else {
-				throw new RuntimeException("A JSON array was expected for entity '" + name + "'");
 			}
 		} else {
-			// consume the json object when skipped
-			// TODO: fix this
-			// mapper.readValue(jParser, BasicDBObject.class);
+			throw new RuntimeException("A JSON array was expected for entity '" + name + "'");
 		}
-		
+
 		return name;
 	}