diff --git a/src/dialog/vnewnotebookdialog.cpp b/src/dialog/vnewnotebookdialog.cpp
index fcaefbbd..f5faf570 100644
--- a/src/dialog/vnewnotebookdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/dialog/vnewnotebookdialog.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ void VNewNotebookDialog::setupUI()
     pathLayout->addWidget(pathEdit);
     pathLayout->addWidget(browseBtn);
 
+    importCheck = new QCheckBox(tr("Import existing notebook"), this);
+    importCheck->setChecked(true);
+    importCheck->setToolTip(tr("When checked, VNote won't create a new config file if there already exists one."));
+
     okBtn = new QPushButton(tr("&OK"));
     okBtn->setDefault(true);
     cancelBtn = new QPushButton(tr("&Cancel"));
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ void VNewNotebookDialog::setupUI()
     }
     mainLayout->addLayout(nameLayout);
     mainLayout->addLayout(pathLayout);
+    mainLayout->addWidget(importCheck);
     mainLayout->addLayout(btmLayout);
     setLayout(mainLayout);
 
@@ -82,3 +87,8 @@ void VNewNotebookDialog::handleBrowseBtnClicked()
                                                         QDir::homePath(), QFileDialog::ShowDirsOnly | QFileDialog::DontResolveSymlinks);
     pathEdit->setText(dirPath);
 }
+
+bool VNewNotebookDialog::getImportCheck() const
+{
+    return importCheck->isChecked();
+}
diff --git a/src/dialog/vnewnotebookdialog.h b/src/dialog/vnewnotebookdialog.h
index 587f183f..1aa68e1b 100644
--- a/src/dialog/vnewnotebookdialog.h
+++ b/src/dialog/vnewnotebookdialog.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class QLabel;
 class QLineEdit;
 class QPushButton;
 class QString;
+class QCheckBox;
 
 class VNewNotebookDialog : public QDialog
 {
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ public:
                        const QString &defaultPath, QWidget *parent = 0);
     QString getNameInput() const;
     QString getPathInput() const;
+    bool getImportCheck() const;
 
 private slots:
     void enableOkButton();
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ private:
     QLabel *nameLabel;
     QLineEdit *nameEdit;
     QLineEdit *pathEdit;
+    QCheckBox *importCheck;
     QPushButton *browseBtn;
     QPushButton *okBtn;
     QPushButton *cancelBtn;
diff --git a/src/vconfigmanager.cpp b/src/vconfigmanager.cpp
index 60b7983a..b5abc43e 100644
--- a/src/vconfigmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/vconfigmanager.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ QJsonObject VConfigManager::readDirectoryConfig(const QString &path)
     return QJsonDocument::fromJson(configData).object();
 }
 
+bool VConfigManager::directoryConfigExist(const QString &path)
+{
+     QString configFile = QDir(path).filePath(dirConfigFileName);
+     QFile config(configFile);
+     return config.exists();
+}
+
 bool VConfigManager::writeDirectoryConfig(const QString &path, const QJsonObject &configJson)
 {
     QString configFile = QDir(path).filePath(dirConfigFileName);
diff --git a/src/vconfigmanager.h b/src/vconfigmanager.h
index 2ad322e1..70224df0 100644
--- a/src/vconfigmanager.h
+++ b/src/vconfigmanager.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
     // Read config from the directory config json file into a QJsonObject
     static QJsonObject readDirectoryConfig(const QString &path);
     static bool writeDirectoryConfig(const QString &path, const QJsonObject &configJson);
+    static bool directoryConfigExist(const QString &path);
     static bool deleteDirectoryConfig(const QString &path);
 
     // Constants
diff --git a/src/vnotebook.cpp b/src/vnotebook.cpp
index dd375fa7..1bc96347 100644
--- a/src/vnotebook.cpp
+++ b/src/vnotebook.cpp
@@ -38,13 +38,19 @@ bool VNotebook::open()
 }
 
 VNotebook *VNotebook::createNotebook(const QString &p_name, const QString &p_path,
-                                     QObject *p_parent)
+                                     bool p_import, QObject *p_parent)
 {
     VNotebook *nb = new VNotebook(p_name, p_path, p_parent);
     if (!nb) {
         return nb;
     }
 
+    // Check if there alread exists a config file.
+    if (p_import && VConfigManager::directoryConfigExist(p_path)) {
+        qDebug() << "import existing notebook";
+        return nb;
+    }
+
     // Create directory config in @p_path
     QJsonObject configJson = VDirectory::createDirectoryJson();
     if (!VConfigManager::writeDirectoryConfig(p_path, configJson)) {
diff --git a/src/vnotebook.h b/src/vnotebook.h
index d0df91cd..a85b6de7 100644
--- a/src/vnotebook.h
+++ b/src/vnotebook.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public:
     inline VDirectory *getRootDir();
     void rename(const QString &p_name);
 
-    static VNotebook *createNotebook(const QString &p_name, const QString &p_path,
+    static VNotebook *createNotebook(const QString &p_name, const QString &p_path, bool p_import,
                                      QObject *p_parent = 0);
     static void deleteNotebook(VNotebook *p_notebook);
 
diff --git a/src/vnotebookselector.cpp b/src/vnotebookselector.cpp
index c93391b3..e5f9d88d 100644
--- a/src/vnotebookselector.cpp
+++ b/src/vnotebookselector.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ bool VNotebookSelector::newNotebook()
                 defaultPath = path;
                 continue;
             }
-            createNotebook(name, path);
+            createNotebook(name, path, dialog.getImportCheck());
             return true;
         }
         break;
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ VNotebook *VNotebookSelector::findNotebook(const QString &p_name)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-void VNotebookSelector::createNotebook(const QString &p_name, const QString &p_path)
+void VNotebookSelector::createNotebook(const QString &p_name, const QString &p_path, bool p_import)
 {
-    VNotebook *nb = VNotebook::createNotebook(p_name, p_path, m_vnote);
+    VNotebook *nb = VNotebook::createNotebook(p_name, p_path, p_import, m_vnote);
     m_notebooks.append(nb);
     vconfig.setNotebooks(m_notebooks);
 
diff --git a/src/vnotebookselector.h b/src/vnotebookselector.h
index 07a47301..6e2a1d9b 100644
--- a/src/vnotebookselector.h
+++ b/src/vnotebookselector.h
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ private:
     VNotebook *findNotebook(const QString &p_name);
     // Return the index of @p_notebook in m_noteboks.
     int indexOfNotebook(const VNotebook *p_notebook);
-    void createNotebook(const QString &p_name, const QString &p_path);
+    // if @p_import is true, we will use the existing config file.
+    void createNotebook(const QString &p_name, const QString &p_path, bool p_import);
     void deleteNotebook(VNotebook *p_notebook);
     void addNotebookItem(const QString &p_name);
     // @p_index is the index of m_notebooks, NOT of QComboBox.