diff --git a/dialogs/loaddialog.cpp b/dialogs/loaddialog.cpp
index 923d5a8c3..310e668ca 100644
--- a/dialogs/loaddialog.cpp
+++ b/dialogs/loaddialog.cpp
@@ -31,48 +31,50 @@
 #include "ui/sourcetable.h"
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 
-LoadDialog::LoadDialog(QWidget *parent, bool autorecovery) : QDialog(parent) {
-	setWindowTitle(tr("Loading..."));
-	setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
+LoadDialog::LoadDialog(QWidget *parent, const QString& fn, bool autorecovery, bool clear) :
+  QDialog(parent)
+{
+  setWindowTitle(tr("Loading..."));
+  setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
 
-	QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
+  QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
 
-    layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Loading '%1'...").arg(olive::ActiveProjectFilename.mid(olive::ActiveProjectFilename.lastIndexOf('/')+1)), this));
+  layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Loading '%1'...").arg(olive::ActiveProjectFilename.mid(olive::ActiveProjectFilename.lastIndexOf('/')+1)), this));
 
-	bar = new QProgressBar(this);
-	bar->setValue(0);
-	layout->addWidget(bar);
+  bar = new QProgressBar(this);
+  bar->setValue(0);
+  layout->addWidget(bar);
 
-	cancel_button = new QPushButton(tr("Cancel"), this);
-	connect(cancel_button, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(cancel()));
+  cancel_button = new QPushButton(tr("Cancel"), this);
+  connect(cancel_button, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(cancel()));
 
-    hboxLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
-	hboxLayout->addStretch();
-	hboxLayout->addWidget(cancel_button);
-	hboxLayout->addStretch();
+  hboxLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
+  hboxLayout->addStretch();
+  hboxLayout->addWidget(cancel_button);
+  hboxLayout->addStretch();
 
-	layout->addLayout(hboxLayout);
+  layout->addLayout(hboxLayout);
 
-	update();
+  update();
 
-    lt = new LoadThread(autorecovery);
-	QObject::connect(lt, SIGNAL(success()), this, SLOT(thread_done()));
-	QObject::connect(lt, SIGNAL(error()), this, SLOT(die()));
-	QObject::connect(lt, SIGNAL(report_progress(int)), bar, SLOT(setValue(int)));
-	lt->start();
+  lt = new LoadThread(fn, autorecovery, clear);
+  QObject::connect(lt, SIGNAL(success()), this, SLOT(thread_done()));
+  QObject::connect(lt, SIGNAL(error()), this, SLOT(die()));
+  QObject::connect(lt, SIGNAL(report_progress(int)), bar, SLOT(setValue(int)));
+  lt->start();
 }
 
 void LoadDialog::cancel() {
-	lt->cancel();
-	lt->wait();
-	die();
+  lt->cancel();
+  lt->wait();
+  die();
 }
 
 void LoadDialog::die() {
-    olive::Global->new_project();
-	reject();
+  olive::Global->new_project();
+  reject();
 }
 
 void LoadDialog::thread_done() {
-	accept();
+  accept();
 }
diff --git a/dialogs/loaddialog.h b/dialogs/loaddialog.h
index e75bc289d..285a58448 100644
--- a/dialogs/loaddialog.h
+++ b/dialogs/loaddialog.h
@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@
 
 class LoadDialog : public QDialog
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
+  Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    LoadDialog(QWidget* parent, bool autorecovery);
+  LoadDialog(QWidget* parent, const QString& filename, bool autorecovery, bool clear);
 private slots:
-    void cancel();
-	void die();
-    void thread_done();
+  void cancel();
+  void die();
+  void thread_done();
 private:
-	QProgressBar* bar;
-    QPushButton* cancel_button;
-    QHBoxLayout* hboxLayout;
-    LoadThread* lt;
+  QProgressBar* bar;
+  QPushButton* cancel_button;
+  QHBoxLayout* hboxLayout;
+  LoadThread* lt;
 };
 
 #endif // LOADDIALOG_H
diff --git a/io/loadthread.cpp b/io/loadthread.cpp
index 8070eb990..8130fdd18 100644
--- a/io/loadthread.cpp
+++ b/io/loadthread.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QTreeWidgetItem>
 
-LoadThread::LoadThread(bool a) : autorecovery(a), cancelled(false) {
+LoadThread::LoadThread(const QString& filename, bool autorecovery, bool clear) :
+  filename_(filename),
+  autorecovery_(autorecovery),
+  clear_(clear),
+  cancelled_(false)
+{
   connect(this, SIGNAL(finished()), this, SLOT(deleteLater()));
   connect(this, SIGNAL(success()), this, SLOT(success_func()));
   connect(this, SIGNAL(error()), this, SLOT(error_func()));
@@ -45,7 +50,10 @@ LoadThread::LoadThread(bool a) : autorecovery(a), cancelled(false) {
           SIGNAL(start_create_effect_ui(QXmlStreamReader*, Clip*, int, const QString*, const EffectMeta*, long, bool)),
           this,
           SLOT(create_effect_ui(QXmlStreamReader*, Clip*, int, const QString*, const EffectMeta*, long, bool)));
-  connect(this, SIGNAL(start_question(const QString&, const QString &, int)), this, SLOT(question_func(const QString &, const QString &, int)));
+  connect(this,
+          SIGNAL(start_question(const QString&, const QString &, int)),
+          this,
+          SLOT(question_func(const QString &, const QString &, int)));
 }
 
 void LoadThread::load_effect(QXmlStreamReader& stream, Clip* c) {
@@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ bool LoadThread::load_worker(QFile& f, QXmlStreamReader& stream, int type) {
 
   int proj_version = olive::kSaveVersion;
 
-  while (!stream.atEnd() && !cancelled) {
+  while (!stream.atEnd() && !cancelled_) {
     read_next_start_element(stream);
     if (stream.name() == root_search) {
       if (type == LOAD_TYPE_VERSION) {
@@ -195,7 +203,7 @@ bool LoadThread::load_worker(QFile& f, QXmlStreamReader& stream, int type) {
         internal_proj_url = stream.readElementText();
         internal_proj_dir = QFileInfo(internal_proj_url).absoluteDir();
       } else {
-        while (!cancelled && !stream.atEnd() && !(stream.name() == root_search && stream.isEndElement())) {
+        while (!cancelled_ && !stream.atEnd() && !(stream.name() == root_search && stream.isEndElement())) {
           read_next(stream);
           if (stream.name() == child_search && stream.isStartElement()) {
             switch (type) {
@@ -298,7 +306,7 @@ bool LoadThread::load_worker(QFile& f, QXmlStreamReader& stream, int type) {
                 }
               }
 
-              while (!cancelled && !(stream.name() == child_search && stream.isEndElement()) && !stream.atEnd()) {
+              while (!cancelled_ && !(stream.name() == child_search && stream.isEndElement()) && !stream.atEnd()) {
                 read_next_start_element(stream);
                 if (stream.name() == "marker" && stream.isStartElement()) {
                   Marker m;
@@ -363,7 +371,7 @@ bool LoadThread::load_worker(QFile& f, QXmlStreamReader& stream, int type) {
               }
 
               // load all clips and clip information
-              while (!cancelled && !(stream.name() == child_search && stream.isEndElement()) && !stream.atEnd()) {
+              while (!cancelled_ && !(stream.name() == child_search && stream.isEndElement()) && !stream.atEnd()) {
                 read_next_start_element(stream);
                 if (stream.name() == "marker" && stream.isStartElement()) {
                   Marker m;
@@ -448,11 +456,11 @@ bool LoadThread::load_worker(QFile& f, QXmlStreamReader& stream, int type) {
                   }
 
                   // load links and effects
-                  while (!cancelled && !(stream.name() == "clip" && stream.isEndElement()) && !stream.atEnd()) {
+                  while (!cancelled_ && !(stream.name() == "clip" && stream.isEndElement()) && !stream.atEnd()) {
                     read_next(stream);
                     if (stream.isStartElement()) {
                       if (stream.name() == "linked") {
-                        while (!cancelled && !(stream.name() == "linked" && stream.isEndElement()) && !stream.atEnd()) {
+                        while (!cancelled_ && !(stream.name() == "linked" && stream.isEndElement()) && !stream.atEnd()) {
                           read_next(stream);
                           if (stream.name() == "link" && stream.isStartElement()) {
                             for (int k=0;k<stream.attributes().size();k++) {
@@ -464,7 +472,7 @@ bool LoadThread::load_worker(QFile& f, QXmlStreamReader& stream, int type) {
                             }
                           }
                         }
-                        if (cancelled) return false;
+                        if (cancelled_) return false;
                       } else if (stream.isStartElement()
                                  && (stream.name() == "effect"
                                      || stream.name() == "opening"
@@ -484,12 +492,12 @@ bool LoadThread::load_worker(QFile& f, QXmlStreamReader& stream, int type) {
                       }
                     }
                   }
-                  if (cancelled) return false;
+                  if (cancelled_) return false;
 
                   s->clips.append(c);
                 }
               }
-              if (cancelled) return false;
+              if (cancelled_) return false;
 
               // correct links, clip IDs, transitions
               for (int i=0;i<s->clips.size();i++) {
@@ -530,12 +538,12 @@ bool LoadThread::load_worker(QFile& f, QXmlStreamReader& stream, int type) {
             }
           }
         }
-        if (cancelled) return false;
+        if (cancelled_) return false;
       }
       break;
     }
   }
-  return !cancelled;
+  return !cancelled_;
 }
 
 Media* LoadThread::find_loaded_folder_by_id(int id) {
@@ -552,7 +560,7 @@ Media* LoadThread::find_loaded_folder_by_id(int id) {
 void LoadThread::run() {
   mutex.lock();
 
-  QFile file(olive::ActiveProjectFilename);
+  QFile file(filename_);
   if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
     qCritical() << "Could not open file";
     return;
@@ -563,9 +571,9 @@ void LoadThread::run() {
    * case the project file has moved without the footage,
    * we check both
    */
-  proj_dir = QFileInfo(olive::ActiveProjectFilename).absoluteDir();
-  internal_proj_dir = QFileInfo(olive::ActiveProjectFilename).absoluteDir();
-  internal_proj_url = olive::ActiveProjectFilename;
+  proj_dir = QFileInfo(filename_).absoluteDir();
+  internal_proj_dir = QFileInfo(filename_).absoluteDir();
+  internal_proj_url = filename_;
 
   QXmlStreamReader stream(&file);
 
@@ -583,13 +591,13 @@ void LoadThread::run() {
   // get "element" count
   current_element_count = 0;
   total_element_count = 0;
-  while (!cancelled && !stream.atEnd()) {
+  while (!cancelled_ && !stream.atEnd()) {
     stream.readNextStartElement();
     if (is_element(stream)) {
       total_element_count++;
     }
   }
-  cont = !cancelled;
+  cont = !cancelled_;
 
   // find project file version
   if (cont) {
@@ -627,7 +635,7 @@ void LoadThread::run() {
     cont = load_worker(file, stream, MEDIA_TYPE_SEQUENCE);
   }
 
-  if (!cancelled) {
+  if (!cancelled_) {
     if (!cont) {
       xml_error = false;
       if (show_err) emit error();
@@ -672,7 +680,7 @@ void LoadThread::run() {
 
 void LoadThread::cancel() {
   waitCond.wakeAll();
-  cancelled = true;
+  cancelled_ = true;
 }
 
 void LoadThread::question_func(const QString &title, const QString &text, int buttons) {
@@ -691,7 +699,7 @@ void LoadThread::error_func() {
     qCritical() << "Error parsing XML." << error_str;
     QMessageBox::critical(olive::MainWindow,
                           tr("XML Parsing Error"),
-                          tr("Couldn't load '%1'. %2").arg(olive::ActiveProjectFilename, error_str),
+                          tr("Couldn't load '%1'. %2").arg(filename_, error_str),
                           QMessageBox::Ok);
   } else {
     QMessageBox::critical(olive::MainWindow,
@@ -702,7 +710,7 @@ void LoadThread::error_func() {
 }
 
 void LoadThread::success_func() {
-  if (autorecovery) {
+  if (autorecovery_) {
     QString orig_filename = internal_proj_url;
     int insert_index = internal_proj_url.lastIndexOf(".ove", -1, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
     if (insert_index == -1) insert_index = internal_proj_url.length();
@@ -717,12 +725,14 @@ void LoadThread::success_func() {
       counter++;
     }
 
-    olive::Global->update_project_filename(orig_filename);
+    if (clear_) {
+      olive::Global->update_project_filename(orig_filename);
+    }
   } else {
-    panel_project->add_recent_project(olive::ActiveProjectFilename);
+    panel_project->add_recent_project(filename_);
   }
 
-  olive::MainWindow->setWindowModified(autorecovery);
+  olive::MainWindow->setWindowModified(autorecovery_ || !clear_);
   if (open_seq != nullptr) {
     olive::Global->set_sequence(open_seq);
   }
@@ -762,7 +772,7 @@ void LoadThread::create_effect_ui(
   // lock mutex - ensures the load thread is suspended while this happens
   mutex.lock();
 
-  if (cancelled) return;
+  if (cancelled_) return;
   if (type == kTransitionNone) {
     if (meta == nullptr) {
       // create void effect
diff --git a/io/loadthread.h b/io/loadthread.h
index 28d9e00fb..14b92e7b2 100644
--- a/io/loadthread.h
+++ b/io/loadthread.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class LoadThread : public QThread
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 public:
-  LoadThread(bool a);
+  LoadThread(const QString& filename, bool autorecovery, bool clear);
   void run();
   void cancel();
 signals:
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ private slots:
                         long effect_length,
                         bool effect_enabled);
 private:
-  bool autorecovery;
+  bool autorecovery_;
+  bool clear_;
+  QString filename_;
 
   bool load_worker(QFile& f, QXmlStreamReader& stream, int type);
   void load_effect(QXmlStreamReader& stream, Clip* c);
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ private:
   QMutex mutex;
   QWaitCondition waitCond;
 
-  bool cancelled;
+  bool cancelled_;
   bool xml_error;
 
   QMessageBox::StandardButton question_btn;
diff --git a/oliveglobal.cpp b/oliveglobal.cpp
index a62ab05cc..7317e20e6 100644
--- a/oliveglobal.cpp
+++ b/oliveglobal.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ void OliveGlobal::set_sequence(SequencePtr s)
 
 void OliveGlobal::open_project_worker(const QString& fn, bool autorecovery) {
   update_project_filename(fn);
-  panel_project->load_project(autorecovery);
+  panel_project->load_project(fn, autorecovery, true);
   olive::UndoStack.clear();
 }
 
diff --git a/panels/project.cpp b/panels/project.cpp
index 1458ba4f0..891b2f31d 100644
--- a/panels/project.cpp
+++ b/panels/project.cpp
@@ -655,9 +655,12 @@ void Project::delete_selected_media() {
 void Project::process_file_list(QStringList& files, bool recursive, Media* replace, Media* parent) {
   bool imported = false;
 
+  // retrieve the array of image formats from the user's configuration
+  QStringList image_sequence_formats = olive::CurrentConfig.img_seq_formats.split("|");
+
+  // a cache of image sequence formatted URLS to assist the user in importing image sequences
   QVector<QString> image_sequence_urls;
   QVector<bool> image_sequence_importassequence;
-  QStringList image_sequence_formats = olive::CurrentConfig.img_seq_formats.split("|");
 
   if (!recursive) last_imported_media.clear();
 
@@ -665,8 +668,12 @@ void Project::process_file_list(QStringList& files, bool recursive, Media* repla
   ComboAction* ca = nullptr;
   if (create_undo_action) ca = new ComboAction();
 
+  // Loop through received files
   for (int i=0;i<files.size();i++) {
+
+    // If this file is a directory, we'll recursively call this function again to process the directory's contents
     if (QFileInfo(files.at(i)).isDir()) {
+
       QString folder_name = get_file_name_from_path(files.at(i));
       Media* folder = create_folder_internal(folder_name);
 
@@ -689,132 +696,193 @@ void Project::process_file_list(QStringList& files, bool recursive, Media* repla
       }
 
       imported = true;
+
     } else if (!files.at(i).isEmpty()) {
-      QString file(files.at(i));
-      bool skip = false;
+      QString file = files.at(i);
 
-      /* Heuristic to determine whether file is part of an image sequence */
+      // Check if the user is importing an Olive project file
+      if (file.endsWith(".ove", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
 
-      // check file extension (assume it's not a
+        // This file is an Olive project file. Ask the user if they really want to import it.
+        if (QMessageBox::question(this,
+                                  tr("Import a Project"),
+                                  tr("\"%1\" is an Olive project file. It will merge with this project. "
+                                     "Do you wish to continue?").arg(file),
+                                  QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No) == QMessageBox::Yes) {
+
+          // load the project without clearing the current one
+          load_project(file, false, false);
 
-      int lastcharindex = file.lastIndexOf(".");
-      bool found = true;
-      if (lastcharindex != -1 && lastcharindex > file.lastIndexOf('/')) {
-        // image_sequence_formats
-        found = false;
-        QString ext = file.mid(lastcharindex+1);
-        for (int j=0;j<image_sequence_formats.size();j++) {
-          if (ext == image_sequence_formats.at(j)) {
-            found = true;
-            break;
-          }
         }
+
       } else {
-        lastcharindex = file.length();
-      }
 
-      if (lastcharindex == 0) lastcharindex++;
+        // This file is NOT an Olive project file
 
-      // used for image sequences that don't start at "0"
-      int start_number = 0;
+        // Used later if this file is part of an already processed image sequence
+        bool skip = false;
 
-      if (found && file[lastcharindex-1].isDigit()) {
+        /* Heuristic to determine whether file is part of an image sequence */
 
-        bool is_img_sequence = false;
+        // Firstly, we run a heuristic on whether this file is an image by checking its file extension
 
-        // how many digits are in the filename?
-        int digit_count = 0;
-        int digit_test = lastcharindex-1;
-        while (file[digit_test].isDigit()) {
-          digit_count++;
-          digit_test--;
-        }
+        bool file_is_an_image = false;
 
-        // retrieve number from filename
-        digit_test++;
-        int file_number = file.mid(digit_test, digit_count).toInt();
+        // Get the string position of the extension in the filename
+        int lastcharindex = file.lastIndexOf(".");
 
-        // Check if there are files with the same filename but just different numbers
-        if (QFileInfo::exists(QString(file.left(digit_test) + QString("%1").arg(file_number-1, digit_count, 10, QChar('0')) + file.mid(lastcharindex)))
-            || QFileInfo::exists(QString(file.left(digit_test) + QString("%1").arg(file_number+1, digit_count, 10, QChar('0')) + file.mid(lastcharindex)))) {
-          is_img_sequence = true;
-        }
+        if (lastcharindex != -1 && lastcharindex > file.lastIndexOf('/')) {
 
-        if (is_img_sequence) {
-          // get the URL that we would pass to FFmpeg to force it to read the image as a sequence
-          QString new_filename = file.left(digit_test) + "%" + QString::number(digit_count) + "d" + file.mid(lastcharindex);
+          QString ext = file.mid(lastcharindex+1);
 
-          // add image sequence url to a vector in case the user imported several files that
-          // we're interpreting as a possible sequence
-          found = false;
-          for (int i=0;i<image_sequence_urls.size();i++) {
-            if (image_sequence_urls.at(i) == new_filename) {
-              // either SKIP if we're importing as a sequence, or leave it if we aren't
-              if (image_sequence_importassequence.at(i)) {
-                skip = true;
-              }
-              found = true;
-              break;
-            }
+          // If the file extension is part of a predetermined list (from Config::img_seq_formats), we'll treat it
+          // as an image
+          if (image_sequence_formats.contains(ext, Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+            file_is_an_image = true;
           }
-          if (!found) {
-            image_sequence_urls.append(new_filename);
-            if (QMessageBox::question(this,
-                                      tr("Image sequence detected"),
-                                      tr("The file '%1' appears to be part of an image sequence. Would you like to import it as such?").arg(file),
-                                      QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No,
-                                      QMessageBox::Yes) == QMessageBox::Yes) {
-              file = new_filename;
-              image_sequence_importassequence.append(true);
 
+        } else {
 
-              // try to find the start number for this image sequence
-              int test_file_number = file_number;
-              do {
-                test_file_number--;
-              } while (QFileInfo::exists(QString("%1%2%3").arg(file.left(digit_test),
-                                                               QString("%1").arg(test_file_number, digit_count, 10, QChar('0')),
-                                                               file.mid(lastcharindex))));
-              start_number = test_file_number + 1;
+          // If we're here, the file has no extension, but we'll still check if its an image sequence just in case
+          lastcharindex = file.length();
+          file_is_an_image = true;
+
+        }
+
+        // Some image sequence's don't start at "0", if it is indeed an image sequence, we'll use this variable
+        // later to determine where it does start
+        int start_number = 0;
+
+        // Check if we passed the earlier heuristic to check whether this is a file, and whether the last number in
+        // the filename (before the extension) is a number
+        if (file_is_an_image && file[lastcharindex-1].isDigit()) {
+
+          // Check how many digits are at the end of this filename
+          int digit_count = 0;
+          int digit_test = lastcharindex-1;
+          while (file[digit_test].isDigit()) {
+            digit_count++;
+            digit_test--;
+          }
+
+          // Retrieve the integer represented at the end of this filename
+          digit_test++;
+          int file_number = file.mid(digit_test, digit_count).toInt();
+
+          // Check whether a file exists with the same format but one number higher or one number lower
+          if (QFileInfo::exists(QString(file.left(digit_test) + QString("%1").arg(file_number-1, digit_count, 10, QChar('0')) + file.mid(lastcharindex)))
+              || QFileInfo::exists(QString(file.left(digit_test) + QString("%1").arg(file_number+1, digit_count, 10, QChar('0')) + file.mid(lastcharindex)))) {
+
+            //
+            // If so, it certainly looks like it *could* be an image sequence, but we'll ask the user just in case
+            //
+
+            // Firstly we should check if this file is part of a sequence the user has already confirmed as either a
+            // sequence or not a sequence (e.g. if the user happened to select a bunch of images that happen to increase
+            // consecutively). We format the filename with FFmpeg's '%Nd' (N = digits) formatting for reading image
+            // sequences
+            QString new_filename = file.left(digit_test) + "%" + QString::number(digit_count) + "d" + file.mid(lastcharindex);
+
+            int does_url_cache_already_contain_this = image_sequence_urls.indexOf(new_filename);
+
+            if (does_url_cache_already_contain_this > -1) {
+
+              // We've already processed an image with the same formatting
+
+              // Check if the last time we saw this formatting, the user chose to import as a sequence
+              if (image_sequence_importassequence.at(does_url_cache_already_contain_this)) {
+
+                // If so, no need to import this file too, so we signal to the rest of the function to skip this file
+                skip = true;
+
+              }
+
+              // If not, we can fall-through to the next step which is importing normally
 
             } else {
-              image_sequence_importassequence.append(false);
+
+              // If we're here, we've never seen a file with this formatting before, so we'll ask whether to import
+              // as a sequence or not
+
+              // Add this file formatting file to the URL cache
+              image_sequence_urls.append(new_filename);
+
+              // This does look like an image sequence, let's ask the user if it'll indeed be an image sequence
+              if (QMessageBox::question(this,
+                                        tr("Image sequence detected"),
+                                        tr("The file '%1' appears to be part of an image sequence. "
+                                           "Would you like to import it as such?").arg(file),
+                                        QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No,
+                                        QMessageBox::Yes) == QMessageBox::Yes) {
+
+                // Proceed to the next step of this with the formatted filename
+                file = new_filename;
+
+                // Cache the user's answer alongside the image_sequence_urls value - in this case, YES, this will be an
+                // image sequence
+                image_sequence_importassequence.append(true);
+
+
+                // FFmpeg needs to know what file number to start at in the sequence. In case the image sequence doesn't
+                // start at a zero, we'll loop decreasing the number until it doesn't exist anymore
+                QString test_filename_format = QString("%1%2%3").arg(file.left(digit_test), "%1", file.mid(lastcharindex));
+                int test_file_number = file_number;
+                do {
+                  test_file_number--;
+                } while (QFileInfo::exists(test_filename_format.arg(QString("%1").arg(test_file_number, digit_count, 10, QChar('0')))));
+
+                // set the image sequence's start number to the last that existed
+                start_number = test_file_number + 1;
+
+              } else {
+
+                // Cache the user's response to the image sequence question - i.e. none of the files imported with this
+                // formatting should be imported as an image sequence
+                image_sequence_importassequence.append(false);
+
+              }
+            }
+
+          }
+
+        }
+
+        // If we're not skipping this file, let's import it
+        if (!skip) {
+          Media* item;
+          FootagePtr m;
+
+          if (replace != nullptr) {
+            item = replace;
+          } else {
+            item = new Media(parent);
+          }
+
+          m = FootagePtr(new Footage());
+
+          m->using_inout = false;
+          m->url = file;
+          m->name = get_file_name_from_path(files.at(i));
+          m->start_number = start_number;
+
+          item->set_footage(m);
+
+          last_imported_media.append(item);
+
+          if (replace == nullptr) {
+            if (create_undo_action) {
+              ca->append(new AddMediaCommand(item, parent));
+            } else {
+              parent->appendChild(item);
             }
           }
+
+          imported = true;
         }
+
       }
 
-      if (!skip) {
-        Media* item;
-        FootagePtr m;
 
-        if (replace != nullptr) {
-          item = replace;
-        } else {
-          item = new Media(parent);
-        }
-
-        m = FootagePtr(new Footage());
-
-        m->using_inout = false;
-        m->url = file;
-        m->name = get_file_name_from_path(files.at(i));
-        m->start_number = start_number;
-
-        item->set_footage(m);
-
-        last_imported_media.append(item);
-
-        if (replace == nullptr) {
-          if (create_undo_action) {
-            ca->append(new AddMediaCommand(item, parent));
-          } else {
-            parent->appendChild(item);
-          }
-        }
-
-        imported = true;
-      }
     }
   }
   if (create_undo_action) {
@@ -966,10 +1034,16 @@ void Project::new_project() {
   olive::MainWindow->setWindowModified(false);
 }
 
-void Project::load_project(bool autorecovery) {
-  new_project();
+void Project::load_project(const QString& filename, bool autorecovery, bool clear) {
 
-  LoadDialog ld(this, autorecovery);
+  // Normally, the user will be closing the previous project to load a new one, but just in case the user
+  // is importing a new project
+
+  if (clear) {
+    new_project();
+  }
+
+  LoadDialog ld(this, filename, autorecovery, clear);
   ld.exec();
 }
 
diff --git a/panels/project.h b/panels/project.h
index db9aeb46b..4b1414f76 100644
--- a/panels/project.h
+++ b/panels/project.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public:
   void add_recent_project(QString url);
 
   void new_project();
-  void load_project(bool autorecovery);
+  void load_project(const QString &filename, bool autorecovery, bool clear);
   void save_project(bool autorecovery);
 
   Media* create_folder_internal(QString name);