diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee
index 529164a49e..f83d6e7d21 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ module.exports = ProjectCreationHandler =
 		if Settings.apis?.project_history?.displayHistoryForNewProjects
 			project.overleaf.history.display = true
 		if Settings.currentImageName?
-			project.imageName = Settings.currentImageName
+			# avoid clobbering any imageName already set in attributes (e.g. importedImageName)
+			project.imageName ?= Settings.currentImageName
 		project.rootFolder[0] = rootFolder
 		User.findById owner_id, "ace.spellCheckLanguage", (err, user)->
 			project.spellCheckLanguage = user.ace.spellCheckLanguage
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectCreationHandlerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectCreationHandlerTests.coffee
index 6d86545622..15499e6f71 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectCreationHandlerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectCreationHandlerTests.coffee
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe 'ProjectCreationHandler', ->
 					project.spellCheckLanguage.should.equal "de"
 					done()
 
-			it "should set the imageName to currentImageName if set", (done) ->
+			it "should set the imageName to currentImageName if set and no imageName attribute", (done) ->
 				@Settings.currentImageName = "mock-image-name"
 				@handler.createBlankProject ownerId, projectName, (err, project)=>
 					project.imageName.should.equal @Settings.currentImageName
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ describe 'ProjectCreationHandler', ->
 					expect(project.imageName).to.not.exist
 					done()
 
+			it "should set the imageName to the attribute value if set and not overwrite it with the currentImageName", (done) ->
+				@Settings.currentImageName = "mock-image-name"
+				attributes =
+					imageName: "attribute-image-name"
+				@handler.createBlankProject ownerId, projectName, attributes, (err, project)=>
+					project.imageName.should.equal attributes.imageName
+					done()
+
 			it "should not set the overleaf.history.display if not configured in settings", (done) ->
 				@Settings.apis.project_history.displayHistoryForNewProjects = false
 				@handler.createBlankProject ownerId, projectName, (err, project)=>