diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main-scene-collections.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main-scene-collections.cpp
index 067c7b7a4..ff92c063f 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main-scene-collections.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main-scene-collections.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ void OBSBasic::on_actionImportSceneCollection_triggered()
 {
 	char path[512];
 
-	QString home = QDir::homePath();
+	QString qhome = QDir::homePath();
 
 	int ret = GetConfigPath(path, 512, "obs-studio/basic/scenes/");
 	if (ret <= 0) {
@@ -380,25 +380,53 @@ void OBSBasic::on_actionImportSceneCollection_triggered()
 		return;
 	}
 
-	QString file = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(
+	QString qfilePath = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(
 			this,
 			QTStr("Basic.MainMenu.SceneCollection.Import"),
-			home,
+			qhome,
 			"JSON Files (*.json)");
 
-	QFileInfo finfo(file);
-	QString filename = finfo.fileName();
-	QFileInfo destinfo(path + filename);
+	QFileInfo finfo(qfilePath);
+	QString qfilename = finfo.fileName();
+	QString qpath = QT_UTF8(path);
+	QFileInfo destinfo(QT_UTF8(path) + qfilename);
 
-	if (!file.isEmpty() && !file.isNull()) {
-		 if (!destinfo.exists()) {
-			QFile::copy(file, path + filename);
-			RefreshSceneCollections();
-		} else {
-			OBSMessageBox::information(this,
-				QTStr("Basic.MainMenu.SceneCollection.Import"),
-				QTStr("Basic.MainMenu.SceneCollection.Exists"));
+	if (!qfilePath.isEmpty() && !qfilePath.isNull()) {
+		string absPath = QT_TO_UTF8(finfo.absoluteFilePath());
+		OBSData scenedata =
+			obs_data_create_from_json_file(absPath.c_str());
+		obs_data_release(scenedata);
+
+		string origName = obs_data_get_string(scenedata, "name");
+		string name = origName;
+		string file;
+		int inc = 1;
+
+		while (SceneCollectionExists(name.c_str())) {
+			name = origName + " (" + to_string(++inc) + ")";
 		}
+
+		obs_data_set_string(scenedata, "name", name.c_str());
+
+		if (!GetFileSafeName(name.c_str(), file)) {
+			blog(LOG_WARNING, __FUNCTION__ ": Failed to create "
+					"safe file name for '%s'",
+					name.c_str());
+			return;
+		}
+
+		string filePath = path + file;
+
+		if (!GetClosestUnusedFileName(filePath, "json")) {
+			blog(LOG_WARNING, __FUNCTION__ ": Failed to get "
+					"closest file name for %s",
+					file.c_str());
+			return;
+		}
+
+		obs_data_save_json_safe(scenedata, filePath.c_str(),
+				"tmp", "bak");
+		RefreshSceneCollections();
 	}
 }