diff --git a/backend/packages/Upgrade/src/api/services/FeatureFlagService.ts b/backend/packages/Upgrade/src/api/services/FeatureFlagService.ts
index 1a62db43fd..6c8963d8bd 100644
--- a/backend/packages/Upgrade/src/api/services/FeatureFlagService.ts
+++ b/backend/packages/Upgrade/src/api/services/FeatureFlagService.ts
@@ -727,7 +727,13 @@ export class FeatureFlagService {
 
     const createdFlags = [];
 
-    for (const featureFlag of validFiles) {
+    for (const featureFlagWithEnabledSettings of validFiles) {
+      const featureFlag = {
+        ...featureFlagWithEnabledSettings,
+        status: FEATURE_FLAG_STATUS.DISABLED,
+        filterMode: FILTER_MODE.EXCLUDE_ALL,
+      };
+
       const createdFlag = await this.dataSource.transaction(async (transactionalEntityManager) => {
         const newFlag = await this.addFeatureFlagInDB(
           this.featureFlagValidatorToFlag(featureFlag),
@@ -751,6 +757,7 @@ export class FeatureFlagService {
 
           return {
             ...segmentInclusionList,
+            enabled: false,
             flagId: newFlag.id,
             segment: { ...segmentInclusionList.segment, userIds, subSegmentIds, groups },
           };
diff --git a/backend/packages/Upgrade/test/unit/services/FeatureFlagService.test.ts b/backend/packages/Upgrade/test/unit/services/FeatureFlagService.test.ts
index 13aa2b674f..41aabc8566 100644
--- a/backend/packages/Upgrade/test/unit/services/FeatureFlagService.test.ts
+++ b/backend/packages/Upgrade/test/unit/services/FeatureFlagService.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { Container } from '../../../src/typeorm-typedi-extensions';
 import {
   FLAG_SEARCH_KEY,
   FLAG_SORT_KEY,
+  FF_COMPATIBILITY_TYPE,
 } from '../../../src/api/controllers/validators/FeatureFlagsPaginatedParamsValidator';
 import {
   FEATURE_FLAG_LIST_FILTER_MODE,
@@ -61,6 +62,17 @@ describe('Feature Flag Service Testing', () => {
 
   const mockFlag3 = new FeatureFlagValidation();
 
+  const mockFlag4 = new FeatureFlag();
+  mockFlag4.name = 'name';
+  mockFlag4.key = 'key4';
+  mockFlag4.description = 'description';
+  mockFlag4.context = ['context1'];
+  mockFlag4.status = FEATURE_FLAG_STATUS.ENABLED;
+  mockFlag4.filterMode = FILTER_MODE.INCLUDE_ALL;
+  mockFlag4.tags = [];
+  mockFlag4.featureFlagSegmentInclusion = [];
+  mockFlag4.featureFlagSegmentExclusion = [];
+
   const mockSegment = {
     name: 'name',
     id: uuid(),
@@ -151,18 +163,20 @@ describe('Feature Flag Service Testing', () => {
           useValue: {
             upsertSegmentInPipeline: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockList),
             deleteSegment: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockList),
+            getSegmentByIds: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([mockSegment]),
           },
         },
         {
           provide: getRepositoryToken(FeatureFlagRepository),
           useValue: {
             find: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockFlagArr),
+            findBy: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockFlagArr),
             findOne: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockFlag1),
             findWithNames: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockFlagArr),
             findOneById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockFlag1),
             count: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockFlagArr.length),
             findPaginated: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockFlagArr),
-            insertFeatureFlag: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockFlag1),
+            insertFeatureFlag: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([mockFlag1]),
             deleteById: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockFlag1.id),
             updateState: jest.fn().mockImplementation((id, status) => {
               return status;
@@ -424,4 +438,49 @@ describe('Feature Flag Service Testing', () => {
 
     expect(result).toBeTruthy();
   });
+
+  it('should import a feature flag from a valid file', async () => {
+    const result = await service.importFeatureFlags(
+      [{ fileName: 'import.json', fileContent: JSON.stringify(mockFlag4) }],
+      mockUser1,
+      logger
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      {
+        fileName: 'import.json',
+        error: null,
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should not import a feature flag with a duplicate key', async () => {
+    const result = await service.importFeatureFlags(
+      [{ fileName: 'import.json', fileContent: JSON.stringify(mockFlag1) }],
+      mockUser1,
+      logger
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      {
+        fileName: 'import.json',
+        error: FF_COMPATIBILITY_TYPE.INCOMPATIBLE,
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should not import a feature flag with incomplete definition', async () => {
+    const result = await service.importFeatureFlags(
+      [{ fileName: 'import.json', fileContent: JSON.stringify(mockFlag3) }],
+      mockUser1,
+      logger
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      {
+        fileName: 'import.json',
+        error: FF_COMPATIBILITY_TYPE.INCOMPATIBLE,
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
 });