diff --git a/cmd/abc/appbase_import.go b/cmd/abc/appbase_import.go
index 3aa4de2302117ba566dd7cc5e93ee331072ed8a5..8e3d81514a26dabc60bf3e504e442e88948d653f 100644
--- a/cmd/abc/appbase_import.go
+++ b/cmd/abc/appbase_import.go
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/appbaseio/abc/appbase/app"
-	"github.com/appbaseio/abc/appbase/common"
-	"github.com/appbaseio/abc/imports/adaptor"
-	"github.com/appbaseio/abc/log"
-	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/appbaseio/abc/appbase/app"
+	"github.com/appbaseio/abc/appbase/common"
+	"github.com/appbaseio/abc/imports/adaptor"
+	"github.com/appbaseio/abc/log"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
 
 // GLOBALS
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ func runImport(args []string) error {
 		"_name_":        "elasticsearch",
 		"request_size":  *requestSize,
 		"bulk_requests": *bulkRequests,
+		"tail":          *tail,
 	}
 
 	// write config file