diff --git a/modules/ImportPlugin/src/main/java/org/gephi/io/importer/plugin/file/ImporterDOT.java b/modules/ImportPlugin/src/main/java/org/gephi/io/importer/plugin/file/ImporterDOT.java
index 27e4b37a0a4fcb35091393840382349772e616d0..fe4f033ad4bd94140d7222f36194ac14089da243 100644
--- a/modules/ImportPlugin/src/main/java/org/gephi/io/importer/plugin/file/ImporterDOT.java
+++ b/modules/ImportPlugin/src/main/java/org/gephi/io/importer/plugin/file/ImporterDOT.java
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ public class ImporterDOT implements FileImporter, LongTask {
             } else if (streamTokenizer.ttype == '[') {
                 NodeDraft nodeDraft = getOrCreateNode(nodeId);
                 nodeAttributes(streamTokenizer, nodeDraft);
+            } else {
+                getOrCreateNode(nodeId);
+                streamTokenizer.pushBack();
             }
         }
     }