diff --git a/internal/repository_test/importFlag_test.go b/internal/repository_test/importFlag_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3767ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/repository_test/importFlag_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 NHR@FAU, University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
+// All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package repository_test
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/internal/repository"
+)
+
+type Result struct {
+	JobId     int64
+	Cluster   string
+	StartTime int64
+	Duration  int32
+}
+
+func readResult(t *testing.T, testname string) Result {
+	var r Result
+
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata",
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s-golden.json", testname)))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Error when opening file: ", err)
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(content, &r)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Error during Unmarshal(): ", err)
+	}
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func TestHandleImportFlag(t *testing.T) {
+	r := setupRepo(t)
+
+	tests, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join("testdata", "*.input"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, path := range tests {
+		_, filename := filepath.Split(path)
+		str := strings.Split(strings.TrimSuffix(filename, ".input"), "-")
+		testname := str[1]
+
+		t.Run(testname, func(t *testing.T) {
+			s := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", filepath.Join("testdata",
+				fmt.Sprintf("meta-%s.input", testname)),
+				filepath.Join("testdata", fmt.Sprintf("data-%s.json", testname)))
+			err := repository.HandleImportFlag(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			result := readResult(t, testname)
+			job, err := r.Find(&result.JobId, &result.Cluster, &result.StartTime)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if job.Duration != result.Duration {
+				t.Errorf("wrong duration for job\ngot: %d \nwant: %d", job.Duration, result.Duration)
+			}
+
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/repository_test/testdata/taurus-golden.json b/internal/repository_test/testdata/taurus-golden.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e892e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/repository_test/testdata/taurus-golden.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "jobId": 398764,
+    "cluster": "fritz",
+    "startTime": 1675954353
+    "duration": 3400
+}