diff --git a/src/services/import/single.ts b/src/services/import/single.ts
index 465d3b7a8..18b22329f 100644
--- a/src/services/import/single.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/single.ts
@@ -149,15 +149,18 @@ function importMarkdown(taskContext: TaskContext, file: File, parentNote: BNote)
 }
 
 function importHtml(taskContext: TaskContext, file: File, parentNote: BNote) {
-    const title = utils.getNoteTitle(file.originalname, !!taskContext.data?.replaceUnderscoresWithSpaces);
     let content = file.buffer.toString("utf-8");
-
+    
     if (taskContext?.data?.safeImport) {
         content = htmlSanitizer.sanitize(content);
     }
-
+    
+    // Try to get title from HTML first, fall back to filename
+    const htmlTitle = importUtils.extractHtmlTitle(content);
+    const title = htmlTitle || utils.getNoteTitle(file.originalname, !!taskContext.data?.replaceUnderscoresWithSpaces);
+    
     content = importUtils.handleH1(content, title);
-
+    
     const {note} = noteService.createNewNote({
         parentNoteId: parentNote.noteId,
         title,
@@ -166,9 +169,9 @@ function importHtml(taskContext: TaskContext, file: File, parentNote: BNote) {
         mime: 'text/html',
         isProtected: parentNote.isProtected && protectedSessionService.isProtectedSessionAvailable(),
     });
-
+    
     taskContext.increaseProgressCount();
-
+    
     return note;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/import/utils.ts b/src/services/import/utils.ts
index b85700230..ea3cb075e 100644
--- a/src/services/import/utils.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/utils.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ function handleH1(content: string, title: string) {
     return content;
 }
 
+function extractHtmlTitle(content: string): string | null {
+    const titleMatch = content.match(/<title[^>]*>([^<]+)<\/title>/i);
+    return titleMatch ? titleMatch[1].trim() : null;
+}
+
 export default {
-    handleH1
+    handleH1,
+    extractHtmlTitle
 };