diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/administer/StructBuilder.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/administer/StructBuilder.java
index d512358be0..50183e4311 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/administer/StructBuilder.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/administer/StructBuilder.java
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ public class StructBuilder {
             }
 
             importStructure(context, inputStream, outputStream);
+            // save changes from import
+            context.complete();
         }
         System.exit(0);
     }
@@ -304,8 +306,6 @@ public class StructBuilder {
                     output, e.getMessage());
             System.exit(1);
         }
-
-        context.complete();
     }
 
     /**