diff --git a/src/addons.js b/src/addons.js
index 3ddfa1114..11df620ba 100644
--- a/src/addons.js
+++ b/src/addons.js
@@ -306,14 +306,26 @@ function restoreAddons(app, addons, callback) {
     }, callback);
 }
 
+function importAppDatabase(app, addon, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof app, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof addon, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    if (!(addon in KNOWN_ADDONS)) return callback(new Error(`No such addon: ${addon}`));
+
+    async.series([
+        KNOWN_ADDONS[addon].setup.bind(null, app, app.manifest.addons[addon]),
+        KNOWN_ADDONS[addon].clear.bind(null, app, app.manifest.addons[addon]), // clear in case we crashed in a restore
+        KNOWN_ADDONS[addon].restore.bind(null, app, app.manifest.addons[addon])
+    ], callback);
+}
+
 function importDatabase(addon, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof addon, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
     debug(`importDatabase: Importing ${addon}`);
 
-    if (!(addon in KNOWN_ADDONS)) return callback(new Error(`No such addon: ${addon}`));
-
     appdb.getAll(function (error, apps) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
@@ -322,10 +334,7 @@ function importDatabase(addon, callback) {
 
             debug(`importDatabase: Importing addon ${addon} of app ${app.id}`);
 
-            async.series([
-                KNOWN_ADDONS[addon].setup.bind(null, app, app.manifest.addons[addon]),
-                KNOWN_ADDONS[addon].restore.bind(null, app, app.manifest.addons[addon])
-            ], function (error) {
+            importAppDatabase(app, addon, function (error) {
                 if (!error) return iteratorCallback();
 
                 debug(`importDatabase: Error importing ${addon} of app ${app.id}. Marking as errored`, error);
diff --git a/src/routes/sysadmin.js b/src/routes/sysadmin.js
index 4eb80939e..a0fd3b1f2 100644
--- a/src/routes/sysadmin.js
+++ b/src/routes/sysadmin.js
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 exports = module.exports = {
     backup: backup,
     update: update,
-    retire: retire
+    retire: retire,
+
+    importAppDatabase: importAppDatabase
 };
 
-var backups = require('../backups.js'),
+var apps = require('../apps.js'),
+    AppsError = apps.AppsError,
+    addons = require('../addons.js'),
+    backups = require('../backups.js'),
     BackupsError = require('../backups.js').BackupsError,
     cloudron = require('../cloudron.js'),
     debug = require('debug')('box:routes/sysadmin'),
@@ -48,8 +53,21 @@ function retire(req, res, next) {
     debug('triggering retire');
 
     cloudron.retire('migrate', { }, function (error) {
-        if (error) console.error('Retire failed.', error);
+        if (error) debug('Retire failed.', error);
     });
 
     next(new HttpSuccess(202, {}));
 }
+
+function importAppDatabase(req, res, next) {
+    apps.get(req.params.id, function (error, app) {
+        if (error && error.reason === AppsError.NOT_FOUND) return next(new HttpError(404, 'No such app'));
+        if (error) return next(new HttpError(500, error));
+
+        addons.importAppDatabase(app, req.query.addon || '', function (error) {
+            if (error) return next(new HttpError(500, error));
+
+            next(new HttpSuccess(202, {}));
+        });
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index c5f760ee2..d23372fe0 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ function initializeSysadminExpressSync() {
     router.post('/api/v1/backup', routes.sysadmin.backup);
     router.post('/api/v1/update', routes.sysadmin.update);
     router.post('/api/v1/retire', routes.sysadmin.retire);
+    router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/import', routes.sysadmin.importAppDatabase);
 
     return httpServer;
 }