diff --git a/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts b/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts
index ec76883b8..965c1bd33 100644
--- a/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts
+++ b/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ function sanitize(dirtyHtml: string) {
             'mumble', 'nfs', 'onenote', 'pop', 'rmi', 's3', 'sftp', 'skype', 'sms', 'spotify', 'steam', 'svn', 'udp',
             'view-source', 'vnc', 'ws', 'wss', 'xmpp', 'jdbc', 'slack'
         ],
-        transformTags,
+        nonTextTags: [
+            'head'
+        ],
+        transformTags
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/import/single.ts b/src/services/import/single.ts
index 465d3b7a8..c20fec3b0 100644
--- a/src/services/import/single.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/single.ts
@@ -149,15 +149,20 @@ 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
+    // We do this before sanitization since that turns all <h1>s into <h2>
+    const htmlTitle = importUtils.extractHtmlTitle(content);
+    const title = htmlTitle || utils.getNoteTitle(file.originalname, !!taskContext.data?.replaceUnderscoresWithSpaces);
 
     content = importUtils.handleH1(content, title);
 
+    if (taskContext?.data?.safeImport) {
+        content = htmlSanitizer.sanitize(content);
+    }    
+
+    
     const {note} = noteService.createNewNote({
         parentNoteId: parentNote.noteId,
         title,
@@ -166,9 +171,9 @@ 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..ec4bbf35a 100644
--- a/src/services/import/utils.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 function handleH1(content: string, title: string) {
-    content = content.replace(/<h1>([^<]*)<\/h1>/gi, (match, text) => {
+    content = content.replace(/<h1[^>]*>([^<]*)<\/h1>/gi, (match, text) => {
         if (title.trim() === text.trim()) {
             return ""; // remove whole H1 tag
         } else {
@@ -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
 };