diff --git a/src/services/html_sanitizer.js b/src/services/html_sanitizer.js
index 89727ba1e..fb396e9e8 100644
--- a/src/services/html_sanitizer.js
+++ b/src/services/html_sanitizer.js
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ const sanitizeHtml = require('sanitize-html');
 function sanitize(dirtyHtml) {
     return sanitizeHtml(dirtyHtml, {
         allowedTags: [
-            // h1 is removed since that should be note's title
-            'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'blockquote', 'p', 'a', 'ul', 'ol',
+            'h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'blockquote', 'p', 'a', 'ul', 'ol',
             'li', 'b', 'i', 'strong', 'em', 'strike', 'abbr', 'code', 'hr', 'br', 'div',
             'table', 'thead', 'caption', 'tbody', 'tr', 'th', 'td', 'pre', 'section', 'img',
             'figure', 'span', 'label', 'input'
diff --git a/src/services/import/single.js b/src/services/import/single.js
index 7270a5258..b693d82fb 100644
--- a/src/services/import/single.js
+++ b/src/services/import/single.js
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ function convertTextToHtml(text) {
 }
 
 function importMarkdown(taskContext, file, parentNote) {
+    const title = utils.getNoteTitle(file.originalname, taskContext.data.replaceUnderscoresWithSpaces);
+
     const markdownContent = file.buffer.toString("UTF-8");
 
     const reader = new commonmark.Parser();
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ function importMarkdown(taskContext, file, parentNote) {
 
     htmlContent = htmlSanitizer.sanitize(htmlContent);
 
-    const title = utils.getNoteTitle(file.originalname, taskContext.data.replaceUnderscoresWithSpaces);
+    htmlContent = handleH1(htmlContent, title);
 
     const {note} = noteService.createNewNote({
         parentNoteId: parentNote.noteId,
@@ -143,12 +145,25 @@ function importMarkdown(taskContext, file, parentNote) {
     return note;
 }
 
+function handleH1(content, title) {
+    content = content.replace(/<h1>([^<]*)<\/h1>/gi, (match, text) => {
+        if (title.trim() === text.trim()) {
+            return ""; // remove whole H1 tag
+        } else {
+            return `<h2>${text}</h2>`;
+        }
+    });
+    return content;
+}
+
 function importHtml(taskContext, file, parentNote) {
     const title = utils.getNoteTitle(file.originalname, taskContext.data.replaceUnderscoresWithSpaces);
     let content = file.buffer.toString("UTF-8");
 
     content = htmlSanitizer.sanitize(content);
 
+    content = handleH1(content, title);
+
     const {note} = noteService.createNewNote({
         parentNoteId: parentNote.noteId,
         title,
diff --git a/src/services/import/zip.js b/src/services/import/zip.js
index 58fcf0893..ddbe47610 100644
--- a/src/services/import/zip.js
+++ b/src/services/import/zip.js
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ async function importZip(taskContext, fileBuffer, importRootNote) {
                     return ""; // remove whole H1 tag
                 }
                 else {
-                    return match;
+                    return `<h2>${text}</h2>`;
                 }
             });