diff --git a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/document_message.rs b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/document_message.rs
index 82938889..0cc96033 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/document_message.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/document_message.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use graphene_core::raster::Image;
 use graphene_core::vector::style::ViewMode;
 use graphene_core::Color;
 
+use glam::DAffine2;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-
 #[impl_message(Message, PortfolioMessage, Document)]
 #[derive(PartialEq, Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum DocumentMessage {
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ pub enum DocumentMessage {
 		imaginate_node: Vec<NodeId>,
 		then_generate: bool,
 	},
+	ImportSvg {
+		id: NodeId,
+		svg: String,
+		transform: DAffine2,
+		parent: LayerNodeIdentifier,
+		insert_index: isize,
+	},
 	MoveSelectedLayersTo {
 		parent: LayerNodeIdentifier,
 		insert_index: isize,
diff --git a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/document_message_handler.rs b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/document_message_handler.rs
index 4c500381..450e30a3 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/document_message_handler.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/document_message_handler.rs
@@ -531,6 +531,22 @@ impl MessageHandler<DocumentMessage, DocumentInputs<'_>> for DocumentMessageHand
 					responses.add(DocumentMessage::ImaginateGenerate);
 				}
 			}
+			ImportSvg {
+				id,
+				svg,
+				transform,
+				parent,
+				insert_index,
+			} => {
+				self.backup(responses);
+				responses.add(GraphOperationMessage::NewSvg {
+					id,
+					svg,
+					transform,
+					parent,
+					insert_index,
+				});
+			}
 			MoveSelectedLayersTo { parent, insert_index } => {
 				let selected_layers = self.selected_nodes.selected_layers(self.metadata()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
diff --git a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/node_graph/graph_operation_message_handler.rs b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/node_graph/graph_operation_message_handler.rs
index 11b3ebbe..137e9c2c 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/node_graph/graph_operation_message_handler.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/portfolio/document/node_graph/graph_operation_message_handler.rs
@@ -773,6 +773,7 @@ impl MessageHandler<GraphOperationMessage, GraphOperationHandlerData<'_>> for Gr
 				let tree = match usvg::Tree::from_str(&svg, &usvg::Options::default()) {
 					Ok(t) => t,
 					Err(e) => {
+						responses.add(DocumentMessage::DocumentHistoryBackward);
 						responses.add(DialogMessage::DisplayDialogError {
 							title: "SVG parsing failed".to_string(),
 							description: e.to_string(),
diff --git a/editor/src/messages/tool/common_functionality/graph_modification_utils.rs b/editor/src/messages/tool/common_functionality/graph_modification_utils.rs
index 6b9e9cce..c88a9991 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/tool/common_functionality/graph_modification_utils.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/tool/common_functionality/graph_modification_utils.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn new_image_layer(image_frame: ImageFrame<Color>, id: NodeId, parent: Layer
 /// Create a new group layer from an svg
 pub fn new_svg_layer(svg: String, transform: glam::DAffine2, id: NodeId, parent: LayerNodeIdentifier, responses: &mut VecDeque<Message>) -> LayerNodeIdentifier {
 	let insert_index = -1;
-	responses.add(GraphOperationMessage::NewSvg {
+	responses.add(DocumentMessage::ImportSvg {
 		id,
 		svg,
 		transform,