diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index 87d58d57..8b74cbde 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #define VERSION "0.1.25-master-branch"
 
-#define BUILD 864
+#define BUILD 865
 
 #define HOSTID "mailarchiver"
 
diff --git a/src/pilerimport.c b/src/pilerimport.c
index 89dd578b..ac1d5b45 100644
--- a/src/pilerimport.c
+++ b/src/pilerimport.c
@@ -616,6 +616,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
    cfg = read_config(configfile);
 
+   /* make sure we don't discard messages without a valid Message-Id when importing manually */
+   cfg.archive_emails_not_having_message_id = 1;
+
    if(read_key(&cfg)){
       printf("%s\n", ERR_READING_KEY);
       return ERR;