diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go
index 0e818d85..1ad9ff03 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	fmt.Printf("Rebuilding container...\n")
-	output, err := container.Build(containerName, false)
+	err := container.Build(containerName, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Could not build container %s: %s\n", containerName, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("%s\n", output)
+		//fmt.Printf("%s\n", output)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go
index 180980fb..3a3ef37f 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/container"
@@ -85,38 +86,46 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	if util.IsDir(fullPath) == true {
 		if SetForce == true {
-			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.WARN, "Overwriting existing VNFS\n")
+			fmt.Printf("Overwriting existing VNFS\n")
 			err := os.RemoveAll(fullPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "%s\n", err)
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 		} else if SetUpdate == true {
-			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.WARN, "Updating existing VNFS\n")
+			fmt.Printf("Updating existing VNFS\n")
 		} else {
 			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "VNFS Name exists, specify --force, --update, or choose a different name: %s\n", name)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}
 
-	sCtx, err := getSystemContext()
-	if err != nil {
-		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "%s\n", err)
-	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(uri, "docker://") || strings.HasPrefix(uri, "docker-daemon://") {
+		sCtx, err := getSystemContext()
+		if err != nil {
+			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "%s\n", err)
+		}
 
-	err = container.PullURI(uri, name, sCtx)
-	if err != nil {
-		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Could not pull image: %s\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		err = container.ImportDocker(uri, name, sCtx)
+		if err != nil {
+			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Could not import image: %s\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	} else if util.IsDir(uri) {
+		err := container.ImportDirectory(uri, name)
+		if err != nil {
+			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Could not import image: %s\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 	}
 
 	fmt.Printf("Building container: %s\n", name)
-	output, err := container.Build(name, true)
+	err := container.Build(name, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Could not build container %s: %s\n", name, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", name, output)
+		//fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", name, output)
 	}
 
 	if SetDefault == true {
diff --git a/internal/pkg/container/pull.go b/internal/pkg/container/imprt.go
similarity index 60%
rename from internal/pkg/container/pull.go
rename to internal/pkg/container/imprt.go
index 26a4680b..fa33141d 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/container/pull.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/container/imprt.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package container
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/config"
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/oci"
 )
 
-func PullURI(uri string, name string, sCtx *types.SystemContext) error {
+func ImportDocker(uri string, name string, sCtx *types.SystemContext) error {
 	OciBlobCacheDir := config.LocalStateDir + "/oci/blobs"
 
 	err := os.MkdirAll(OciBlobCacheDir, 0755)
@@ -47,3 +49,27 @@ func PullURI(uri string, name string, sCtx *types.SystemContext) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func ImportDirectory(uri string, name string) error {
+	fullPath := RootFsDir(name)
+
+	err := os.MkdirAll(fullPath, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !util.IsDir(uri) {
+		return errors.New("Import directory does not exist: " + uri)
+	}
+
+	if !util.IsFile(path.Join(fullPath, "/bin/sh")) {
+		return errors.New("Source directory has no /bin/sh: " + uri)
+	}
+
+	err = util.CopyFiles(uri, fullPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}