diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/import/JSONImport.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/import/JSONImport.vue
index c9ce4c6b55..73c29de7dd 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/import/JSONImport.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/import/JSONImport.vue
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export default {
       showMore: false,
       parserConfig: {
         maxRowsToParse: 500,
-        normalizeNested: false,
+        normalizeNested: true,
         importData: true
       },
       filename: '',