diff --git a/onionr/core.py b/onionr/core.py
index 2920bdee..04e1f023 100644
--- a/onionr/core.py
+++ b/onionr/core.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class Core:
 
         return
 
-    def addToBlockDB(self, newHash, selfInsert=False):
+    def addToBlockDB(self, newHash, selfInsert=False, dataSaved=False):
         '''
             Add a hash value to the block db
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class Core:
         conn = sqlite3.connect(self.blockDB)
         c = conn.cursor()
         currentTime = math.floor(time.time())
-        if selfInsert:
+        if selfInsert or dataSaved:
             selfInsert = 1
         else:
             selfInsert = 0
diff --git a/onionr/onionr.py b/onionr/onionr.py
index a15e31b1..2143c320 100755
--- a/onionr/onionr.py
+++ b/onionr/onionr.py
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ class Onionr:
             'addaddress': self.addAddress,
             'addfile': self.addFile,
 
+            'importblocks': self.onionrUtils.importNewBlocks,
+
             'introduce': self.onionrCore.introduceNode,
             'connect': self.addAddress
         }
@@ -212,6 +214,7 @@ class Onionr:
             'pm': 'Adds a private message to block',
             'get-pms': 'Shows private messages sent to you',
             'addfile': 'Create an Onionr block from a file',
+            'importblocks': 'import blocks from the disk (Onionr is transport-agnostic!)',
             'introduce': 'Introduce your node to the public Onionr network',
         }
 
diff --git a/onionr/onionrutils.py b/onionr/onionrutils.py
index 02d26592..27f7b67d 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrutils.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrutils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 '''
 # Misc functions that do not fit in the main api, but are useful
-import getpass, sys, requests, os, socket, hashlib, logger, sqlite3, config, binascii, time, base64, json
+import getpass, sys, requests, os, socket, hashlib, logger, sqlite3, config, binascii, time, base64, json, glob
 import nacl.signing, nacl.encoding
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
@@ -422,4 +422,22 @@ class OnionrUtils:
             return False
 
     def token(self, size = 32):
-        return binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(size))
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+        return binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(size))
+
+    def importNewBlocks(self, scanDir=''):
+        '''This function is intended to scan for new blocks ON THE DISK and import them'''
+        blockList = self._core.getBlockList()
+        if scanDir == '':
+            scanDir = self._core.blockDataLocation
+        if not scanDir.endswith('/'):
+            scanDir += '/'
+        for block in glob.glob(scanDir + "*.dat"):
+            if block.replace(scanDir, '').replace('.dat', '') not in blockList:
+                logger.info("Found new block on dist " + block)
+                with open(block, 'rb') as newBlock:
+                    block = block.replace(scanDir, '').replace('.dat', '')
+                    if self._core._crypto.sha3Hash(newBlock.read()) == block.replace('.dat', ''):
+                        self._core.addToBlockDB(block.replace('.dat', ''), dataSaved=True)
+                        logger.info('Imported block.')
+                    else:
+                        logger.warn('Failed to verify hash for ' + block)
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