diff --git a/app/controllers/user_import_files_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_import_files_controller.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/app/controllers/user_import_files_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/user_import_files_controller.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ class UserImportFilesController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       if @user_import_file.save
+        if @user_import_file.mode == 'import'
+          Resque.enqueue(UserImportFileQueue, @user_import_file.id)
+        end
         format.html { redirect_to @user_import_file, :notice => t('controller.successfully_created', :model => t('activerecord.models.user_import_file')) }
         format.json { render :json => @user_import_file, :status => :created, :location => @user_import_file }
       else
start import when a file is uploaded