diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/insomnia-collection.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/insomnia-collection.js
index 8b7b7fb6a..8d8113b49 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/insomnia-collection.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/insomnia-collection.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import jsyaml from 'js-yaml';
 import each from 'lodash/each';
 import get from 'lodash/get';
 import fileDialog from 'file-dialog';
@@ -8,7 +9,22 @@ import { validateSchema, transformItemsInCollection, hydrateSeqInCollection } fr
 const readFile = (files) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const fileReader = new FileReader();
-    fileReader.onload = (e) => resolve(e.target.result);
+    fileReader.onload = (e) => {
+      try {
+        // try to load JSON
+        const parsedData = JSON.parse(e.target.result);
+        resolve(parsedData);
+      } catch (jsonError) {
+        // not a valid JSOn, try yaml
+        try {
+          const parsedData = jsyaml.load(e.target.result);
+          resolve(parsedData);
+        } catch (yamlError) {
+          console.error('Error parsing the file :', jsonError, yamlError);
+          reject(new BrunoError('Import collection failed'));
+        }
+      }
+    };
     fileReader.onerror = (err) => reject(err);
     fileReader.readAsText(files[0]);
   });
@@ -167,7 +183,7 @@ const parseInsomniaCollection = (data) => {
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     try {
-      const insomniaExport = JSON.parse(data);
+      const insomniaExport = data;
       const insomniaResources = get(insomniaExport, 'resources', []);
       const insomniaCollection = insomniaResources.find((resource) => resource._type === 'workspace');
 
@@ -213,7 +229,7 @@ const parseInsomniaCollection = (data) => {
 
 const importCollection = () => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    fileDialog({ accept: 'application/json' })
+    fileDialog({ accept: '.json, .yaml, .yml, application/json, application/yaml, application/x-yaml' })
       .then(readFile)
       .then(parseInsomniaCollection)
       .then(transformItemsInCollection)
@@ -221,8 +237,8 @@ const importCollection = () => {
       .then(validateSchema)
       .then((collection) => resolve(collection))
       .catch((err) => {
-        console.log(err);
-        reject(new BrunoError('Import collection failed'));
+        console.error(err);
+        reject(new BrunoError('Import collection failed: ' + err.message));
       });
   });
 };