diff --git a/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/flows/import-flow.js b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/flows/import-flow.js
index 4fbdea54..5b6a2383 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/flows/import-flow.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/flows/import-flow.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { renderObject } from '../../../../helpers/renderer.js';
-import importFlow from '../../../../helpers/import-flow.js';
+import Flow from '../../../../models/flow.js';
 
 export default async function importFlowController(request, response) {
-  const flow = await importFlow(request.currentUser, flowParams(request));
+  const flow = await Flow.import(request.currentUser, flowParams(request));
 
   return renderObject(response, flow, { status: 201 });
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/flow.js b/packages/backend/src/models/flow.js
index bd4a8058..51a90a3a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/flow.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/flow.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import globalVariable from '../helpers/global-variable.js';
 import logger from '../helpers/logger.js';
 import Telemetry from '../helpers/telemetry/index.js';
 import exportFlow from '../helpers/export-flow.js';
+import importFlow from '../helpers/import-flow.js';
 import flowQueue from '../queues/flow.js';
 import {
   REMOVE_AFTER_30_DAYS_OR_150_JOBS,
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ class Flow extends Base {
     },
   };
 
+  static async import(user, flowData) {
+    return importFlow(user, flowData);
+  }
+
   static relationMappings = () => ({
     steps: {
       relation: Base.HasManyRelation,