diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 65b20b0..b2b1331 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ export const setCenterAtom = atom(null, (get, set, center: geoPoint) => {
 // initDb(db);
 
 dispatch({ action: 'initDb' });
-dispatch({ action: 'putNewTrk' });
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/src/components/dialogs/GpxImport.tsx b/src/components/dialogs/GpxImport.tsx
index 5a7ca3a..7f497d4 100644
--- a/src/components/dialogs/GpxImport.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dialogs/GpxImport.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import GPX from '../../lib/gpx-parser-builder/src/gpx';
 import css from './GpxImport.module.css';
 import { IonIcon, IonItem } from '@ionic/react';
 import { cloudUpload } from 'ionicons/icons';
+import { findStartTime } from '../../lib/gpx';
+import dispatch from '../../workers/dispatcher-main';
+import { intToGpxId } from '../../lib/ids';
 
 const GpxImport: React.FC<{}> = () => {
   const onChangeHandler = (event: any) => {
@@ -20,6 +23,11 @@ const GpxImport: React.FC<{}> = () => {
         console.log(fileReader.result);
         const gpx = GPX.parse(fileReader.result);
         console.log(`gpx: ${JSON.stringify(gpx)}`);
+        const startTime = new Date(findStartTime(gpx)!);
+        dispatch({
+          action: 'pruneAndSaveImportedGpx',
+          params: { id: { gpx: intToGpxId(startTime.valueOf()) }, gpx: gpx },
+        });
         // pushGpx(db, {
         //   gpx,
         //   metadata: {
diff --git a/src/db/gpx.test.ts b/src/db/gpx.test.ts
index 0d72c1c..d74211d 100644
--- a/src/db/gpx.test.ts
+++ b/src/db/gpx.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { putNewGpx } from './gpx';
+import { initDb } from '.';
+import { existsGpx, putNewGpx } from './gpx';
 declare global {
   var db: any;
   var dbReady: boolean;
@@ -60,3 +61,26 @@ describe('The gpx module', () => {
     expect(id).toEqual({ gpx: 4320000000000000 });
   });
 });
+
+describe('The gpx module with a real db', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await initDb({});
+    globalThis.Date.now = () => 0;
+  });
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await db.destroy();
+    db = undefined;
+    globalThis.Date.now = originalDateNow;
+  });
+
+  test("existsGpx returns false if the GPX doesn't exist", async () => {
+    const exists = await existsGpx({ gpx: 1 });
+    expect(exists).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+  test('existsGpx returns false if the GPX exists', async () => {
+    const id = { gpx: 1 };
+    await putNewGpx(id);
+    const exists = await existsGpx(id);
+    expect(exists).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/db/gpx.ts b/src/db/gpx.ts
index 5bc7a17..cba91e1 100644
--- a/src/db/gpx.ts
+++ b/src/db/gpx.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { PureComponent } from 'react';
 import getUri, { intToGpxId } from '../lib/ids';
-import { put } from './lib';
+import { get, put, putAll } from './lib';
 
 const emptyGpx: Gpx = {
   $: {
@@ -46,3 +47,54 @@ export const putNewGpx = async (
   );
   return id;
 };
+
+export const existsGpx = async (id: IdGpx) => {
+  const uri = getUri('gpx', id);
+  try {
+    await get(uri);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
+const prune = (id: any, object: any, docs: any[]) => {
+  if (typeof object === 'object') {
+    for (const key in object) {
+      if (
+        key === 'wpt' ||
+        key === 'rte' ||
+        key === 'rtept' ||
+        key === 'trk' ||
+        key === 'trkseg' ||
+        key === 'trkpt'
+      ) {
+        const subObjects = object[key];
+        for (const index in subObjects) {
+          const subId = { ...id };
+          subId[key] = index;
+          docs.push({
+            _id: getUri(key, subId),
+            type: key,
+            doc: subObjects[index],
+          });
+          prune(subId, subObjects[index], docs);
+        }
+        object[key] = undefined;
+      } else prune(id, object[key], docs);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+export const pruneAndSaveImportedGpx = async (params: any) => {
+  const { id, gpx } = params;
+  let docs: any[] = [{ _id: getUri('gpx', id), type: 'gpx', doc: gpx }];
+  prune(id, gpx, docs);
+  console.log(JSON.stringify(docs));
+  try {
+    const result = await putAll(docs);
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`error: ${err}`);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/db/lib.ts b/src/db/lib.ts
index 3594940..3309276 100644
--- a/src/db/lib.ts
+++ b/src/db/lib.ts
@@ -38,3 +38,11 @@ export const getFamily = async (key: string, options: any = {}) => {
     ...options,
   });
 };
+
+export const get = async (id: string) => {
+  await db.get(id);
+};
+
+export const putAll = async (docs: any[]) => {
+  return await db.bulkDocs(docs);
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/gpx.test.ts b/src/lib/gpx.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca8ce20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/gpx.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { assert } from 'console';
+import { findStartTime } from './gpx';
+
+describe('findStartTime', () => {
+  test('to be undefined for a string', () => {
+    const start = findStartTime('');
+    expect(start).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+  test('to be undefined for an object without time key', () => {
+    const start = findStartTime({ foo: 'foo', bar: 'bar' });
+    expect(start).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+  test('to be the time value for an object with a time key', () => {
+    const start = findStartTime({ foo: 'foo', time: 'bar' });
+    expect(start).toEqual('bar');
+  });
+  test('to be the lowest time value for an object with several time keys', () => {
+    const start = findStartTime({
+      foo: { time: 'foo' },
+      time: 'bar',
+      bar: { time: 'a' },
+    });
+    expect(start).toEqual('a');
+  });
+  test('to be the lowest time value for an array with several objects with time keys', () => {
+    const start = findStartTime({
+      foos: [{ time: 'foo' }, { time: '0' }],
+      time: 'bar',
+      bar: { time: 'a' },
+    });
+    expect(start).toEqual('0');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/gpx.ts b/src/lib/gpx.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3f32e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/gpx.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const min = (s1?: string, s2?: string) => {
+  return s1! < s2! ? s1 : s2;
+};
+
+export const findStartTime = (x: any, startTime?: string) => {
+   if (typeof x === 'object') {
+    let newStartTime = startTime;
+
+    for (const key in x) {
+      if (key === 'time') {
+        newStartTime = min(newStartTime, x[key]);
+      } else {
+        newStartTime =  findStartTime(x[key], newStartTime);
+      }
+    }
+    return newStartTime;
+  }
+  else return startTime;
+};
diff --git a/src/workers/dispatcher-worker.ts b/src/workers/dispatcher-worker.ts
index 523129c..71b335d 100644
--- a/src/workers/dispatcher-worker.ts
+++ b/src/workers/dispatcher-worker.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { initDb } from '../db';
-import { putNewGpx } from '../db/gpx';
+import { putNewGpx, existsGpx, pruneAndSaveImportedGpx } from '../db/gpx';
 import { putNewTrk } from '../db/trk';
 
 const self = globalThis as unknown as SharedWorkerGlobalScope;
 
-const actions = { initDb, putNewGpx, putNewTrk };
+const actions = { initDb, putNewGpx, putNewTrk, existsGpx, pruneAndSaveImportedGpx };
 
 self.onconnect = function (e) {
   var port = e.ports[0];