diff --git a/lib/tasks/locomotive.rake b/lib/tasks/locomotive.rake
index a36f5a70..2182ec2c 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/locomotive.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/locomotive.rake
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace :locomotive do
 
   desc 'Import a remote template described by its URL -- 2 options: SITE=name or id, RESET=by default false'
   task :import => :environment do
-    url, site_name_or_id, reset = ENV['URL'], ENV['SITE'], Boolean.set(ENV['RESET']) || false
+    url, site_name_or_id, samples, reset = ENV['URL'], ENV['SITE'], (Boolean.set(ENV['SAMPLES']) || false), (Boolean.set(ENV['RESET']) || false)
 
     if url.blank? || (url =~ /https?:\/\//).nil?
       raise "URL is missing or it is not a valid http url."
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ namespace :locomotive do
       raise "No site found. Please give a correct value (name or id) for the SITE env variable."
     end
 
-    ::Locomotive::Import::Job.run!(url, site, { :samples => true, :reset => reset })
+    ::Locomotive::Import::Job.run!(url, site, { :samples => samples, :reset => reset })
   end
 
+
   desc 'Add a new admin user (NOTE: currently only supports adding user to first site)'
   task :add_admin => :environment do
     name = ask('Display name: ') { |q| q.echo = true }