diff --git a/commands/import.js b/commands/import.js
index 38bd338..07c4b99 100644
--- a/commands/import.js
+++ b/commands/import.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ var JSZip = require('jszip');
 var Command = require('ronin').Command;
 
 var bbrest, jxon, cfg;
+var unknownImportError = 'Unknown import message.';
+var defaultTimeout = 10000;
 
 module.exports = Command.extend({
     help: function () {
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ module.exports = Command.extend({
         r += '      -u,  --username <string>\t\t' + d('admin') + '\t\tUsername.\n';
         r += '      -w,  --password <string>\t\t' + d('admin') + '\t\tPassword.\n';
         r += '      -p,  --portal <string>\t\t\t\tName of the portal on the server to target.\n';
+        r += '      -v,  --verbose <string>\t\t\t\tPrints out raw error.\n';
+        r += '      -o,  --timeout <string>\t\t\t\tMax number of seconds that process can take.\n';
         r += '\n  ' + title('Examples') + ':\n\n';
         r += '      bb import --target myPortal.xml\t\t\tImports portal from myPortal.xml\n';
         r += '      bb import --target chunked\t\t\tImports bb export chunked portal from chunked dir\n';
@@ -40,11 +44,17 @@ module.exports = Command.extend({
         target: {type: 'string', alias: 't'},
         dashboard: {type: 'boolean', alias: 'd'},
         save: {type: 'string', alias: 's'},
-        portal: {type: 'string', alias: 'p'}
+        portal: {type: 'string', alias: 'p'},
+        verbose: {type: 'boolean', alias: 'v'},
+        timeout: {type: 'string', alias: 'o'}
     }),
 
     run: function () {
 
+        // if timeout < 100 ? multiply by 1000 : use as is.
+        var timeout = +this.options.timeout > 0 && +this.options.timeout || defaultTimeout;
+        this.options.timeout = timeout > 100 && timeout || timeout * 1000;
+
         util.spin.message('Loading...');
         util.spin.start();
         return config.getCommon(this.options)
@@ -70,11 +80,17 @@ module.exports = Command.extend({
                 throw new Error('Target is not directory or file.');
             })
             .then(function(bbr) {
-                if (bbr.error) {
-                    var emsg = jxon.stringToJs(bbr.body);
-                    emsg = emsg.errorMessage || emsg.importErrorMessage || {message: 'Unknown import message.'};
-                    throw new Error(emsg.message);
-                } else ok(bbr);
+                if (bbr.error === false) {
+                    ok(bbr);
+                } else {
+                    if (cfg.verbose === true) {
+                        throw new Error(formattor(bbr, {method: 'json'}));
+                    } else {
+                        var emsg = jxon.stringToJs(bbr.body);
+                        emsg = emsg.errorMessage || emsg.importErrorMessage || {message: unknownImportError};
+                        throw new Error(emsg.message);
+                    }
+                }
             })
             .catch(function(err) {
                 if (err.code === 'ENOENT') return error(new Error('Target does not exist.'));
@@ -192,6 +208,7 @@ function importDashboard() {
             username: bbrc.username,
             password: bbrc.password
         },
+        timeout: bbrc.timeout,
         headers: {
             Pragma: 'no-cache',
             'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate',
diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index d6709f8..bc31360 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ exports.getCommon = function (cliConfig) {
             bbrest = new BBRest();
 
             // merge  .bbrc properties
-            var cnames = ['scheme', 'host', 'port', 'context', 'username', 'password', 'portal'];
+            var cnames = ['scheme', 'host', 'port', 'context', 'username', 'password', 'portal', 'timeout'];
 
             _.merge(bbrest.config, _.pick(config.bbrc, cnames));
             _.merge(bbrest.config, _.pick(config.cli, cnames));