diff --git a/spid-validator/config/dir.json b/spid-validator/config/dir.json
index f66e28b..fa67886 100644
--- a/spid-validator/config/dir.json
+++ b/spid-validator/config/dir.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
     "DATA": "../data",
-    "TEMP": "temp"
+    "TEMP": "temp",
+    "BOOTSTRAP": "bootstrap"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spid-validator/server/lib/utils.js b/spid-validator/server/lib/utils.js
index b06b327..5cc5b44 100644
--- a/spid-validator/server/lib/utils.js
+++ b/spid-validator/server/lib/utils.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const moment = require("moment");
 const CryptoJS = require("crypto-js");
 const config_dir = require("../../config/dir.json");
 const config_idp = require("../../config/idp.json");
+const fs = require("fs-extra");
 
 
 String.prototype.replaceAll = function(search, replacement) {
@@ -126,6 +127,21 @@ class Utils {
     static atob(buffer) {
         return Buffer.from(buffer, 'base64').toString('ascii');
     }
-}
     
+  static readFiles(dirname, onFileContent, onError) {
+    fs.readdir(dirname, function (err, filenames) {
+      if (err) {
+        onError(err);
+        return;
+      }
+      filenames.forEach(function (filename) {
+        if (filename.indexOf('.xml') > 0) {
+          let content = fs.readFileSync(dirname + "/" + filename, "utf8");
+          onFileContent(filename, content);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = Utils;
diff --git a/spid-validator/server/spid-validator.js b/spid-validator/server/spid-validator.js
index 10ecb1d..708fd66 100644
--- a/spid-validator/server/spid-validator.js
+++ b/spid-validator/server/spid-validator.js
@@ -253,6 +253,22 @@ require('./api/response')    	(app, checkAuth);
 // start
 if (useHttps) app = https.createServer(httpsCredentials, app);
 app.listen(config_server.port, () => {
+  // import
+  if (fs.existsSync("../" + config_dir.DATA + "/" + config_dir.BOOTSTRAP)) {
+    Utility.readFiles("../" + config_dir.DATA + "/" + config_dir.BOOTSTRAP, function (filename, xml) {
+      let metadataParser = new MetadataParser(xml);
+
+      let entityID = metadataParser.getServiceProviderEntityId();
+      if (entityID === null || entityID === '')
+        throw new Error("EntityID non specificato");
+
+      fs.copyFileSync("../" + config_dir.DATA + "/" + config_dir.BOOTSTRAP + "/" + filename, getEntityDir(entityID) + "/sp-metadata.xml");
+      database.setMetadata("validator", "000", entityID, "000", "main", entityID, xml);
+    }, function (err) {
+      console.error("Could not bootstrap initial SP metadata: ", err);
+    });
+  }
+
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     console.log("\n" + p.name + "\nversion: " + p.version + "\n\nlistening on port " + config_server.port);
 });