diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 69c2390c..172b07bf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20727,3 +20727,7 @@
 2021-04-06 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Fixed a bug in the Cart Selector Dialog that made it impossible
 	to enter an apostrophe character in the filter search line.
+2021-04-06 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Fixed a bug in rdimport(1) where the title of an existing cart
+	would be overwritten with a default title even when no title
+	was found in the file metadata.
diff --git a/lib/rdcart.cpp b/lib/rdcart.cpp
index d9279f23..0a0fb097 100644
--- a/lib/rdcart.cpp
+++ b/lib/rdcart.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // Abstract a Rivendell Cart.
 //
-//   (C) Copyright 2002-2020 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+//   (C) Copyright 2002-2021 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 //
 //   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 //   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -985,8 +985,7 @@ void RDCart::setMetadata(const RDWaveData *data)
   if(sql.right(1)==",") {
     sql=sql.left(sql.length()-1);
     sql+=QString().sprintf(" where NUMBER=%u",cart_number);
-    RDSqlQuery *q=new RDSqlQuery(sql);
-    delete q;
+    RDSqlQuery::apply(sql);
   }
   setSchedCodesList(data->schedCodes());
   metadata_changed=true;
diff --git a/utils/rdimport/rdimport.cpp b/utils/rdimport/rdimport.cpp
index b51fe0e2..e88d48b0 100644
--- a/utils/rdimport/rdimport.cpp
+++ b/utils/rdimport/rdimport.cpp
@@ -1039,13 +1039,6 @@ MainObject::Result MainObject::ImportFile(const QString &filename,
 	effective_group=new RDGroup(import_group->name());
       }
     }
-
-    //
-    // Ensure that we have at least a Title
-    //
-    if(wavedata->metadataFound()&&wavedata->title().isEmpty()) {
-      wavedata->setTitle(effective_group->generateTitle(filename));
-    }
   }
 
   //
@@ -1080,6 +1073,21 @@ MainObject::Result MainObject::ImportFile(const QString &filename,
     }
   }
 
+  //
+  // Ensure that we have a valid title
+  //
+  bool cart_exists=false;
+  if(*cartnum!=0) {
+    cart_exists=RDCart::exists(*cartnum);
+  }
+  //
+  // If the cart already exists and no title was found in metadata,
+  // then keep the existing title. Otherwise, generate a default title.
+  //
+  if((!cart_exists)&&wavedata->metadataFound()&&wavedata->title().isEmpty()) {
+    wavedata->setTitle(effective_group->generateTitle(filename));
+  }
+
   //
   // Attempt to find a free cart
   //
@@ -1243,6 +1251,7 @@ MainObject::Result MainObject::ImportFile(const QString &filename,
     wavedata->setStartPos(-1);
     wavedata->setEndPos(-1);
   }
+
   if(cart_created) {
     cart->setMetadata(wavedata);
   }
@@ -1252,7 +1261,7 @@ MainObject::Result MainObject::ImportFile(const QString &filename,
   if(cut->description().isEmpty()) {      // Final backstop, so we don't end up
     cut->setDescription(cart->title());   // with an empty description field.
   }
-  if(!import_metadata_pattern.isEmpty()) {
+  if((!import_metadata_pattern.isEmpty())&&(!wavedata->title().isEmpty())) {
     cart->setTitle(wavedata->title());
   }
   if(import_startdate_offset!=0) {