diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 2e972d2f..c1032e40 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -349,9 +349,20 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity() {
     private fun openFile() {
         FilePickerDialog(this, canAddShowHiddenButton = true) {
             openFile(it, true) {
-                OpenFileDialog(this, it.path) {
-                    addNewNote(it)
-                }
+                Thread {
+                    val fileText = it.readText().trim()
+                    val checklistItems = fileText.parseChecklistItems()
+                    if (checklistItems != null) {
+                        val note = Note(null, it.absolutePath.getFilenameFromPath(), fileText, TYPE_CHECKLIST)
+                        addNewNote(note)
+                    } else {
+                        runOnUiThread {
+                            OpenFileDialog(this, it.path) {
+                                addNewNote(it)
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }.start()
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/extensions/String.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/extensions/String.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7be6176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/extensions/String.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.extensions
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken
+import com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.models.ChecklistItem
+
+fun String.parseChecklistItems(): ArrayList<ChecklistItem>? {
+    if (startsWith("[{") && endsWith("}]")) {
+        try {
+            val checklistItemType = object : TypeToken<List<ChecklistItem>>() {}.type
+            return Gson().fromJson<ArrayList<ChecklistItem>>(this, checklistItemType) ?: ArrayList(1)
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+        }
+    }
+    return null
+}