diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 5b43f45..a71e520 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ service_import() {
     dokku_log_fail "No data provided on stdin."
   fi
   suppress_output service_container_rm "$SERVICE"
-  "$DOCKER_BIN" container run --rm -i -v "$SERVICE_HOST_ROOT/data:/data" "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION" bash -c "cat > /data/dump.rdb && chown redis: /data/dump.rdb"
+  cat > "$SERVICE_HOST_ROOT/data/dump.rdb"
+  "$DOCKER_BIN" container run --rm -v "$SERVICE_HOST_ROOT/data:/data" "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION" bash -c "chown redis: /data/dump.rdb"
   suppress_output service_start "$SERVICE"
 }