diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/BlockExtractor.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/BlockExtractor.kt
index bc1f41cc..3c48025f 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/BlockExtractor.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/BlockExtractor.kt
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ class BlockExtractor(val regexp: Pattern, val opening: Char, val closing: Char)
                 result.append(topLines.joinToString("\n"))
                 result.append(line).append("\n")
             } else {
-                topLines.add(line)
+                if (! line.startsWith("import") || (line.startsWith("import") && line.contains("com.beust"))) {
+                    topLines.add(line)
+                }
                 updateCount(line)
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt
index 50ea72b0..bf829f40 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class ParsedBuildFile(val buildFile: BuildFile, val context: KobaltContext, val
                 .extractBlock(buildWithCorrectProfiles)
 
         if (buildScriptInfo != null) {
+            kobaltLog(2, "About to compile build file\n" + buildScriptInfo.content)
             preBuildScript.add(buildScriptInfo.content)
         } else {
             repos.forEach { preBuildScript.add(it) }