diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/bookmark/BookmarkFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/bookmark/BookmarkFragment.java
index 630ed4650..4f53a9087 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/bookmark/BookmarkFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/bookmark/BookmarkFragment.java
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.local.bookmark;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.DialogInterface;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
+import android.provider.OpenableColumns;
 import android.text.InputType;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
@@ -127,8 +129,17 @@ public final class BookmarkFragment extends BaseLocalListFragment<List<PlaylistL
             final String mimeType = getActivity().getContentResolver().getType(uri);
             // Check if the selected file is a text file
             if (mimeType != null && mimeType.equals("text/plain")) {
+                String fileName = "";
+                final Cursor returnCursor = getActivity().getContentResolver().query(uri, null,
+                        null, null, null);
+                if (returnCursor != null) {
+                    final int nameIndex = returnCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
+                    returnCursor.moveToFirst();
+                    fileName = returnCursor.getString(nameIndex);
+                    returnCursor.close();
+                }
                 final BookmarkImportService parser = new BookmarkImportService(uri,
-                        localPlaylistManager);
+                        localPlaylistManager, fileName);
                 parser.readTextFile(activity);
         } else {
                 Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Please select a .txt file!",
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/bookmark/BookmarkImportService.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/bookmark/BookmarkImportService.java
index ce21d8047..cc759f304 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/bookmark/BookmarkImportService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/bookmark/BookmarkImportService.java
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ public class BookmarkImportService {
     private int readerLineCount = 0;
     private int addedByBackgroundThreadCount = 0;
 
+    private String filename;
     List<StreamEntity> streams;
 
-    public BookmarkImportService(final Uri textFileUri,
-                                 final LocalPlaylistManager localPlaylistManager) {
+    public BookmarkImportService(final Uri textFileUri, final LocalPlaylistManager
+            localPlaylistManager, final String filename) {
         this.textFileUri = textFileUri;
         this.localPlaylistManager = localPlaylistManager;
+        this.filename = filename;
     }
 
     public void importBookmarks(final Activity activity) {
@@ -103,7 +105,9 @@ public class BookmarkImportService {
                                 //All background threads done.
                                 //Add playlist
                                 final Maybe<List<Long>> playlistIds =
-                                        localPlaylistManager.createPlaylist("Sample", streams);
+                                        localPlaylistManager.createPlaylist(
+                                                filename.substring(0, filename.lastIndexOf('.')),
+                                                streams);
                                 playlistIds.subscribe(list -> {
                                     //this is to make the fragment fetch data from the database
                                     //I could not find another way to do this.