diff --git a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/file/openrocket/importt/IgnitionConfigurationHandler.java b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/file/openrocket/importt/IgnitionConfigurationHandler.java
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+package net.sf.openrocket.file.openrocket.importt;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import net.sf.openrocket.aerodynamics.Warning;
+import net.sf.openrocket.aerodynamics.WarningSet;
+import net.sf.openrocket.file.DocumentLoadingContext;
+import net.sf.openrocket.file.simplesax.AbstractElementHandler;
+import net.sf.openrocket.file.simplesax.ElementHandler;
+import net.sf.openrocket.file.simplesax.PlainTextHandler;
+import net.sf.openrocket.rocketcomponent.MotorConfiguration;
+
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+class IgnitionConfigurationHandler extends AbstractElementHandler {
+	/** File version where latest digest format was introduced */
+	private static final int MOTOR_DIGEST_VERSION = 104;
+	
+	private final DocumentLoadingContext context;
+	
+	private Double ignitionDelay = null;
+	private MotorConfiguration.IgnitionEvent ignitionEvent = null;
+	
+	public IgnitionConfigurationHandler(DocumentLoadingContext context) {
+		this.context = context;
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public ElementHandler openElement(String element, HashMap<String, String> attributes,
+			WarningSet warnings) {
+		return PlainTextHandler.INSTANCE;
+	}
+	
+	
+	public Double getIgnitionDelay() {
+		return ignitionDelay;
+	}
+	
+	public MotorConfiguration.IgnitionEvent getIgnitionEvent() {
+		return ignitionEvent;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void closeElement(String element, HashMap<String, String> attributes,
+			String content, WarningSet warnings) throws SAXException {
+		
+		content = content.trim();
+		
+		if (element.equals("ignitionevent")) {
+			
+			for (MotorConfiguration.IgnitionEvent e : MotorConfiguration.IgnitionEvent.values()) {
+				if (e.name().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).replaceAll("_", "").equals(content)) {
+					ignitionEvent = e;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if (ignitionEvent == null) {
+				warnings.add(Warning.fromString("Unknown ignition event type '" + content + "', ignoring."));
+			}
+			
+		} else if (element.equals("ignitiondelay")) {
+			try {
+				ignitionDelay = Double.parseDouble(content);
+			} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+				warnings.add(Warning.fromString("Illegal ignition delay specified, ignoring."));
+			}
+		} else {
+			super.closeElement(element, attributes, content, warnings);
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
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