diff --git a/d2format/format.go b/d2format/format.go
index 84df2e945..b915c2638 100644
--- a/d2format/format.go
+++ b/d2format/format.go
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ func (p *printer) _import(i *d2ast.Import) {
 		p.sb.WriteString(pre)
 		p.sb.WriteRune('/')
 	}
+	if len(i.Path) > 0 {
+		i2 := *i
+		i2.Path = append([]*d2ast.StringBox{}, i.Path...)
+		i2.Path[0] = d2ast.RawStringBox(path.Clean(i.Path[0].Unbox().ScalarString()), true)
+		i = &i2
+	}
 	p.path(i.Path)
 }
 
diff --git a/d2format/format_test.go b/d2format/format_test.go
index 63e185dcf..3c957129d 100644
--- a/d2format/format_test.go
+++ b/d2format/format_test.go
@@ -649,6 +649,14 @@ x: @./file
 x: @../file
 `,
 			exp: `x: @../file
+`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "import/4",
+			in: `
+x: @"x/../file"
+`,
+			exp: `x: @file
 `,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/d2parser/parse.go b/d2parser/parse.go
index 7970f1fa6..fa64531a3 100644
--- a/d2parser/parse.go
+++ b/d2parser/parse.go
@@ -1742,9 +1742,7 @@ func (p *parser) parseImport(spread bool) *d2ast.Import {
 	if k.Path[0].UnquotedString != nil && len(k.Path) > 1 && k.Path[1].UnquotedString != nil && k.Path[1].Unbox().ScalarString() == "d2" {
 		k.Path = append(k.Path[:1], k.Path[2:]...)
 	}
-	if k != nil {
-		imp.Path = k.Path
-	}
+	imp.Path = k.Path
 	return imp
 }