diff --git a/demo/index.html b/demo/index.html
index 6548e7df..bfd45a5f 100644
--- a/demo/index.html
+++ b/demo/index.html
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/backend/dataproxy.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/backend/elasticsearch.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/backend/gdocs.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/backend/localcsv.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/view.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/view-grid.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/view-flot-graph.js"></script>
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@
               <li>
                 <a data-toggle="modal" href=".js-import-dialog-url">Import from URL</a>
               </li>
+              <li>
+                <a data-toggle="modal" href=".js-import-dialog-file">Import from File</a>
+              </li>
             </ul>
           </li>
           <li><a class="set-read-only" title="Put into read-only mode">Read-only</a></li>
@@ -98,6 +102,26 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 
+  <div class="modal fade in js-import-dialog-file" style="display: none;">
+    <div class="modal-header">
+      <a class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</a>
+      <h3>Import from File</h3> 
+    </div>
+    <div class="modal-body">
+      <form class="form-horizontal">
+        <div class="control-group">
+          <label class="control-label">File</label>
+          <div class="controls">
+            <input type="file" name="source" />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="form-actions">
+          <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Import &raquo;</button>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
   <div class="container-fluid">
     <div class="content">
       <div class="data-explorer-here"></div>
diff --git a/demo/js/app.js b/demo/js/app.js
index c0aa5cbb..9198a913 100755
--- a/demo/js/app.js
+++ b/demo/js/app.js
@@ -117,5 +117,16 @@ function setupLoader(callback) {
     );
     callback(dataset);
   });
+
+  $('.js-import-dialog-file form').submit(function(e) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    var $form = $(e.target);
+    $('.modal.js-import-dialog-file').modal('hide');
+    var $file = $form.find('input[type="file"]')[0];
+    var file = $file.files[0];
+    recline.Backend.loadFromCSVFile(file, function(dataset) {
+      callback(dataset)
+    });
+  });
 }