diff --git a/Repositories/otago_eprints/Makefile b/Repositories/otago_eprints/Makefile
index 086257b..0f80ef2 100755
--- a/Repositories/otago_eprints/Makefile
+++ b/Repositories/otago_eprints/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 		--recursive --times . $(EPRINTS_ROOT)/archives > .del-rsync-output
 	@-grep $(ARCHIVE_NAME) .del-rsync-output
 	@-grep --quiet "$(ARCHIVE_NAME)\\.xml" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_apacheconf
-	@-grep --quiet "$(ARCHIVE_NAME)/cfg/subjects" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) import_subjects
+	@-grep --quiet "$(ARCHIVE_NAME)/cfg/subjects\\.xml" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) import_subjects
 	@-grep --quiet "\\(otago_eprints/cfg/static/\\)\\|\\(\\.xml\\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_static
 	@-grep --quiet "\\(\\.pm\\)\\|\\(\\.xml\\)\|\($(ARCHIVE_NAME)/cfg/subjects\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_views
 	@-grep --quiet "\\($(ARCHIVE_NAME)/cfg/ArchiveRenderConfig.pm\\)\\|\\(\\.xml\\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_abstracts
@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@
 	@sudo -u $(EPRINTS_USER) $(BINDIR)/$@
 
 
-import_subjects generate_static generate_abstracts generate_views:
+import_subjects:
+	@announce "$@ $(ARCHIVE_NAME)"
+	@sudo -u $(EPRINTS_USER) $(BINDIR)/$@ $(ARCHIVE_NAME) --xml $(ARCHIVE_NAME)/cfg/subjects.xml
+
+
+generate_static generate_abstracts generate_views:
 	@announce "$@ $(ARCHIVE_NAME)"
 	@sudo -u $(EPRINTS_USER) $(BINDIR)/$@ $(ARCHIVE_NAME)