diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 1e1e5ebcb7991cdd6c6610f71b448aa42c978146..fc5649eba919f6b0fe029267edb2d6fd145c93d2 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.1] - 2018-09-05
+### Changed
+* enable import image prior to build process with `--input`
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2018-09-05
 ### Added
 * `add-repo` command to add remote repositories
@@ -21,3 +25,4 @@
 [1.1.0]: https://git.sc.uni-leipzig.de/ubl/bdd_dev/webmasterei/deployer/compare/release%2F1.0.0...release%2F1.1.0
 [1.1.1]: https://git.sc.uni-leipzig.de/ubl/bdd_dev/webmasterei/deployer/compare/release%2F1.1.0...release%2F1.1.1
 [1.2.0]: https://git.sc.uni-leipzig.de/ubl/bdd_dev/webmasterei/deployer/compare/release%2F1.1.1...release%2F1.2.0
+[1.2.1]: https://git.sc.uni-leipzig.de/ubl/bdd_dev/webmasterei/deployer/compare/release%2F1.2.0...release%2F1.2.1
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index a0277d9474094ef6f2d8f466e7de114151be2807..46b25825f5653a5901e24e5cc0065a81acad812c 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -90,12 +90,13 @@ From now on charts located in this repository can be deployed by using the `--ch
 
 ## docker build
 
+* `--input`: sets the filepath to the file from where the image is loaded prior to build
 * `--build-arg`: used to provide build-arguments do `docker build`-command. This is mainly used for `HTTP_PROXY`/`http_proxy`: When you specify `--build-arg HTTP_PROXY=...` the tool adds the build argument `--build-arg http_proxy=...` as well, so lower-case proxy-variables are provided automatically. Nevertheless can you use this option to provide your own build-arguments within the `Dockerfile`
 * `--output`: sets the filepath to the file where the built image is saved
 
 ## docker publish
 
-* `--import`: sets the filepath to the file from where the image is loaded
+* `--input`: sets the filepath to the file from where the image is loaded
 * `--docker-config`: sets the content of the file `~/.docker/config.json` which is used by docker to authenticate to the registry. This can contain multiple registry-servers and there credentials. Which registry is used depends on the image name.
 * `--name`: sets the name of the image. If you do not wish to publish to [Docker-Hub], you have to specify a server, e.g. `registry.example.com/my-image`. **Be aware that you need to provide credentials in your docker-config if the registry requires authentication.
 * `--tags`: sets the tags of the image. Provide multiple `--tag`-options if you wish to tag an image with multiple tags.
diff --git a/assets/deployer b/assets/deployer
index ef5fcc0142dbac1a197541c266099592f1d504bf..6cc36675ffcfef24ee0f7e96332c550b47bfed6a 100755
--- a/assets/deployer
+++ b/assets/deployer
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ fi
 
 case $1 in
 	build)
+		import_image
 		build_image && save_image
 		;;
 	publish)