diff --git a/apps/phototool/pt-import b/apps/phototool/pt-import
index 59957ef8580..df4c5ee71f3 100755
--- a/apps/phototool/pt-import
+++ b/apps/phototool/pt-import
@@ -5,18 +5,60 @@
 subset path of Str;
 subset ID of Str;
 
-multi sub MAIN("--version")
+my Str $VERSION = "0.1.0";
+my regex date_test { ^\d ** 4 . \d ** 2 };
+
+sub list_collections(path $store) {
+    (dir($store).sort: *.basename).reverse
+}
+
+#== validate date
+sub validate($date) {
+    so $date ~~ &date_test
+}
+
+sub create_new($store, $name) {
+    say "Creating path $store$name"
+}
+
+multi sub MAIN(Bool :$version!)
 {
-    say "pt-import 0.1.0"
+    say "pt-import $VERSION";
 }
 
 multi sub MAIN(
-    $src,           #= Source of image data (on SD card)
-    $store,         #= Directory of darktable collections
+    path $src,      #= Source of image data (on SD card)
+    path $store,    #= Directory of darktable collections
     ID :$start-id,  #= The start image ID to import
     ID :$end-Id,    #= The end image ID to import
     Bool :$verbose, #= Display verbose output
 )
 {
-    say "execute main function"
+    say "=== phototool import $VERSION ===";
+
+    #== Select or create a collection
+    say "Select colletion to import into...";
+
+    my @collections = 1..* Z list_collections($store);
+
+    say "[0] Create a new collection...";
+    for @collections -> ($idx, $d) {
+        say "[$idx] {$d.basename}";
+    }
+
+    my $select = prompt "> ";
+    given $select {
+        when 0 {
+            my $date = prompt "Collection date (YYYY.MM) > ";
+            my $name = prompt "Collection name > ";
+            if validate($date) {
+                create_new($store, "$date $name")
+            } else {
+                say "Invalid date! $date";
+            }
+        }
+        when 1..@collections.length {
+            say "Selecting {@collections[$select]}"; }
+        default { say "Invalid selection!" }
+    }
 }