diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
index b2bb5338a..959545c2b 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def find_recipe_json(ld_json, url, space):
 
         for x in ld_json['recipeIngredient']:
             if x.replace(' ', '') != '':
+                x = x.replace('½', "0.5").replace('¼', "0.25").replace('¾', "0.75")
                 try:
                     amount, unit, ingredient, note = parse_ingredient(x)
                     if ingredient:
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/url_import.html b/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
index 0fdc81141..0481e7d1a 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@
             </div>
         </div>
 
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-md-12">
+                <div class="input-group mb-3">
+                    <input class="form-control" v-model="json_data" placeholder="{% trans 'Enter json directly' %}">
+                    <div class="input-group-append">
+                        <button @click="loadRecipeJson()" class="btn btn-primary shadow-none" type="button"
+                                id="id_btn_search"><i class="fas fa-search"></i>
+                        </button>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
         <br/>
 
         <div v-if="loading" class="text-center">
@@ -322,6 +335,21 @@
                         this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
                     })
                 },
+                loadRecipeJson: function () {
+                    this.recipe_data = undefined
+                    this.error = undefined
+                    this.loading = true
+                    this.$http.post("{% url 'api_recipe_from_json' %}", {'json': this.json_data}, {emulateJSON: true}).then((response) => {
+                        console.log(response.data)
+                        this.recipe_data = response.data;
+                        this.loading = false
+                    }).catch((err) => {
+                        this.error = err.data
+                        this.loading = false
+                        console.log(err)
+                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
+                    })
+                },
                 importRecipe: function () {
                     if (this.importing_recipe) {
                         this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('Already importing the selected recipe, please wait!'), 'danger')
@@ -361,7 +389,7 @@
                     this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index] = new_unit
                 },
                 addKeyword: function (tag) {
-                    let new_keyword = {'text':tag,'id':null}
+                    let new_keyword = {'text': tag, 'id': null}
                     this.recipe_data.keywords.push(new_keyword)
                 },
                 openUnitSelect: function (id) {
diff --git a/cookbook/urls.py b/cookbook/urls.py
index 4f0557033..cc5626533 100644
--- a/cookbook/urls.py
+++ b/cookbook/urls.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('api/log_cooking/<int:recipe_id>/', api.log_cooking, name='api_log_cooking'),
     path('api/plan-ical/<slug:from_date>/<slug:to_date>/', api.get_plan_ical, name='api_get_plan_ical'),
     path('api/recipe-from-url/', api.recipe_from_url, name='api_recipe_from_url'),
+    path('api/recipe-from-json/', api.recipe_from_json, name='api_recipe_from_json'),
     path('api/ingredient-from-string/', api.ingredient_from_string, name='api_ingredient_from_string'),
 
     path('dal/keyword/', dal.KeywordAutocomplete.as_view(), name='dal_keyword'),
diff --git a/cookbook/views/api.py b/cookbook/views/api.py
index da307b8c6..3db330669 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/api.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/api.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from cookbook.helper.permission_helper import (CustomIsAdmin, CustomIsGuest,
                                                CustomIsOwner, CustomIsShare,
                                                CustomIsShared, CustomIsUser,
                                                group_required)
-from cookbook.helper.recipe_url_import import get_from_html
+from cookbook.helper.recipe_url_import import get_from_html, find_recipe_json
 from cookbook.models import (CookLog, Food, Ingredient, Keyword, MealPlan,
                              MealType, Recipe, RecipeBook, ShoppingList,
                              ShoppingListEntry, ShoppingListRecipe, Step,
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class RecipeViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet, StandardFilterMixin):
 class ShoppingListRecipeViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     queryset = ShoppingListRecipe.objects
     serializer_class = ShoppingListRecipeSerializer
-    permission_classes = [CustomIsOwner| CustomIsShared ]
+    permission_classes = [CustomIsOwner | CustomIsShared]
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         return self.queryset.filter(Q(shoppinglist__created_by=self.request.user) | Q(shoppinglist__shared=self.request.user)).filter(shoppinglist__space=self.request.space).all()
@@ -546,6 +546,23 @@ def recipe_from_url(request):
     return get_from_html(response.text, url, request.space)
 
 
+@group_required('user')
+def recipe_from_json(request):
+    mjson = request.POST['json']
+
+    md_json = json.loads(mjson)
+    if ('@type' in md_json
+            and md_json['@type'] == 'Recipe'):
+        return JsonResponse(find_recipe_json(md_json, '', request.space))
+    return JsonResponse(
+        {
+            'error': True,
+            'msg': _('Could not parse correctly...')
+        },
+        status=400
+    )
+
+
 @group_required('user')
 def ingredient_from_string(request):
     text = request.POST['text']