diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.controller.ts b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.controller.ts
index 7bef3c94f1..df30099012 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.controller.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.controller.ts
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ export class CreateWorkspaceController {
         this.submitWorkspace(source);
       }
     } else if (this.selectSourceOption === 'select-source-import') {
-      let workspaceConfig = this.importWorkspace.length > 0 ? angular.fromJson(this.importWorkspace) : {};
-      workspaceConfig.name = this.workspaceName;
-      let creationPromise = this.cheAPI.getWorkspace().createWorkspaceFromConfig(null, workspaceConfig);
+      this.importWorkspaceConfig.name = this.workspaceName;
+      this.setEnvironment(this.importWorkspaceConfig);
+      let creationPromise = this.cheAPI.getWorkspace().createWorkspaceFromConfig(null, this.importWorkspaceConfig);
       this.redirectAfterSubmitWorkspace(creationPromise);
     } else {
       //check predefined recipe location
@@ -171,6 +171,41 @@ export class CreateWorkspaceController {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Perform actions when content of workspace config is changed.
+   */
+  onWorkspaceSourceChange() {
+    this.importWorkspaceConfig = null;
+    this.importWorkspaceMachines = null;
+
+    if (this.importWorkspace && this.importWorkspace.length > 0) {
+      try {
+        this.importWorkspaceConfig = angular.fromJson(this.importWorkspace);
+        this.workspaceName = this.importWorkspaceConfig.name;
+        let environment = this.importWorkspaceConfig.environments[this.importWorkspaceConfig.defaultEnv];
+        let recipeType = environment.recipe.type;
+        let environmentManager = this.cheEnvironmentRegistry.getEnvironmentManager(recipeType);
+        this.importWorkspaceMachines = environmentManager.getMachines(environment);
+      } catch (error) {
+
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the list of environments to be displayed.
+   *
+   * @returns {*} list of environments
+   */
+  getEnvironments() {
+    if (this.selectSourceOption === 'select-source-import') {
+      return (this.importWorkspaceConfig && this.importWorkspaceConfig.environments) ? this.importWorkspaceConfig.environments : [];
+    } else if (this.stack) {
+      return this.stack.workspaceConfig.environments;
+    }
+    return [];
+  }
+
   /**
    * Detects machine source from pointed stack.
    *
@@ -242,9 +277,14 @@ export class CreateWorkspaceController {
     this.$rootScope.$broadcast('recent-workspace:set', workspaceId);
   }
 
-  getStackMachines(environment) {
+  getMachines(environment) {
     let recipeType = environment.recipe.type;
     let environmentManager = this.cheEnvironmentRegistry.getEnvironmentManager(recipeType);
+
+    if (this.selectSourceOption === 'select-source-import') {
+      return this.importWorkspaceMachines;
+    }
+
     if (!this.stackMachines[this.stack.id]) {
       this.stackMachines[this.stack.id] = environmentManager.getMachines(environment);
     }
@@ -269,6 +309,6 @@ export class CreateWorkspaceController {
 
     let recipeType = environment.recipe.type;
     let environmentManager = this.cheEnvironmentRegistry.getEnvironmentManager(recipeType);
-    workspace.environments[workspace.defaultEnv] = environmentManager.getEnvironment(environment, this.getStackMachines(environment));
+    workspace.environments[workspace.defaultEnv] = environmentManager.getEnvironment(environment, this.getMachines(environment));
   }
 }
diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.html b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.html
index 13234be1d4..8345fdcdc1 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.html
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.html
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <che-label-container che-label-name="Import workspace"
                          ng-if="createWorkspaceCtrl.selectSourceOption === 'select-source-import'">
       <ui-codemirror class="workspace-editor" ui-codemirror="createWorkspaceCtrl.editorOptions"
-                     ng-model="createWorkspaceCtrl.importWorkspace"></ui-codemirror>
+                     ng-model="createWorkspaceCtrl.importWorkspace" ng-change="createWorkspaceCtrl.onWorkspaceSourceChange()"></ui-codemirror>
     </che-label-container>
 
     <che-label-container ng-if="createWorkspaceCtrl.selectSourceOption === 'select-source-recipe'"
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@
     </che-label-container>
     <che-label-container che-label-name="RAM">
       <div ng-hide="createWorkspaceCtrl.isCustomStack"
-           data-ng-repeat="(environmentKey, environmentValue) in createWorkspaceCtrl.stack.workspaceConfig.environments">
-          <span ng-if="createWorkspaceCtrl.getObjectKeys(createWorkspaceCtrl.stack.workspaceConfig.environments).length > 1"
+           data-ng-repeat="(environmentKey, environmentValue) in createWorkspaceCtrl.getEnvironments()">
+          <span ng-if="createWorkspaceCtrl.getObjectKeys(createWorkspaceCtrl.getEnvironments()).length > 1"
                 class="workspace-environment-name">ENVIRONMENT: {{environmentKey}}</span>
 
         <div>
-          <div data-ng-repeat="machine in createWorkspaceCtrl.getStackMachines(environmentValue)">
+          <div data-ng-repeat="machine in createWorkspaceCtrl.getMachines(environmentValue)">
             <div class="workspace-machine" ng-if="machine.attributes && machine.attributes.memoryLimitBytes">
               <span ng-if="$first !== $last">MACHINE: {{machine.name}}</span>
               <che-workspace-ram-allocation-slider
diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/list-workspaces/list-workspaces.html b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/list-workspaces/list-workspaces.html
index 359d928f89..f669e0acff 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/list-workspaces/list-workspaces.html
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/list-workspaces/list-workspaces.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 -->
 <che-toolbar che-title="Workspaces" border-none></che-toolbar>
-<che-description che-link-title="Learn more." che-link="https://eclipse-che.readme.io/docs/environments">A workspace is where your projects live and run. Create workspaces from stacks that define projects, runtimes, and commands.</che-description>
+<che-description che-link-title="Learn more." che-link="https://eclipse-che.readme.io/docs/introduction">A workspace is where your projects live and run. Create workspaces from stacks that define projects, runtimes, and commands.</che-description>
 <md-content md-scroll-y flex layout="column" md-theme="maincontent-theme">
   <md-progress-linear md-mode="indeterminate" class="workspaces-list-progress"
                       ng-show="listWorkspacesCtrl.isInfoLoading"></md-progress-linear>