diff --git a/import_problem b/import_problem
--- a/import_problem
+++ b/import_problem
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@
     end
   end
 
+  #also include any .txt files
+  Dir.glob("#{testcase_dir}/*.txt") do |file|
+    puts "copy data file #{file}"
+    FileUtils.cp(file,"#{problem_dir}")
+  end
+
   # generating all_tests.cfg
   puts "generating testcase config file"