diff --git a/cli/convertToMDX.ts b/cli/convertToMDX.ts
index ed1a808..608cc3c 100644
--- a/cli/convertToMDX.ts
+++ b/cli/convertToMDX.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ function removeNoLiveTags(content: string): string {
 }
 
 function removeExistingImports(content: string): string {
-  // Remove imports that don't end in .css
-  const importRegex = /^import {?[\w\s,\n]*}? from ['"](?!.*\.css['"])[^'"]*['"];?\n/gm
+  // Remove imports that are absolute and not CSS
+  const importRegex = /^import {?[\w\s,\n]*}? from ['"](?!\.\.?\/)(?!.*\.css['"])[^'"]*['"];?\n/gm
   return content.replace(importRegex, '')
 }