diff --git a/src/customer-import.js b/src/customer-import.js
index f5452cd..37e9043 100644
--- a/src/customer-import.js
+++ b/src/customer-import.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export default class CustomerImport {
       return Promise.resolve(customerGroupId)
     }
     return this.insertCustomerGroup(customerGroupName)
-    .then(({ body: customerGroup }) => {
+    .then(customerGroup => {
       return customerGroup.id
     })
   }
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ export default class CustomerImport {
 
   insertCustomerGroup (customerGroupName) {
     return this.client.customerGroups.create({ groupName: customerGroupName })
+    .then(({ body: newCustomerGroup }) => {
+      this.customerGroups[customerGroupName] = newCustomerGroup.id
+      return newCustomerGroup
+    })
   }
 
   validateCustomer (customer) {
diff --git a/tests/integration/customer-import.js b/tests/integration/customer-import.js
index d0b9bdc..46a900c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/customer-import.js
+++ b/tests/integration/customer-import.js
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ describe('customer import module', function () {
       email: 'philipp.sporrer@commercetools.de',
       customerGroup: 'commercetools'
     }
-    customerImport.insertCustomerGroup('commercetools')
+    customerImport.loadCustomerGroups()
     .then(() => {
-      customerImport.loadCustomerGroups()
+      customerImport.insertCustomerGroup('commercetools')
       .then(() => {
         customerImport.importCustomer(customer)
         .then((customerWithGroupReference) => {