diff --git a/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/config/conf/AnnotatorConf.java b/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/config/conf/AnnotatorConf.java
index 01f748c6..27cef8a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/config/conf/AnnotatorConf.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/config/conf/AnnotatorConf.java
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 public class AnnotatorConf {
     private String listDocumentsAPI;
     private String convertDocumentAPI;
+    private String processAnnotationAPI;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/controller/SystemController.java b/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/controller/SystemController.java
index 2fe2fba8..dbb2e6ec 100755
--- a/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/controller/SystemController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/controller/SystemController.java
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public void deleteComponent(@PathVariable(name = "systemFragment") String system
     public void importDocument(@PathVariable(name = "systemFragment") String systemFragment, @RequestParam URI documentId) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
         URI systemURI = identifierService.composeIdentifier(Vocabulary.s_c_system, systemFragment);
         log.info("> importing annotations from document <{}> into system <{}>", documentId, systemURI);
+        annotatorService.processAnnotations();
         annotatorService.convertDocument(documentId.toString());
         repositoryService.importDocument(systemURI, documentId);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/service/external/AnnotatorService.java b/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/service/external/AnnotatorService.java
index 6f07334c..8930ad19 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/service/external/AnnotatorService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/analysis/service/external/AnnotatorService.java
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 @Service
 @Slf4j
@@ -51,4 +49,16 @@ public void convertDocument(String docuementIri) throws UnsupportedEncodingExcep
         // use document iri as the context in which to store converted annotations
         rdfDao.persist(reader, docuementIri);
     }
+
+    public  void processAnnotations(){
+        try {
+            log.info("calling external annotation processing service {}", conf.getProcessAnnotationAPI());
+            RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
+            String url = conf.getProcessAnnotationAPI();
+            ResponseEntity<String> response
+                    = restTemplate.getForEntity(url, String.class);
+        }catch (Exception e){
+            log.warn("Failed executing external process annotation service at <{}>. Error message - {}", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index de5fb2f4..b7760b4f 100755
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ logging:
 annotator:
   list-documents-api: ${LIST_DOCUMENT_API:http://localhost:8282/s-pipes/service?_pId=list-documents}
   convert-document-api: ${CONVERT_DOCUMENT_API:http://localhost:8282/s-pipes/service?_pId=convert-document}
+  process-annotatoins-api: ${PROCESS_ANNOTATION_API:https://localhost:8090/annotator/process-annotation-service.sh}
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