diff --git a/openvas/glpi-to-openvas.sh b/openvas/glpi-to-openvas.sh
index d19f553..081f6dd 100755
--- a/openvas/glpi-to-openvas.sh
+++ b/openvas/glpi-to-openvas.sh
@@ -56,34 +56,25 @@ else
     fetch_inventory > "$INVENTORY_JSON" || exit 1
 fi
 
-# Normalize: one record per line with parsed IPs
-NORMALIZED=$(jq -r '
-    .[]
-    | select( ($ONLY_DYNAMIC == 0 or .is_dynamic == 1) )
-    | ( .comment // "" ) as $c
-    | ( [$c | scan("ts=([0-9.]+)")] | first | first // "" ) as $ts
-    | ( [$c | scan("mgmt[ =]([0-9.]+)")] | first | first // "" ) as $mgmt
-    | select( $INCLUDE_NO_IP == 1 or $ts != "" or $mgmt != "" )
-    | [ (.id|tostring), .name, $ts, $mgmt, (.serial // "-"),
-        (.last_inventory_update // "-"), ((.is_dynamic // 0)|tostring) ]
-    | @tsv' --argjson ONLY_DYNAMIC "$ONLY_DYNAMIC" --argjson INCLUDE_NO_IP "$INCLUDE_NO_IP" "$INVENTORY_JSON")
-
-[ -n "$NORMALIZED" ] || { echo "no scan targets parsed from GLPI" >&2; exit 2; }
-
 case "$FORMAT" in
 csv)
     printf 'glpi_id,name,ts_ip,mgmt_ip,serial,last_inventory,agent_fed\n'
-    printf '%s\n' "$NORMALIZED"
+    jq -r '
+        .[]
+        | select( ($ONLY_DYNAMIC == 0 or .is_dynamic == 1) )
+        | ( .comment // "" ) as $c
+        | ( [$c | scan("ts=([0-9.]+)")] | first | first // "" ) as $ts
+        | ( [$c | scan("mgmt[ =]([0-9.]+)")] | first | first // "" ) as $mgmt
+        | select( $INCLUDE_NO_IP == 1 or $ts != "" or $mgmt != "" )
+        | [ (.id|tostring), .name, $ts, $mgmt, (.serial // ""),
+            (.last_inventory_update // ""), ((.is_dynamic // 0)|tostring) ]
+        | @csv' --argjson ONLY_DYNAMIC "$ONLY_DYNAMIC" --argjson INCLUDE_NO_IP "$INCLUDE_NO_IP" "$INVENTORY_JSON"
     ;;
 gmp)
     printf '<!-- GMP create_target fragments generated from GLPI CMDB %s. Review hosts before importing. -->\n' "$(date -Is)"
-    printf '%s\n' "$NORMALIZED" | while IFS="$(printf '\t')" read -r id name ts mgmt _serial inv dyn; do
-        hosts="$ts"
-        if [ -n "$mgmt" ]; then hosts="${hosts:+$hosts,}$mgmt"; fi
-        [ -n "$hosts" ] || continue
-        printf '<create_target><name>glpi-%s-%s</name><hosts>%s</hosts><comment>GLPI #%s inv=%s agent=%s</comment><alive_tests>Scan Config Default</alive_tests></create_target>\n' \
-            "$id" "$(printf '%s' "$name" | tr -c '[:alnum:].-' '-')" "$hosts" "$id" "$inv" "$dyn"
-    done
+    # jq emits the complete element per record (host list built in jq — avoids
+    # bash read() IFS-collapse on empty TSV fields; record bound via . as $rec)
+    jq -r ' .[] | . as $rec | ( $rec.comment // "" ) as $c | ( [$c | scan("ts=([0-9.]+)")] | first | first // "" ) as $ts | ( [$c | scan("mgmt[ =]([0-9.]+)")] | first | first // "" ) as $mgmt | [ $ts, $mgmt ] | map(select(length > 0)) | join(",") as $hosts | select( $hosts != "" ) | $rec.name as $n | "<create_target><name>glpi-\($rec.id)-\($n | gsub("[^a-zA-Z0-9.-]"; "-"))</name><hosts>\($hosts)</hosts><comment>GLPI #\($rec.id) agent=\($rec.is_dynamic // 0)</comment></create_target>"' --argjson ONLY_DYNAMIC "$ONLY_DYNAMIC" --argjson INCLUDE_NO_IP "$INCLUDE_NO_IP" "$INVENTORY_JSON"
     ;;
 *) echo "bad format: $FORMAT" >&2; exit 1 ;;
 esac
diff --git a/openvas/import_targets.gmp b/openvas/import_targets.gmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77192bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openvas/import_targets.gmp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import re
+from lxml import etree
+data = open('/tmp/targets.gmp').read()
+cmds = re.findall(r'<create_target>.*?</create_target>', data, re.S)
+
+pl = etree.fromstring(gmp.send_command('<get_port_lists filter="rows=-1"/>').encode())
+plist_id = None
+for p in pl.findall('.//port_list'):
+    if 'All IANA assigned TCP' in (p.findtext('name') or ''):
+        plist_id = p.get('id')
+        break
+if not plist_id:
+    raise SystemExit('no IANA TCP port list found')
+
+# clean previous glpi-* targets (idempotent re-import)
+existing = etree.fromstring(gmp.send_command('<get_targets filter="rows=-1"/>').encode())
+for t in existing.findall('.//target'):
+    if (t.findtext('name') or '').startswith('glpi-'):
+        gmp.send_command(f'<delete_target target_id="{t.get("id")}"/>')
+
+ok = fail = 0
+for c in cmds:
+    frag = etree.fromstring(c.encode())
+    el = etree.SubElement(frag, 'port_list')
+    el.set('id', plist_id)
+    root = etree.fromstring(gmp.send_command(etree.tostring(frag).decode()).encode())
+    st = root.get('status')
+    if st == '201':
+        ok += 1
+    else:
+        fail += 1
+        if fail <= 3:
+            resp = root.findtext('.//response')
+            print('FAIL', st, (resp or etree.tostring(root).decode())[:180])
+print(f'imported={ok} failed={fail}')