diff --git a/eodb/events/management/commands/feed_formdata.py b/eodb/events/management/commands/feed_formdata.py
index 8a6f357..528ba99 100644
--- a/eodb/events/management/commands/feed_formdata.py
+++ b/eodb/events/management/commands/feed_formdata.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import csv
-
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_datetime
+from django.db import transaction
 
 from eodb.events.models import Formdata
 
@@ -12,8 +11,11 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         parser.add_argument('filename', metavar='FILENAME')
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        for row in csv.reader(open(options['filename'])):
-            if not parse_datetime(row[1]):
+        transaction.set_autocommit(False)
+        for i, row in enumerate(open(options['filename'])):
+            datetime = parse_datetime(row)
+            if not datetime:
                 continue
-            event, created = Formdata.objects.get_or_create(
-                author_datetime=parse_datetime(row[1]))
+            Formdata(author_datetime=datetime).save()
+            if i % 1000 == 0:
+                transaction.commit()