diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index dd5d688..862a377 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ class Config(ComboParser):
 		self.add_item(section, 'perfail_checktime', int, 3600, 'additional checking interval for urls in db in seconds per resultless check', False)
 		self.add_item(section, 'max_fail', int, 5, 'number of fails after which an url is considered dead', False)
 		self.add_item(section, 'database', str, 'proxies.sqlite', 'filename of database', True)
+
+		self.aparser.add_argument("--file", help="import a single file containing proxy addrs", type=str, default='', required=False)
diff --git a/ppf.py b/ppf.py
index bdd6fd1..55f0eb3 100755
--- a/ppf.py
+++ b/ppf.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from soup_parser import soupify
 from config import Config
 from http2 import RsHttp, _parse_url
 import rocksock
+import sys
 
 config = Config()
 
@@ -145,12 +146,43 @@ def insert_proxies(proxies, sqlite, timestamp):
 		sqlite.executemany('INSERT INTO proxylist (added,proxy,failed,tested,success_count,total_duration) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?)', new)
 		sqlite.commit()
 
-_known_proxies = {}
+def insert_new_proxies(proxydb, new, url):
+	add = []
+	time_now = int(time.time())
+	for i in new:
+		add.append(i)
+		if len(add) >= 500:
+			insert_proxies(add, proxydb, time_now)
+			add = []
+	if len(add): insert_proxies(add, proxydb, time_now)
+	_log('+%d item(s) from %s' % (len(new), url), 'added')
+
 def proxyleech(proxydb, urldb, url, stale_count, error):
 	try: content = fetch_contents(url)
 	except KeyboardInterrupt as e: raise e
 	except: content = ''
 
+	unique_count, new = extract_proxies(content)
+
+	if stale_count == 0 and error == 0:  # new site
+		if content != '' and unique_count == 0: # site works but has zero proxy addresses
+			error = 99999
+	else:
+		if len(new) == 0: stale_count += 1
+		if content == '':
+			error += 1
+		else:
+			error = 0
+
+	urldb.execute('UPDATE uris SET error=?,stale_count=?,check_time=? where url=?', (error, stale_count, int(time.time()), url))
+	urldb.commit()
+
+	if not len(new): return
+
+	insert_new_proxies(proxydb, new, url)
+
+_known_proxies = {}
+def extract_proxies(content):
 	matches = re.findall(r'([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+){3}:[0-9]{2,5})[\D$]', cleanhtml(content))
 
 	uniques_dict = {}
@@ -173,31 +205,15 @@ def proxyleech(proxydb, urldb, url, stale_count, error):
 			new.append(p)
 			_known_proxies[p] = True
 
-	if stale_count == 0 and error == 0:  # new site
-		if content != '' and len(uniques) == 0: # site works but has zero proxy addresses
-			error = 99999
-	else:
-		if len(new) == 0: stale_count += 1
-		if content == '':
-			error += 1
-		else:
-			error = 0
-
-	urldb.execute('UPDATE uris SET error=?,stale_count=?,check_time=? where url=?', (error, stale_count, int(time.time()), url))
-	urldb.commit()
-
-	if not len(new): return
-
-	add = []
-	time_now = int(time.time())
-	for i in new:
-		add.append(i)
-		if len(add) >= 500:
-			insert_proxies(add, proxydb, time_now)
-			add = []
-	if len(add): insert_proxies(add, proxydb, time_now)
-	_log('+%d item(s) from %s' % (len(new), url), 'added')
+	return len(uniques), new
 
+def import_proxies_from_file(proxydb, fn):
+	content = open(fn, 'r').read()
+	unique_count, new = extract_proxies(content)
+	if len(new):
+		insert_new_proxies(proxydb, new, fn)
+		return 0
+	return 1
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	config.load()
@@ -209,7 +225,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 	urldb = mysqlite.mysqlite(config.ppf.database, str)
 	dbs.create_table_if_not_exists(urldb, 'uris')
 	import_from_file('import.txt', urldb)
-
+	if len(sys.argv) == 3 and sys.argv[1] == "--file":
+		sys.exit(import_proxies_from_file(proxydb, sys.argv[2]))
 
 	if config.ppf.search:
 		## load search terms