diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Import.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Import.js
index 54e256b2..8fc07262 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Import.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Import.js
@@ -388,6 +388,36 @@ const Import = {
       }
     )
   },
+  
+  handleTEXT: function(text, opts = {}) {
+    let coords = opts.coords
+    if (!coords || coords.x === undefined || coords.y === undefined) {
+      coords = AutoLayout.getNextCoord({ mappings: DataModel.Mappings })
+    }
+
+    const name = text
+    const url = ""
+    const metacode = opts.metacode || 'Wildcard'
+    const importId = opts.importId || null // don't store a cidMapping
+    const permission = opts.permission || null // use default
+    const desc = opts.desc || ""
+
+    Import.createTopicWithParameters(
+      name,
+      metacode,
+      permission,
+      desc,
+      url,
+      coords.x,
+      coords.y,
+      importId,
+      {
+        success: function(topic) {
+          return
+        }
+      }
+    )
+  },
 
   /*
    * helper functions
diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/PasteInput.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/PasteInput.js
index 03a92f86..c31cb19b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/PasteInput.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/PasteInput.js
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import Visualize from './Visualize'
 const PasteInput = {
   // thanks to https://github.com/kevva/url-regex
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
-  URL_REGEX: new RegExp('^(?:(?:(?:[a-z]+:)?//)|www\.)(?:\S+(?::\S*)?@)?(?:localhost|(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])(?:\.(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])){3}|(?:(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)*(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}))\.?)(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#][^\s"]*)?$'),
-
+  URL_REGEX: new RegExp(/^(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/)(?:\S+(?::\S*)?@)?(?:(?!(?:10|127)(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!(?:169\.254|192\.168)(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\.(?:1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[01]\d|22[0-3])(?:\.(?:1?\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\.(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)*(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}))\.?)(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#]\S*)?$/,"i"),
   init: function() {
     var self = PasteInput
 
@@ -29,12 +28,10 @@ const PasteInput = {
       if (e.dataTransfer.files.length > 0) {
         self.handleFile(e.dataTransfer.files[0], coords)
       }
-      // OMG import bookmarks 😍
+      // OMG import bookmarks 😍 (Or just text :P)
       if (e.dataTransfer.items && e.dataTransfer.items.length > 0) {
         e.dataTransfer.items[0].getAsString(function(text) {
-          if (text.match(self.URL_REGEX)) {
-            self.handle(text, coords)
-          }
+          self.handle(text,coords)
         })
       }
     }, false)
@@ -70,11 +67,25 @@ const PasteInput = {
       Import.handleURL(text, coords)
     } else if (text[0] === '{') {
       Import.handleJSON(text)
-    } else if (text.match(/\t/)) {
+    } else if (text.match(/[Tt]opics\t/) || text.match(/[Ss]ynapses\t/)) {
+      console.log("Tab sep!")
       Import.handleTSV(text)
     } else {
-      // just try to see if CSV works
-      Import.handleCSV(text)
+      //Handle as plain text
+      console.log("The text is:",text,"!")
+      let textItems = text.split("\n")
+      if (textItems.length === 1){
+        if(textItems[0].trim() !== ""){
+            Import.handleTEXT(textItems[0].trim(),coords)
+        }
+      }
+      else if (window.confirm('Are you sure you want to create ' + textItems.length + ' new topics?')) {
+        textItems.forEach(item => {
+          if(item.trim() !== ""){
+            self.handle(item.trim(),coords)
+          }
+        })
+      }
     }
   }
 }