diff --git a/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/views.py b/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/views.py
index c48679b..42942dc 100644
--- a/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/views.py
+++ b/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/views.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def model_form_upload(request):
         if form.is_valid():
             try:
                 data = parseData(request.FILES['file'])
+                print(data)
                 form.save()
                 return JsonResponse(data, safe=False)
             except:
diff --git a/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/xmlParser.py b/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/xmlParser.py
index 7fdee29..7597140 100644
--- a/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/xmlParser.py
+++ b/backend/webapp/prototype/filehandler/xmlParser.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 import argparse
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from postmarkup import render_bbcode
 import json
+import html
+import re
 import tempfile
 
 def parseData(file):    
@@ -30,17 +33,19 @@ def parseData(file):
     for d in soup.forum.find_all('discussion'):
         posts = []
         for p in d.find_all('post'):
+            post_soup = BeautifulSoup(html.unescape(str(p.message)), "lxml")
+            paragraphs = [render_bbcode(x.text) for x in post_soup.find_all('p')]
             posts.append({
                 'id': p.get('id'),
                 'parent': p.find('parent').text,
                 'author': p.userid.text,
-                'message': p.message.get_text()
+                'message': [x for x in paragraphs if x]
             })
-    out['discussions'].append({
-        'id':         d.get('id'),
-        'title':      d.find('name').text,
-        'first_post': d.firstpost.text,
-        'posts': posts
-    })
+        out['discussions'].append({
+            'id':         d.get('id'),
+            'title':      d.find('name').text,
+            'first_post': d.firstpost.text,
+            'posts': posts
+        })
     fd.close()
     return(out)