diff --git a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/ContingentImportService.php b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/ContingentImportService.php
index 077725de..6e22a50d 100644
--- a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/ContingentImportService.php
+++ b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/ContingentImportService.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class ContingentImportService implements SingletonInterface
     {
         libxml_use_internal_errors (true);
         /** @var \SimpleXMLElement $xmlData */
-        if (!$xmlData = simplexml_load_file($file)) {
+        if (!$xmlData = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents($file))) {
             libxml_clear_errors();
             return 0;
         }
diff --git a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/DateImportService.php b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/DateImportService.php
index 4c27c6e0..f0942248 100644
--- a/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/DateImportService.php
+++ b/public/typo3conf/ext/ep_products/Classes/Service/DateImportService.php
@@ -171,8 +171,12 @@ class DateImportService implements SingletonInterface
      */
     public function parseProductXmlFile($file)
     {
+        libxml_use_internal_errors (true);
         /** @var \SimpleXMLElement $xmlData */
-        $xmlData = simplexml_load_file($file);
+        if (!$xmlData = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents($file))) {
+            libxml_clear_errors();
+            return 0;
+        }
 
         if ($xmlData->reise[0] === null) {
             return 0;
@@ -798,14 +802,18 @@ class DateImportService implements SingletonInterface
             if (!array_key_exists($key, $list)) {
                 $list[$key] = [];
             }
-            $list[$key] = array_merge($list[$key], $section);
+            $list[$key] += $section;
         }
     }
 
     protected function importPickups()
     {
+        libxml_use_internal_errors (true);
         $path = GeneralUtility::getFileAbsFileName('fileadmin/xmlexport/zustiege.xml');
-        $xmlData = simplexml_load_file($path);
+        if (!$xmlData = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents($path))) {
+            libxml_clear_errors();
+            return;
+        }
 
         foreach ($xmlData->zustieg as $entry)
         {