diff --git a/src/importer/index.ts b/src/importer/index.ts
index 97725bf..5874c2b 100644
--- a/src/importer/index.ts
+++ b/src/importer/index.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ export const importThings = async (config: Config, options: ImportOptions) => {
     return new constructor(source, cfg).loadThings();
   }))).flat();
 
-  if (options.force) {
-    await openhab.deleteThings(...things.map(t => t.UID));
-  }
-
   const existingThings = await openhab.getThings();
   const existingThingsUIDs = existingThings.map(t => t.UID);  
 
@@ -36,6 +32,11 @@ export const importThings = async (config: Config, options: ImportOptions) => {
     .filter(t => !existingThingsUIDs.includes(t.UID))
     .filter(filter);
 
+  if (options.force) {
+    await openhab.deleteThings(...thingsToImport.map(t => t.UID));
+  }
+
+  await openhab.createThings(...thingsToImport);
 
   return thingsToImport;
 }
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diff --git a/src/openhab/index.ts b/src/openhab/index.ts
index beb5b31..93a16a9 100644
--- a/src/openhab/index.ts
+++ b/src/openhab/index.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export class OpenHAB {
   }
 
   async createThings(...things: Thing[]): Promise<Thing[]> {
-    const response = await this.#api.post<Thing[]>('/things');
-    return response.data;
+    const responses = await Promise.all(things.map(thing => this.#api.post<Thing>('/things', thing)));    
+    return responses.map(r => r.data);
   }
 }