diff --git a/parsers/survex.py b/parsers/survex.py
index b1f0377..6e918bf 100644
--- a/parsers/survex.py
+++ b/parsers/survex.py
@@ -589,14 +589,37 @@ class LoadingSurvex:
             try:
                 for i, chunk in enumerate(safe_chunks):
                     print(f"   - Saving chunk {i+1} ({len(chunk)} blocks)...", file=sys.stderr)
-                    SurvexBlock.objects.bulk_create(
-                        chunk,
-                        update_conflicts=True, # root item probably exists already
-                        # update_fields needed if we allow conflict update
-                        update_fields=['name', 'title', 'parent', 'date',
-                        'expedition', 'survexfile', 'scanswallet', 'legsall', 'legslength', 'foreigners',], 
-                        unique_fields=['_blockid']
-                    )
+                    try:
+                        SurvexBlock.objects.bulk_create(
+                            chunk,
+                            update_conflicts=True, # root item probably exists already
+                            # update_fields needed if we allow conflict update
+                            update_fields=['name', 'title', 'parent', 'date',
+                            'expedition', 'survexfile', 'scanswallet', 'legsall', 'legslength', 'foreigners',], 
+                            unique_fields=['_blockid']
+                        )
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        
+                        message = f"\n ! - EXCEPTION '{e}' - in SB bulk update. Falling back onto sequential updates for this chunk"
+                        print(message)
+                        print(message, file=sys.stderr)
+                        stash_data_issue(parser="survex", message=message)
+                        
+                        for sb in chunk:
+                            got_obj, created = SurvexBlock.objects.get_or_create(
+                                survexblock=sb.survexblock,
+                                defaults={'survexblockblock': sb.survexblock} # Fields to set only if creating
+                            )
+                            if created:
+                                print(f"  - {sb} Created", file=sys.stderr)
+                            else:
+                                # update the block if it changed
+                                got_obj.block = sb.block
+                                got_obj.save()
+                                # print(f"  - {sb} SAVED", file=sys.stderr)
+                        print(f"  - {len(chunk)} SBs saved to db", file=sys.stderr)
+        
+                        
                 print("   - Success: Entire tree of survexblocks saved to db.", file=sys.stderr)
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Failed at chunk {i+1}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)    
@@ -723,10 +746,10 @@ class LoadingSurvex:
                     defaults={'survexblockblock': pr.survexblock} # Fields to set only if creating
                 )
                 if created:
-                    print(f"  - {qm} Created", file=sys.stderr)
+                    print(f"  - {pr} Created", file=sys.stderr)
                 else:
                     # update the block if it changed
-                    got_obj.block = qm.block
+                    got_obj.survexblock = pr.survexblock
                     got_obj.save()
                     # print(f"  - {qm} SAVED", file=sys.stderr)
         print(f"  - PRs saved to db", file=sys.stderr)