diff --git a/parsers/logbooks.py b/parsers/logbooks.py
index bb592f3..1d23215 100644
--- a/parsers/logbooks.py
+++ b/parsers/logbooks.py
@@ -125,24 +125,7 @@ def GetTripPersons(trippeople, expedition, logtime_underground, tid=None):
         if tripperson and tripperson[0] != "*":
             tripperson = re.sub(rx_round_bracket, "", tripperson).strip()
 
-            # these aliases should be moved to people.py GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup(expedition)
-            if tripperson == "Wiggy":
-                tripperson = "Phil Wigglesworth"
-            if tripperson == "Animal":
-                tripperson = "Mike Richardson"
-            if tripperson == "MikeTA":
-                tripperson = "Mike Richardson"
-            if tripperson == "CavingPig":
-                tripperson = "Elaine Oliver"
-            if tripperson == "nobrotson":
-                tripperson = "Rob Watson"
-            if tripperson == "Tinywoman":
-                tripperson = "Nadia"
-            if tripperson == "tcacrossley":
-                tripperson = "Tom Crossley"
-            if tripperson == "Samouse1":
-                tripperson = "Todd Rye"
-
+            # Whacky aliases all handled in GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup()
             personyear = GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup(expedition).get(tripperson.lower())
             if not personyear:
                 message = f" ! - {expedition.year} No name match for: '{tripperson}' in entry {tid=} for this expedition year."
diff --git a/parsers/people.py b/parsers/people.py
index 7820956..f5b234c 100644
--- a/parsers/people.py
+++ b/parsers/people.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from unidecode import unidecode
 
 from troggle.core.models.troggle import DataIssue, Expedition, Person, PersonExpedition
-from troggle.core.utils import save_carefully
 
 """These functions do not match how the stand-alone folk script works. So the script produces an HTML file which has 
 href links to pages in troggle which troggle does not think are right.
@@ -74,17 +73,15 @@ def load_people_expos():
     headers = next(personreader)
     header = dict(list(zip(headers, list(range(len(headers))))))
 
-    # make expeditions
-    print(" - Loading expeditions")
     years = headers[5:]
+    nexpos = Expedition.objects.count()
+    if nexpos <= 0:
+        print(" - Creating expeditions")
+        for year in years:
+            lookupAttribs = {"year": year}
+            nonLookupAttribs = {"name": f"CUCC expo {year}"}
+            e = Expedition.objects.create(**nonLookupAttribs, **lookupAttribs)
 
-    for year in years:
-        lookupAttribs = {"year": year}
-        nonLookupAttribs = {"name": f"CUCC expo {year}"}
-
-        save_carefully(Expedition, lookupAttribs, nonLookupAttribs)
-
-    # make persons
     print(" - Loading personexpeditions")
 
     for personline in personreader:
@@ -116,7 +113,7 @@ def load_people_expos():
 
         lookupAttribs = {"first_name": firstname, "last_name": (lastname or "")}
         nonLookupAttribs = {"is_vfho": vfho, "fullname": fullname, "nickname": nickname}
-        person, created = save_carefully(Person, lookupAttribs, nonLookupAttribs)
+        person = Person.objects.create(**nonLookupAttribs, **lookupAttribs)
 
         parse_blurb(personline=personline, header=header, person=person)
 
@@ -126,7 +123,7 @@ def load_people_expos():
             if attended == "1" or attended == "-1":
                 lookupAttribs = {"person": person, "expedition": expedition}
                 nonLookupAttribs = {"nickname": nickname, "is_guest": (personline[header["Guest"]] == "1")}
-                save_carefully(PersonExpedition, lookupAttribs, nonLookupAttribs)
+                pe = PersonExpedition.objects.create(**nonLookupAttribs, **lookupAttribs)
     print("", flush=True)
 
 
@@ -289,8 +286,19 @@ def GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup(expedition):
                 possnames.append("eric c. landgraf")
                 possnames.append("eric c landgraf")
             if f"{f} {l}" == "Nadia Raeburn".lower():
+                possnames.append("tinywoman")
                 possnames.append("nadia rc")
                 possnames.append("nadia raeburn-cherradi")
+            if f"{f} {l}" == "Phil Wigglesworth".lower():
+                possnames.append("wiggy")
+            if f"{f} {l}" == "Elaine Oliver".lower():
+                possnames.append("cavingpig")
+            if f"{f} {l}" == "Tom Crossley".lower():
+                possnames.append("tcacrossley")
+            if f"{f} {l}" == "Rob Watson".lower():
+                possnames.append("nobrotson")
+            if f"{f} {l}" == "Todd Rye".lower():
+                possnames.append("samouse1")
 
         for i in [3, 4, 5, 6]:
             lim = min(i, len(f) + 1)  # short form, e.g. Dan for Daniel.