diff --git a/front/src/components/Dialogs/TaskImportDialog.vue b/front/src/components/Dialogs/TaskImportDialog.vue
index 5018d52ba..21277ac4f 100644
--- a/front/src/components/Dialogs/TaskImportDialog.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/Dialogs/TaskImportDialog.vue
@@ -26,6 +26,29 @@
                 <template #prepend>
                   <q-icon name="data_object" />
                 </template>
+                <template #option="scope">
+                  <q-item v-bind="scope.itemProps">
+                    <q-item-section>
+                      <q-item-label class="flex">
+                        {{ scope.opt.label }}
+                        <q-space />
+                        {{
+                          scope.opt.amount > 0 ? `(${scope.opt.amount})` : '(0)'
+                        }}
+                      </q-item-label>
+                    </q-item-section>
+                  </q-item>
+                </template>
+                <template #selected-item="scope">
+                  <q-item-section>
+                    <q-item-label>
+                      {{ scope.opt.label }}
+                      {{
+                        scope.opt.amount > 0 ? `(${scope.opt.amount})` : '(0)'
+                      }}
+                    </q-item-label>
+                  </q-item-section>
+                </template>
               </q-select>
 
               <q-input
@@ -41,7 +64,10 @@
                   'font-family': 'monospace',
                 }"
                 :hint="currentParser.value.hint"
-                @paste="onPaste"
+                @paste="detectParser"
+                @blur="detectParser"
+                @focus="detectParser"
+                @update:model-value="detectParser"
               />
             </div>
           </q-tab-panel>
@@ -95,6 +121,7 @@ import { Ctf, makeId } from 'src/ctfnote/models';
 import parsers, { ParsedTask } from 'src/ctfnote/parsers';
 import { defineComponent, ref } from 'vue';
 import TaskTagsList from 'src/components/Task/TaskTagsList.vue';
+import RawParser from 'src/ctfnote/parsers/raw';
 
 export default defineComponent({
   components: {
@@ -107,7 +134,11 @@ export default defineComponent({
   setup() {
     const { dialogRef, onDialogHide, onDialogOK, onDialogCancel } =
       useDialogPluginComponent();
-    const parserOptions = parsers.map((p) => ({ label: p.name, value: p }));
+    const parserOptions = parsers.map((p) => ({
+      label: p.name,
+      value: p,
+      amount: 0,
+    }));
 
     const columns = [
       { name: 'keep', label: '', field: 'keep' },
@@ -165,14 +196,53 @@ export default defineComponent({
       }
     },
     autoDetectParser() {
-      for (const parser of parsers) {
-        if (parser.isValid(this.model)) {
-          const p = this.parserOptions.find((opt) => opt.value == parser);
-          if (p) this.currentParser = p;
+      const outputOfParser = parsers.map((p) => {
+        let challenges: ParsedTask[] = [];
+        try {
+          challenges = p.parse(this.model);
+        } catch (e) {}
+
+        return {
+          parser: p,
+          challenges: challenges,
+        };
+      });
+
+      // assign the amount of challenges to the parser options
+      this.parserOptions.forEach((opt) => {
+        const parser = outputOfParser.find(
+          (p) => p.parser.name === opt.value.name
+        );
+        if (parser) {
+          opt.amount = parser.challenges.length;
         }
+      });
+
+      // find the parser with the most tasks, but exclude the raw parser
+      // since it will count the amount of newlines which does not always make sense
+      const max = outputOfParser
+        .filter((p) => p.parser.name !== RawParser.name)
+        .reduce(
+          (acc, cur) =>
+            cur.challenges.length > acc ? cur.challenges.length : acc,
+          0
+        );
+      const bestParser = outputOfParser.find((p) => p.challenges.length == max);
+      if (
+        bestParser &&
+        bestParser.challenges.length > 0 &&
+        (bestParser.challenges.length > this.currentParser.amount ||
+          this.currentParser.label == RawParser.name) // it must be an improvement, except overriding the raw parser is allowed
+      ) {
+        const p = this.parserOptions.find(
+          (opt) => opt.value == bestParser.parser
+        );
+        if (p) this.currentParser = p;
+      } else if (this.currentParser.amount == 0) {
+        this.currentParser = this.parserOptions[0];
       }
     },
-    onPaste() {
+    detectParser() {
       void this.$nextTick(() => this.autoDetectParser());
     },
     normalizeTags(tags: string[]): string[] {
diff --git a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/angstrom.ts b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/angstrom.ts
index d31580575..551cb0e67 100644
--- a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/angstrom.ts
+++ b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/angstrom.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ParsedTask, Parser } from '.';
-import { parseJson, parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
+import { parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
 
 const AngstromParser: Parser = {
   name: 'ångstromCTF parser',
@@ -26,19 +26,6 @@ const AngstromParser: Parser = {
     }
     return tasks;
   },
-  isValid(s) {
-    const data =
-      parseJson<
-        Array<{ title: string; category: string; description: string }>
-      >(s);
-    return (
-      Array.isArray(data) &&
-      data.length > 0 &&
-      data[0].title != null &&
-      data[0].category != null &&
-      data[0].description != null
-    );
-  },
 };
 
 export default AngstromParser;
diff --git a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/cini.ts b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/cini.ts
index d1d9c311f..07c8f2466 100644
--- a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/cini.ts
+++ b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/cini.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ParsedTask, Parser } from '.';
-import { parseJson, parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
+import { parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
 
 interface Events {
   gamePause?: unknown;
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ const CINIParser: Parser = {
 
     return tasks;
   },
-  isValid(s) {
-    const data = parseJson<Events>(s);
-    if (data == null) return false;
-    return data.gamePause !== undefined && data.events !== undefined;
-  },
 };
 
 export default CINIParser;
diff --git a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/ctfd.ts b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/ctfd.ts
index 6048cff60..20ceb4185 100644
--- a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/ctfd.ts
+++ b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/ctfd.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ParsedTask, Parser } from '.';
-import { parseJson, parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
+import { parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
 
 interface CTFdTags {
   value: string;
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ const CTFDParser: Parser = {
     }
     return tasks;
   },
-  isValid(s) {
-    const data = parseJson<{ data?: unknown }>(s);
-    return Array.isArray(data?.data);
-  },
 };
 
 export default CTFDParser;
diff --git a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/hitcon.ts b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/hitcon.ts
index 464916013..20c75ff68 100644
--- a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/hitcon.ts
+++ b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/hitcon.ts
@@ -28,20 +28,6 @@ const HitconParser: Parser = {
 
     return tasks;
   },
-  isValid(s) {
-    const data =
-      parseJsonStrict<
-        [{ name: string; category: string; description: string }]
-      >(s);
-    if (data == null || data.length < 1) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return (
-      data[0].name != null &&
-      data[0].category != null &&
-      data[0].description != null
-    );
-  },
 };
 
 export default HitconParser;
diff --git a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/htb.ts b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/htb.ts
index cb854dd44..4e7139c10 100644
--- a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/htb.ts
+++ b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/htb.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ParsedTask, Parser } from '.';
-import { parseJson, parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
+import { parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
 
 // output of https://ctf.hackthebox.com/api/public/challengeCategories
 const challengeCategories: { [index: number]: string } = {
@@ -67,17 +67,6 @@ const HTBParser: Parser = {
     }
     return tasks;
   },
-  isValid(s) {
-    const data = parseJson<{
-      challenges: Array<{
-        id: number;
-        name: string;
-        description: string;
-        challenge_category_id: number;
-      }>;
-    }>(s);
-    return Array.isArray(data?.challenges);
-  },
 };
 
 export default HTBParser;
diff --git a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/index.ts b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/index.ts
index ca4c13606..add3bdce4 100644
--- a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/index.ts
+++ b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export type ParsedTask = {
 export type Parser = {
   name: string;
   hint: string;
-  isValid(s: string): boolean;
   parse(s: string): ParsedTask[];
 };
 
diff --git a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/justctf.ts b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/justctf.ts
index 1d076a29d..e5297bdd9 100644
--- a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/justctf.ts
+++ b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/justctf.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ParsedTask, Parser } from '.';
-import { parseJson, parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
+import { parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
 
 const justCTFParser: Parser = {
   name: 'justCTF parser',
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ const justCTFParser: Parser = {
     }
 
     for (const challenge of data) {
-      if (!challenge.description || !challenge.name) {
+      if (
+        !challenge.description ||
+        !challenge.name ||
+        !Array.isArray(challenge.categories)
+      ) {
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -37,29 +41,6 @@ const justCTFParser: Parser = {
     }
     return tasks;
   },
-  isValid(s) {
-    const data = parseJson<
-      [
-        {
-          id: number;
-          name: string;
-          categories: [string];
-          difficult: string;
-          description: string;
-          points: number;
-          solvers: number;
-        }
-      ]
-    >(s);
-    return (
-      data != null &&
-      data?.length > 0 &&
-      data[0].id != null &&
-      data[0].name != null &&
-      Array.isArray(data[0].categories) &&
-      data[0].points != null
-    );
-  },
 };
 
 export default justCTFParser;
diff --git a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/pico.ts b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/pico.ts
index 62e90a0be..dc9536beb 100755
--- a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/pico.ts
+++ b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/pico.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ParsedTask, Parser } from '.';
-import { parseJson, parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
+import { parseJsonStrict } from '../utils';
 
 const PicoParser: Parser = {
   name: 'picoCTF parser',
@@ -21,18 +21,6 @@ const PicoParser: Parser = {
     }
     return tasks;
   },
-  isValid(s) {
-    const data = parseJson<{
-      results: Array<{ name: string; category: { name: string } }>;
-    }>(s);
-    return (
-      data?.results != null &&
-      Array.isArray(data?.results) &&
-      data?.results.length > 0 &&
-      data?.results[0].name != null &&
-      data?.results[0].category.name != null
-    );
-  },
 };
 
 export default PicoParser;
diff --git a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/raw.ts b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/raw.ts
index 22544f6a8..e57a3093c 100644
--- a/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/raw.ts
+++ b/front/src/ctfnote/parsers/raw.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ const RawParser: Parser = {
     }
     return tasks;
   },
-  isValid(s) {
-    return s
-      .trim()
-      .split('\n')
-      .every((s) => /[^|]+\|[^|]+/.exec(s));
-  },
 };
 
 export default RawParser;