diff --git a/Command/AbstractCommand.php b/Command/AbstractCommand.php
index 9119f66..02feeca 100644
--- a/Command/AbstractCommand.php
+++ b/Command/AbstractCommand.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Magento\Framework\App\State as AppState;
 use Magento\Framework\ObjectManagerInterface;
 use Magento\Framework\Registry;
+use Magento\Framework\App\Area;
 use Magento\Framework\App\Cache\Manager as CacheManager;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
@@ -58,12 +59,12 @@ abstract class AbstractCommand extends Command
     private $cacheManager;
 
     /**
-     * @param Registry                 $registry
-     * @param AppState                 $appState
-     * @param ConfigLoader             $configLoader
-     * @param ObjectManagerInterface   $objectManager
-     * @param CacheManager             $cacheManager
-     * @param null                     $name
+     * @param Registry               $registry
+     * @param AppState               $appState
+     * @param ConfigLoader           $configLoader
+     * @param ObjectManagerInterface $objectManager
+     * @param CacheManager           $cacheManager
+     * @param null                   $name
      */
     public function __construct(
         Registry $registry,
@@ -91,8 +92,19 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         $this->input = $input;
         $this->output = $output;
 
-        $this->appState->setAreaCode('adminhtml');
-        $this->objectManager->configure($this->configLoader->load('adminhtml'));
+        try {
+            $area = $this->appState->getAreaCode();
+            if ($area != Area::AREA_ADMINHTML) {
+                $this->appState->setAreaCode(Area::AREA_ADMINHTML);
+            }
+        } catch (\Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException $e) {
+            $this->appState->setAreaCode(Area::AREA_ADMINHTML);
+        }
+
+        $area = $this->appState->getAreaCode();
+        $configLoader = $this->objectManager->get('Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\ConfigLoaderInterface');
+        $this->objectManager->configure($configLoader->load($area));
+
         $this->registry->register('isSecureArea', true);
     }
 
diff --git a/Model/Processor/ImportProcessor.php b/Model/Processor/ImportProcessor.php
index a7b91ff..353a1f1 100644
--- a/Model/Processor/ImportProcessor.php
+++ b/Model/Processor/ImportProcessor.php
@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ public function transformConfigToScopeConfig($path, array $config)
     {
         $return = [];
         foreach ($config as $scope => $scopeIdValue) {
-            foreach ($scopeIdValue as $scopeId => $value) {
-                $scopeId = (int)$scopeId;
+            if (!$scopeIdValue) {
+                continue;
+            }
 
+            foreach ($scopeIdValue as $scopeId => $value) {
                 if (!$this->scopeValidator->validate($scope, $scopeId)) {
                     $errorMsg = sprintf(
                         '<error>ERROR: Invalid scopeId "%s" for scope "%s" (%s => %s)</error>',
@@ -122,10 +124,6 @@ public function transformConfigToScopeConfig($path, array $config)
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                // Valid scope Write output
-                $value = str_replace("\r", '', addcslashes($value, '"'));
-                $value = str_replace("\n", '\\n', $value);
-
                 $return[] = [
                     'value'    => $value,
                     'scope'    => $scope,
diff --git a/Model/Validator/ScopeValidator.php b/Model/Validator/ScopeValidator.php
index 83a0b89..4bf4941 100644
--- a/Model/Validator/ScopeValidator.php
+++ b/Model/Validator/ScopeValidator.php
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
  */
 namespace Semaio\ConfigImportExport\Model\Validator;
 
+use Magento\Store\Model\Store;
 use Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface;
+use Magento\Store\Model\Website;
 
 /**
  * Class ScopeValidator
@@ -63,6 +65,18 @@ private function isValidWebsiteId($websiteId)
             return true;
         }
 
+        if (is_numeric($websiteId)) {
+            // Dont bother checking website codes on numeric input
+            return false;
+        }
+        // @todo hs: build up array of websiteCodes, to prevent wasting time looping
+        /** @var Website $website */
+        foreach ($websites as $website) {
+            if ($website->getCode() == $websiteId) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -79,6 +93,18 @@ private function isValidStoreId($storeId)
             return true;
         }
 
+        // @todo hs: build up array of storeCodes, to prevent wasting time looping
+        if (is_numeric($storeId)) {
+            // Dont bother checking store codes on numeric input
+            return false;
+        }
+        /** @var Store $store */
+        foreach ($stores as $store) {
+            if ($store->getCode() == $storeId) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
         return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be96b52..89d9802 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This module is inspired by the awesome n98-magerun plugin "HarrisStreet ImpEx" b
 
 ## Facts
 
-Version: 2.0.0
+Version: 2.1.0
 
 ## Functionality
 
diff --git a/Test/Unit/Model/Validator/ScopeValidatorTest.php b/Test/Unit/Model/Validator/ScopeValidatorTest.php
index b7d07a5..b440114 100644
--- a/Test/Unit/Model/Validator/ScopeValidatorTest.php
+++ b/Test/Unit/Model/Validator/ScopeValidatorTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  */
 namespace Semaio\ConfigImportExport\Test\Unit\Model\Validator;
 
+use Magento\Store\Api\Data\WebsiteInterface;
+use Magento\Store\Model\Website;
 use Semaio\ConfigImportExport\Model\Validator\ScopeValidator;
 
 /**
@@ -19,6 +21,13 @@ class ScopeValidatorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      */
     private $validator;
 
+    /**
+     * @var PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject|WebsiteInterface
+     */
+    protected  $mockWebsiteOne = null;
+
+
+
     /**
      * Set up test class
      */
@@ -26,8 +35,14 @@ public function setUp()
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
+        $this->mockWebsiteOne = $this->getMockBuilder(
+            WebsiteInterface::class)
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->setMethods(['getCode'])
+            ->getMockForAbstractClass();
+
         $storeManagerMock = $this->getMock('Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface');
-        $storeManagerMock->expects($this->any())->method('getWebsites')->willReturn([1 => 'ABC']);
+        $storeManagerMock->expects($this->any())->method('getWebsites')->willReturn([1 => $this->mockWebsiteOne]);
         $storeManagerMock->expects($this->any())->method('getStores')->willReturn([2 => 'ABC']);
 
         $this->validator = new ScopeValidator($storeManagerMock);
@@ -47,4 +62,18 @@ public function validate()
         $this->assertTrue($this->validator->validate('stores', 2));
         $this->assertFalse($this->validator->validate('stores', 3));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function validateNonNumericWebsite()
+    {
+        $existingWebsiteCode = 'my-cool-website';
+
+        $this->mockWebsiteOne ->expects($this->any())->method('getCode')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($existingWebsiteCode));
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->validator->validate('websites', $existingWebsiteCode));
+        $this->assertFalse($this->validator->validate('websites', 'am i real?'));
+    }
 }