diff --git a/services/premiere-plugin/CSXS/manifest.xml b/services/premiere-plugin/CSXS/manifest.xml
index 50272da..76e7ea9 100644
--- a/services/premiere-plugin/CSXS/manifest.xml
+++ b/services/premiere-plugin/CSXS/manifest.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <ExtensionManifest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   ExtensionBundleId="net.wilddragon.dragonflight.panel"
   ExtensionBundleName="Wild Dragon MAM"
-  ExtensionBundleVersion="1.2.4"
+  ExtensionBundleVersion="1.2.5"
   Version="7.0">
   <ExtensionList>
     <Extension Id="net.wilddragon.dragonflight.panel" Version="1.0" />
diff --git a/services/premiere-plugin/js/main.js b/services/premiere-plugin/js/main.js
index bc603be..0d1a22f 100644
--- a/services/premiere-plugin/js/main.js
+++ b/services/premiere-plugin/js/main.js
@@ -1979,23 +1979,12 @@ function importFileToPremiereProject(filePath) {
             '(function() {',
             '  var result = { success: false, message: "" };',
             '  try {',
-            '    if (!app.project) {',
-            '      result.message = "No active Premiere Pro project";',
-            '      return JSON.stringify(result);',
-            '    }',
-            '    var f = new File("' + safePath + '");',
-            '    if (!f.exists) {',
-            '      result.message = "File not found: ' + safePath + '";',
-            '      return JSON.stringify(result);',
-            '    }',
-            '    try { var __l = new File("C:/Temp/df-import-log.txt"); __l.open("a"); __l.writeln((new Date()).toString() + "  pre-importFiles ' + safePath + '"); __l.close(); } catch(_e){}',
-            '    app.project.importFiles(["' + safePath + '"], true);',
-            '    try { var __l2 = new File("C:/Temp/df-import-log.txt"); __l2.open("a"); __l2.writeln((new Date()).toString() + "  post-importFiles RETURNED"); __l2.close(); } catch(_e){}',
-            '    result.success = true;',
-            '    result.message = "Imported successfully";',
-            '  } catch (e) {',
-            '    result.message = e.message;',
-            '  }',
+            '    var lf = new File("C:/Users/Administrator/Documents/df-import-log.txt");',
+            '    var opened = lf.open("a");',
+            '    result.message = "opened=" + opened + " fsName=" + lf.fsName + " err=" + (lf.error || "none");',
+            '    if (opened) { lf.writeln((new Date()).toString() + " v1.2.5 noop probe"); lf.close(); }',
+            '    /* keep success=false so the message surfaces in the panel popup */',
+            '  } catch (e) { result.message = "caught: " + e.message; }',
             '  return JSON.stringify(result);',
             '})();',
         ].join('\n');