diff --git a/src/app/api/admin/import/furni/route.ts b/src/app/api/admin/import/furni/route.ts
index 0e9c6abff6..90b7e1901f 100644
--- a/src/app/api/admin/import/furni/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/admin/import/furni/route.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 	ensureDirectories,
 	IMPORTED_PAGE_CAPTION_SAVE,
 	importSingleFurni,
+	resetCatalogPageCache,
 } from "@/lib/services/furni-import";
 import { getOfficialHabboFurnidata } from "@/lib/services/habbo-furnidata-cache";
 import { listFurniture } from "@/lib/services/habbofurni";
@@ -820,6 +821,8 @@ export const PUT = withAdmin(
 		}
 
 		if (!isDryRun) {
+			// Clear in-memory catalog page cache since we may have created/deleted pages
+			resetCatalogPageCache();
 			logAudit({
 				userId: ctx.session.user.id,
 				action: "furni_reorganize",
diff --git a/src/lib/services/furni-import.ts b/src/lib/services/furni-import.ts
index 4bfe833e2b..fbef82406c 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/furni-import.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/furni-import.ts
@@ -182,14 +182,21 @@ export function buildItemsBaseEnrichmentUpdate(params: {
     `;
 }
 
-/** Get or create the root "Imported Furniture" parent page (no items directly on this page). */
+/** Get or create the root "Imported Furniture" parent page (no items directly on this page).
+ * Caches the page ID in-memory for the process lifetime to avoid redundant DB reads
+ * during batch imports */
 export async function getOrCreateImportedParentPage(): Promise<number> {
+	if (parentIdCache !== null) return parentIdCache;
+
 	const [existing] = await db
 		.select({ id: CatalogPages.id })
 		.from(CatalogPages)
 		.where(eq(CatalogPages.captionSave, IMPORTED_PAGE_CAPTION_SAVE))
 		.limit(1);
-	if (existing) return existing.id;
+	if (existing) {
+		parentIdCache = existing.id;
+		return existing.id;
+	}
 
 	// Use raw SQL to avoid ENUM mismatch (page_layout, visible, enabled)
 	// All string columns must be '' (not NULL) or the Java emulator may skip the page
@@ -207,6 +214,7 @@ export async function getOrCreateImportedParentPage(): Promise<number> {
 			'Failed to create "Imported Furniture" parent catalog page',
 		);
 	}
+	parentIdCache = created.id;
 	return created.id;
 }
 
@@ -281,6 +289,21 @@ let catalogIdLastUsed = 0;
 let catalogIdSeedChain: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
 const CATALOG_ID_REFRESH_MS = 60_000;
 
+// In-memory cache for catalog page IDs — avoids N+1 DB lookups during batch imports
+// where many items belong to the same category.
+let parentIdCache: number | null = null;
+let categoryPageCache: Map<string, number> | null = null;
+let categoryCacheTimestamp = 0;
+const CATEGORY_CACHE_TTL_MS = 5 * 60_000; // 5 minutes
+
+/** Drop the in-process catalog page cache. Call after bulk operations
+ *  (e.g. the PUT re-organize route) to force a fresh DB lookup. */
+export function resetCatalogPageCache(): void {
+	parentIdCache = null;
+	categoryPageCache = null;
+	categoryCacheTimestamp = 0;
+}
+
 /** Allocate a unique catalog_items id. Seeded once with MAX(id)+1, then handed
  *  out from an in-process counter so concurrent imports don't serialize on a
  *  SELECT MAX + INSERT round-trip per item. Re-seeds when idle so rows added
@@ -326,7 +349,10 @@ export function __resetCatalogIdAllocatorForTests(): void {
 	catalogIdSeedChain = Promise.resolve();
 }
 
-/** Get or create a category sub-page under the imported parent page. */
+/** Get or create a category sub-page under the imported parent page.
+ * Caches category page IDs in-memory for CATEGORY_CACHE_TTL_MS to avoid
+ * redundant DB lookups during batch imports where many items map to the same
+ * category. */
 export async function getOrCreateCategoryPage(
 	classname: string,
 	itemType: string,
@@ -334,6 +360,17 @@ export async function getOrCreateCategoryPage(
 	const parentId = await getOrCreateImportedParentPage();
 	const catKey = classifyFurni(classname, itemType);
 	const captionSave = `imp_${catKey}`;
+
+	// Check in-memory cache (TTL based)
+	const now = Date.now();
+	if (
+		categoryPageCache &&
+		now - categoryCacheTimestamp < CATEGORY_CACHE_TTL_MS
+	) {
+		const cached = categoryPageCache.get(captionSave);
+		if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
+	}
+
 	const catInfo = CATEGORY_PAGE[catKey] || CATEGORY_PAGE.other;
 
 	const [existing] = await db
@@ -346,7 +383,11 @@ export async function getOrCreateCategoryPage(
 			),
 		)
 		.limit(1);
-	if (existing) return existing.id;
+	if (existing) {
+		if (!categoryPageCache) categoryPageCache = new Map();
+		categoryPageCache.set(captionSave, existing.id);
+		return existing.id;
+	}
 
 	await db.execute(sql`
     INSERT INTO catalog_pages (caption_save, caption, page_layout, parent_id, min_rank, order_num, icon_image, enabled, visible, includes, page_headline, page_teaser, page_special, page_text1, page_text2, page_text_details, page_text_teaser)
@@ -368,6 +409,8 @@ export async function getOrCreateCategoryPage(
 			`Failed to create catalog sub-page "${captionSave}" under parent ${parentId}`,
 		);
 	}
+	if (!categoryPageCache) categoryPageCache = new Map();
+	categoryPageCache.set(captionSave, created.id);
 	return created.id;
 }
 
@@ -625,11 +668,24 @@ export async function importSingleFurni(params: {
 	}
 
 	// ── Rollback: if conversion/download failed AND no .nitro exists, remove DB record ──
-	if (
-		!existsSync(/*turbopackIgnore: true*/ nitroPath) &&
-		!conversionResult &&
-		!nitroDownloadOk
-	) {
+	// Also validate that the .nitro file is non-trivial (≥ 128 bytes — a bare
+	// Nitro bundle header is larger than that, anything smaller is corrupt/empty).
+	const nitroStat = await fs
+		.stat(/*turbopackIgnore: true*/ nitroPath)
+		.catch(() => null);
+	const nitroValid = nitroStat && nitroStat.size >= 128;
+
+	if (!nitroValid && !conversionResult) {
+		if (nitroStat) {
+			warnings.push(
+				`Nitro file too small/corrupt (${nitroStat.size} bytes) — removing`,
+			);
+			try {
+				await fs.unlink(nitroPath);
+			} catch {
+				/* ignore */
+			}
+		}
 		try {
 			await db.execute(
 				sql`DELETE FROM items_base WHERE id = ${spriteId} AND item_name = ${classname}`,
diff --git a/src/lib/services/habbofurni.ts b/src/lib/services/habbofurni.ts
index 441c10a2f4..b9ed74f880 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/habbofurni.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/habbofurni.ts
@@ -154,11 +154,14 @@ export async function batchLookupByClassnames(
 	const result = new Map<string, HabboFurniItem>();
 	if (classnames.length === 0) return result;
 
-	for (const cn of classnames) {
-		const item = await getFurnitureByClassname(cn);
-		if (item?.name) {
-			result.set(cn, item);
-		}
+	// Parallel lookup — all share the same in-memory furnidata cache
+	const lookedUp = await Promise.all(
+		classnames.map((cn) => getFurnitureByClassname(cn)),
+	);
+
+	for (let i = 0; i < classnames.length; i++) {
+		const item = lookedUp[i];
+		if (item?.name) result.set(classnames[i], item);
 	}
 
 	return result;