--- a/src/memory/params.py	Tue Dec 15 13:33:35 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/memory/params.py	Tue Dec 15 14:12:19 2015 +0100
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from twisted.python.failure import Failure
 from twisted.words.protocols.jabber import jid
-from sat.tools.xml_tools import paramsXML2XMLUI
+from sat.tools.xml_tools import paramsXML2XMLUI, getText
 
 # TODO: params should be rewritten using Twisted directly instead of minidom
 #       general params should be linked to sat.conf and kept synchronised
@@ -374,15 +374,13 @@
                     log.error(_(u'Parameter (%(cat)s, %(param)s) of type list has more than one default option!') % {'cat': cat, 'param': param})
                 raise exceptions.DataError
             elif node.getAttribute('type') == 'jids_list':
-                if not value_to_use:
-                    log.debug(u"jids list value is empty")
-                    return []
-                jids = value_to_use.split('\t')
+                assert not value_to_use  # only accept <jid>...</jid> and not <param value...>
+                jids = [getText(jid_) for jid_ in node.getElementsByTagName("jid")]
                 to_delete = []
                 for idx, value in enumerate(jids):
                     try:
                         jids[idx] = jid.JID(value)
-                    except jid.InvalidFormat:
+                    except (RuntimeError, jid.InvalidFormat, AttributeError):
                         log.warning(u"Incorrect jid value found in jids list: [{}]".format(value))
                         to_delete.append(value)
                 for value in to_delete:
@@ -679,11 +677,16 @@
                                         except NotFoundErr:
                                             pass
                             elif dest_params[name].getAttribute('type') == 'jids_list':
-                                jids = profile_value.split('\t') # FIXME: it's not good to use tabs as separator !
+                                jids = [getText(jid_) for jid_ in dest_params[name].getElementsByTagName("jid")]
                                 for jid_ in jids:
-                                    jid_elt = prof_xml.createElement('jid')
-                                    jid_elt.appendChild(prof_xml.createTextNode(jid_))
-                                    dest_params[name].appendChild(jid_elt)
+                                    try:
+                                        jid.JID(jid_)
+                                    except (RuntimeError, jid.InvalidFormat, AttributeError):
+                                        log.warning(u"Incorrect jid value found in jids list: [{}]".format(jid_))
+                                    else:
+                                        jid_elt = prof_xml.createElement('jid')
+                                        jid_elt.appendChild(prof_xml.createTextNode())
+                                        dest_params[name].appendChild(jid_elt)
                             else:
                                 dest_params[name].setAttribute('value', profile_value)
                     if new_node: