diff --git a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
index d7534e92..c9fcd5c7 100644
--- a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
+++ b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class ItemTemplate {
 
         Object skills_used = jsonObject.get("item_skill_used");
 
-        if ((int) skills_used != 0)
+        if (skills_used.equals(0) == false)
             for (Object o : (JSONArray) skills_used) {
                 String skilString = ((String) o).replaceAll("\\s", "");
                 Enum.CharacterSkills characterSkill = Enum.CharacterSkills.valueOf(skilString);