diff --git a/src/engine/db/handlers/dbItemHandler.java b/src/engine/db/handlers/dbItemHandler.java
index 1a620090..89a87987 100644
--- a/src/engine/db/handlers/dbItemHandler.java
+++ b/src/engine/db/handlers/dbItemHandler.java
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ public class dbItemHandler extends dbHandlerBase {
                 int templateID = rs.getInt("id");
                 JSONObject jsonObject = (JSONObject) jsonParser.parse(rs.getString("template"));
                 ItemTemplate itemTemplate = new ItemTemplate(jsonObject);
+                itemTemplate.template_id = templateID;
                 ItemTemplate.itemTemplates.put(templateID, itemTemplate);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
index fde75522..e1412de2 100644
--- a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
+++ b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ public class ItemTemplate {
     // Global template lookup
     public static HashMap<Integer, ItemTemplate> itemTemplates = new HashMap<>();
 
+    public int template_id;
+
     // Template Properties
     public String obj_name;
     public boolean obj_pickable;