diff --git a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
index 0513e657..61e2798e 100644
--- a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
+++ b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
@@ -105,20 +105,22 @@ public class ItemTemplate {
         item_render_object_female = ((Long) jsonObject.get("item_render_object_female")).intValue();
         item_health_full = ((Double) jsonObject.get("item_health_full")).floatValue();
 
-        String skills_used = (String) jsonObject.get("item_skill_used");
+        Object skills_used = jsonObject.get("item_skill_used");
 
-        if (skills_used.length() > 1) {
-            skills_used = skills_used.replaceAll("\\s", "");
-            skills_used = skills_used.replaceAll(",", "");
-            item_skill_used.add(Enum.CharacterSkills.valueOf(skills_used));
+        if (skills_used instanceof String) {
+            String skilString = (String) skills_used;
+            skilString = skilString.replaceAll("\\s", "");
+            skilString = skilString.replaceAll(",", "");
+            item_skill_used.add(Enum.CharacterSkills.valueOf(skilString));
         }
 
-        String mastery_used = (String) jsonObject.get("item_skill_mastery_used");
+        Object mastery_used = jsonObject.get("item_skill_mastery_used");
 
-        if (mastery_used.length() > 1) {
-            mastery_used = mastery_used.replaceAll("\\s", "");
-            mastery_used = mastery_used.replaceAll(",", "");
-            item_skill_mastery_used.add(Enum.CharacterSkills.valueOf(mastery_used));
+        if (mastery_used instanceof String) {
+            String masteryString = (String) mastery_used;
+            masteryString = masteryString.replaceAll("\\s", "");
+            masteryString = masteryString.replaceAll(",", "");
+            item_skill_mastery_used.add(Enum.CharacterSkills.valueOf(masteryString));
         }
 
     }