diff --git a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
index 0ab06bc7..d7534e92 100644
--- a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
+++ b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ public class ItemTemplate {
         // Parsing an enum
 
         item_type = Enum.ItemType.valueOf((String) jsonObject.get("item_type"));
-
         item_eq_slots_value = ((Long) jsonObject.get("item_eq_slots_value")).intValue();
         item_eq_slots_type = (boolean) jsonObject.get("item_eq_slots_type");
 
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ public class ItemTemplate {
 
         Object skills_used = jsonObject.get("item_skill_used");
 
-        if (skills_used instanceof JSONArray)
+        if ((int) skills_used != 0)
             for (Object o : (JSONArray) skills_used) {
                 String skilString = ((String) o).replaceAll("\\s", "");
                 Enum.CharacterSkills characterSkill = Enum.CharacterSkills.valueOf(skilString);
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ public class ItemTemplate {
 
         Object mastery_used = jsonObject.get("item_skill_mastery_used");
 
-        if (mastery_used instanceof JSONArray)
+        if ((int) mastery_used != 0)
             for (Object o : (JSONArray) mastery_used) {
                 String masteryString = ((String) o).replaceAll("\\s", "");
                 Enum.CharacterSkills masterySkill = Enum.CharacterSkills.valueOf(masteryString);