diff --git a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
index cf569597..0513e657 100644
--- a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
+++ b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
@@ -107,12 +107,19 @@ public class ItemTemplate {
 
         String skills_used = (String) jsonObject.get("item_skill_used");
 
-        if (skills_used.length() > 1)
+        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));
+        }
 
         String mastery_used = (String) jsonObject.get("item_skill_mastery_used");
 
-        if (mastery_used.length() > 1)
+        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));
+        }
+
     }
 }