diff --git a/src/map/elemental.c b/src/map/elemental.c
index be260a0b9c..677ca5ec0f 100644
--- a/src/map/elemental.c
+++ b/src/map/elemental.c
@@ -758,6 +758,9 @@ int read_elemental_skilldb(void) {
 		k++;
 		if( line[0] == '/' && line[1] == '/' )
 			continue;
+
+		if( line[0] == '\0' || line[0] == '\n' || line[0] == '\r')
+			continue; 
 		
 		i = 0;
 		p = strtok(line, ",");