diff --git a/src/map/itemdb.c b/src/map/itemdb.c
index 99e74cbbe7..9d533ad70a 100644
--- a/src/map/itemdb.c
+++ b/src/map/itemdb.c
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static int itemdb_read_sqldb(void)
 				if( str[i] == NULL ) str[i] = dummy; // get rid of NULL columns
 			}
 
-			if (!itemdb_parse_dbrow(str, item_db_name[fi], lines, 0))
+			if (!itemdb_parse_dbrow(str, item_db_name[fi], lines, SCRIPT_IGNORE_EXTERNAL_BRACKETS))
 				continue;
 			++count;
 		}