diff --git a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
index 6ceb02ea..9615b3d0 100644
--- a/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
+++ b/src/engine/objects/ItemTemplate.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
 
@@ -64,9 +63,13 @@ public class ItemTemplate {
             combat_attack_resist.put((String) key, resist);
         }
 
+        // Reading arraylist of ints
+
         JSONArray combat_json = (JSONArray) jsonObject.get("combat_powers");
-        combatPowers = (ArrayList) Arrays.asList(combat_json.toArray());
 
+        if (combat_json.isEmpty() == false)
+            for (Object o : combat_json)
+                combatPowers.add(o);
 
     }
 }