diff --git a/components/esm/loadingr.cpp b/components/esm/loadingr.cpp
index a745ff669..ddc9de0d5 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadingr.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadingr.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ void Ingredient::load(ESMReader &esm, const std::string& id)
     esm.getHNT(data, "IRDT", 56);
     script = esm.getHNOString("SCRI");
     icon = esm.getHNOString("ITEX");
+
+    // horrible hack to fix broken data in records
+    for (int i=0; i<4; ++i)
+    {
+        if (data.effectID[i]!=85 && data.effectID[i]!=22 && data.effectID[i]!=17 && data.effectID[i]!=79 &&
+            data.effectID[i]!=74)
+            data.attributes[i] = -1;
+
+        if (data.effectID[i]!=89 && data.effectID[i]!=26 && data.effectID[i]!=21 && data.effectID[i]!=83 &&
+            data.effectID[i]!=78)
+            data.skills[i] = -1;            
+    }
 }
 
 }