diff --git a/common/item_data.h b/common/item_data.h
index d3ae5f928..e3123e22f 100644
--- a/common/item_data.h
+++ b/common/item_data.h
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ namespace EQ
 		uint32	Haste;
 		uint32	DamageShield;
 		uint32	RecastDelay;
-		uint32	RecastType;
+		int	RecastType;
 		uint32	AugDistiller;
 		bool	Attuneable;
 		bool	NoPet;
diff --git a/common/shareddb.cpp b/common/shareddb.cpp
index 18a2bed3d..18619ee6e 100644
--- a/common/shareddb.cpp
+++ b/common/shareddb.cpp
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ void SharedDatabase::LoadItems(void *data, uint32 size, int32 items, uint32 max_
 		item.Haste = (uint32)atoul(row[ItemField::haste]);
 		item.DamageShield = (uint32)atoul(row[ItemField::damageshield]);
 		item.RecastDelay = (uint32)atoul(row[ItemField::recastdelay]);
-		item.RecastType = (uint32)atoul(row[ItemField::recasttype]);
+		item.RecastType = (int)atoi(row[ItemField::recasttype]);
 		item.GuildFavor = (uint32)atoul(row[ItemField::guildfavor]);
 		item.AugDistiller = (uint32)atoul(row[ItemField::augdistiller]);
 		item.Attuneable = (atoi(row[ItemField::attuneable]) == 0) ? false : true;
diff --git a/zone/spells.cpp b/zone/spells.cpp
index f379dbc8c..36202f12c 100644
--- a/zone/spells.cpp
+++ b/zone/spells.cpp
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ void Mob::CastedSpellFinished(uint16 spell_id, uint32 target_id, CastingSlot slo
 		bool fromaug = false;
 		EQ::ItemData* augitem = nullptr;
 		uint32 recastdelay = 0;
-		uint32 recasttype = 0;
+		int recasttype = 0;
 
 		while (true) {
 			if (item == nullptr)
@@ -1378,8 +1378,13 @@ void Mob::CastedSpellFinished(uint16 spell_id, uint32 target_id, CastingSlot slo
 			{
 				//Can we start the timer here?  I don't see why not.
 				CastToClient()->GetPTimers().Start((pTimerItemStart + recasttype), recastdelay);
-				database.UpdateItemRecastTimestamps(CastToClient()->CharacterID(), recasttype,
-								CastToClient()->GetPTimers().Get(pTimerItemStart + recasttype)->GetReadyTimestamp());
+				if (recasttype != -1) {
+					database.UpdateItemRecastTimestamps(
+						CastToClient()->CharacterID(),
+						recasttype,
+						CastToClient()->GetPTimers().Get(pTimerItemStart + recasttype)->GetReadyTimestamp()
+					);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -2539,9 +2544,13 @@ bool Mob::SpellFinished(uint16 spell_id, Mob *spell_target, CastingSlot slot, ui
 		if(itm && itm->GetItem()->RecastDelay > 0){
 			auto recast_type = itm->GetItem()->RecastType;
 			CastToClient()->GetPTimers().Start((pTimerItemStart + recast_type), itm->GetItem()->RecastDelay);
-			database.UpdateItemRecastTimestamps(
-			    CastToClient()->CharacterID(), recast_type,
-			    CastToClient()->GetPTimers().Get(pTimerItemStart + recast_type)->GetReadyTimestamp());
+			if (recast_type != -1) {
+				database.UpdateItemRecastTimestamps(
+				    CastToClient()->CharacterID(),
+					recast_type,
+					CastToClient()->GetPTimers().Get(pTimerItemStart + recast_type)->GetReadyTimestamp()
+				);
+			}
 			auto outapp = new EQApplicationPacket(OP_ItemRecastDelay, sizeof(ItemRecastDelay_Struct));
 			ItemRecastDelay_Struct *ird = (ItemRecastDelay_Struct *)outapp->pBuffer;
 			ird->recast_delay = itm->GetItem()->RecastDelay;