diff --git a/src/item.php b/src/item.php
index 479ad9f..d5964b3 100644
--- a/src/item.php
+++ b/src/item.php
@@ -181,13 +181,8 @@ if (!empty($_REQUEST["action"])) {
 	}
 	else if ($action == "insert") {
 		if (!$haserror) {
-            if (isset($image_base_filename) && $image_base_filename != "") {
-			    $stmt = $smarty->dbh()->prepare("INSERT INTO {$opt["table_prefix"]}items(userid,description,price,source,category,url,ranking,comment,quantity,image_filename) " .
-				    "VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
-            } else {
-                $stmt = $smarty->dbh()->prepare("INSERT INTO {$opt["table_prefix"]}items(userid,description,price,source,category,url,ranking,comment,quantity) " .
-                    "VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
-            }
+			$stmt = $smarty->dbh()->prepare("INSERT INTO {$opt["table_prefix"]}items(userid,description,price,source,category,url,ranking,comment,quantity,image_filename) " .
+			    "VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
 			$stmt->bindParam(1, $userid, PDO::PARAM_INT);
 			$stmt->bindParam(2, $description, PDO::PARAM_STR);
 			$stmt->bindParam(3, $price);
@@ -197,9 +192,10 @@ if (!empty($_REQUEST["action"])) {
 			$stmt->bindParam(7, $ranking, PDO::PARAM_INT);
 			$stmt->bindParam(8, $comment, PDO::PARAM_STR);
 			$stmt->bindParam(9, $quantity, PDO::PARAM_INT);
-			if (isset($image_base_filename) && $image_base_filename != "") {
-				$stmt->bindParam(10, $image_base_filename, PDO::PARAM_STR);
-			}
+            if (!isset($image_base_filename) || $image_base_filename == "") {
+                $image_base_filename = NULL;
+            }
+			$stmt->bindParam(10, $image_base_filename, PDO::PARAM_STR);
 			$stmt->execute();
 			
 			stampUser($userid, $smarty->dbh(), $smarty->opt());