diff --git a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/database/DatabaseUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/database/DatabaseUtils.java
index cd4d32ca935fd3b374265e3224a3f7f2b87416d3..6a05ae589316022438dcc0c0eeef7f5e788efa24 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/database/DatabaseUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/database/DatabaseUtils.java
@@ -364,8 +364,10 @@ public class DatabaseUtils {
       final List<Property> properties, final List<FlatProperty> props) {
     if (props != null) {
       for (final FlatProperty fp : props) {
-        final Property property = parseFlatProperty(fp);
-        properties.add(property);
+        if (!fp.name.equals("REPLACE ME!")) {
+          final Property property = parseFlatProperty(fp);
+          properties.add(property);
+        }
       }
     }
   }