diff --git a/src/main/java/bdv/ij/BigDataBrowserPlugIn.java b/src/main/java/bdv/ij/BigDataBrowserPlugIn.java
index aa893db85627bacc7f5524a5bf8ebdef4bf32f2c..96e072ab78d851f9d11ff672a2a8ab4e8746197c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/bdv/ij/BigDataBrowserPlugIn.java
+++ b/src/main/java/bdv/ij/BigDataBrowserPlugIn.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class BigDataBrowserPlugIn implements PlugIn
 				else if ( name.equals( "datasetUrl" ) )
 					datasetUrl = reader.nextString();
 				else
-					reader.nextString();
+					reader.skipValue();
 			}
 
 			if ( id != null )